OPTIMIZATION OF CALENDAR, ITINERARY, ROUTE PLAN, AND PIM EFFICIENCIES ACCORDING TO ASSIMILATED WIRELESS SERVICE AVAILABILITY CONDITIONS

• US 20070275700A1
• Filed: 06/21/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Thorson, Derral C., Rybczynski, Gregory W., AGRAWAL, KAVITA
• Granted Patent: US 7,809,360 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A system, method of providing a service, and computer-readable medium encoded with software for automatic optimization in real-time of one or more events in an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, or an electronic route plan, by allowing the user to indicate if a wireless service is needed during an event on the plan (or segment of the route); by accessing an electronic statistic regarding historical service availability of the wireless service based upon a previously sensed condition extrinsic devices for accessing the wireless service; by determining that the indicated wireless service would not likely meet a user'"'"'s preference for service quality based upon real-time service availability reports from other user devices located where the user is expected to be; finding an alternate time, location, or both, for the event; and by producing in real-time a modified electronic personal plan incorporating the alternate time, place, or both, for the event.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first input for receiving an electronic plan for a first user, the plan having one or more service need indications that a wireless service is required during at least one event of the plan;

a second input for receiving reports from devices operated by one or more users other than the first user, the reports indicating actual availability conditions of the required wireless service while transpiring the plan;

a plan modifier configured to analyze the received reports, to find an alternate time, location, route, or combination of time, location, and route, for an event responsive to determining that the needed service would not likely meet a service quality preference, and to modify the electronic personal plan to reflect the alternate finding to the user; and

a communique transmitted to said first user containing said alternate findings.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first input is configured to receive an electronic agenda.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first input is configured to receive an electronic itinerary.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first input is configured to receive an electronic calendar.

5. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first input is configured to receive an electronic route plan.

6. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the communique comprises a map having one or more service availability icons reflecting said received reports.

7. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the actual availability conditions comprise a signal strength measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device.

8. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the actual availability conditions comprise a data throughput measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device.

9. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the actual availability conditions comprise a channel availability measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device.

10. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the actual availability conditions comprise a service security qualifier collected from a wireless service consumption device.

11. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said communique comprises a voice message.

12. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said communique comprises a text message.

13. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said communique comprises a navigation system instruction.

14. An automated method comprising the steps of:

receiving an electronic plan for a first user, the plan having one or more service need indications that a wireless service is required during at least one event of the plan;

receiving one or more reports from devices operated by one or more users other than the first user, the reports indicating actual availability conditions of the required wireless service while transpiring the plan;

analyzing the received reports, to find an alternate time, location, route, or combination of time, location, and route, for an event responsive to determining that the needed service would not likely meet a service quality preference;

modifying the electronic personal plan to reflect the alternate finding to the user; and

transmitting a communique to said first user containing said alternate findings.

15. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the plan comprises an electronic plan selected from the group of an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, and an electronic route plan.

16. The method set forth claim 14 wherein the communique comprises a communication selected from the group of a voice message, a text message, and email, a web page, and an instruction in a navigational system.

17. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the actual availability conditions comprise at least one condition selected from the group of a signal strength measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device, a data throughput measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device, a channel availability measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device, and a service security qualifier collected from a wireless service consumption device.

18. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the step of modifying the plan comprises annotating an electronic map to produce a map having one or more service availability icons reflecting said received reports.

19. An article of manufacture for storing software comprising:

a computer-readable medium suitable for storing computer-executable code;

computer-executable code stored in the medium and configured to cause a computer to perform the steps of;

receive an electronic plan for a first user, the plan having one or more service need indications that a wireless service is required during at least one event of the plan;

receive one or more reports from devices operated by one or more users other than the first user, the reports indicating actual availability conditions of the required wireless service while transpiring the plan;

analyze the received reports, to find an alternate time, location, route, or combination of time, location, and route, for an event responsive to determining that the needed service would not likely meet a service quality preference;

modify the electronic personal plan to reflect the alternate finding to the user; and

transmitting a communique to said first user containing said alternate findings.

20. The article as set forth in claim 19 wherein the plan comprises an electronic plan selected from the group of an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, an electronic route plan, and a map.