WEATHER INFORMATION IN A CALENDAR

• US 20080201647A1
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Foxenland, Eral Denis, Almas, Randi-Lise Hjelmeland, Lindahl, Lisa Wiveca, Lagerstedt, Anna-Maria
• Granted Patent: US 7,752,188 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 2203/00 Application of thermometers in cryogenics
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/02 Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed G01W1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/951 Calendar or scheduling

Abstract

A system receives location information from a user, retrieves weather information based on the received location information, retrieves calendar information associated with the user, and associates the weather information with the calendar information in a calendar application.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving location information from a user;

retrieving weather information based on the received location information;

retrieving calendar information associated with the user; and

associating the weather information with the calendar information in a calendar application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the associated weather information and calendar information to the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the associated weather information comprises:

displaying, to the user, at least one of textual, video, image, animation, or audio weather information associated with the calendar information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving location information from the user comprises at least one of:

receiving location information related to a location of the user;

or

receiving location information unrelated to the location of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving weather information comprises at least one of:

retrieving one of past, present, or future weather information based on the received location information;

or

retrieving one of monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly weather information based on the received location information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving calendar information comprises:

retrieving the calendar application for use by the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein retrieving the calendar application comprises at least one of:

retrieving an Internet-based calendar application;

retrieving a calendar creation application;

or

retrieving a personal information manager (PIM) application.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving a time period and a location in a calendar-based application;

retrieving weather information based on the received time period and location; and

generating a time lapse weather video or animation based on the retrieved weather information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating one of a weather summary or weather statistics based on the retrieved weather information.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating calendar related information associated with the time period.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein generating a time lapse weather video or animation comprises:

generating the time lapse weather video or animation based on how quickly a user is browsing through dates of the calendar-based application.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein generating a time lapse weather video or animation comprises:

calculating a browsing speed of a user through dates of the calendar-based application in a number of days passed per unit time;

determining a pause time of the user at particular dates of the calendar-based application;

determining weather differences between browsed dates of the calendar-based application; and

dynamically generating the time lapse weather video or animation and the transitions within the time lapse weather video or animation based on the browsing speed, the pause time, and the weather differences.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving a weather-based search query in a calendar-based application;

identifying weather information related to the weather-based search query;

identifying calendar dates associated with the identified weather information;

ranking the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified weather information and the weather-based search query;

sorting the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

generating weather-based search results based on the sorted calendar dates.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving selection of a weather-based search result; and

generating weather information and calendar information associated with the selected weather-based search result.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving a weather-based search query in a calendar-based application comprises:

receiving at least one of a weather type, a temperature range, or a location with the weather-based search query.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying weather information related to the weather-based search query comprises:

searching past weather information based on the weather-based search query.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving a weather-based calendar event search query in a calendar-based application;

identifying weather information related to the weather-based calendar event search query;

identifying calendar dates associated with the identified weather information;

ranking the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified weather information and the weather-based calendar event search query;

sorting the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

recommending calendar event dates based on the sorted calendar dates.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving selection of a recommended calendar event date; and

scheduling a calendar event in the calendar-based application on the selected calendar event date.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving a weather-based calendar event search query in a calendar-based application comprises:

receiving at least one of an event type, a time period, or a location with the weather-based calendar event search query.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying weather information related to the weather-based calendar event search query comprises:

searching future weather information based on the weather-based calendar event search query.

21. A system implemented within at least one of a server, a user device, or a combination of the server and the user device, comprising:

means for receiving location information from one of a user or a user device in a calendar-based application;

means for retrieving weather information based on the received location information;

means for retrieving calendar information associated with the user from the calendar-based application;

means for associating the weather information with the calendar information in the calendar-based application; and

means for displaying the associated weather information and calendar information in the calendar-based application.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for receiving a time period in the calendar-based application;

means for retrieving time period weather information based on the time period and the location information; and

means for generating a time lapse weather video or animation based on the retrieved time period weather information.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for receiving a weather-based search query in the calendar-based application;

means for identifying query weather information and calendar dates related to the weather-based search query;

means for ranking the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified query weather information and the weather-based search query;

means for sorting the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

means for generating weather-based search results based on the sorted calendar dates.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for receiving a weather-based calendar event search query in the calendar-based application;

means for identifying query weather information and calendar dates related to the weather-based calendar event search query;

means for ranking the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified query weather information and the weather-based calendar event search query;

means for sorting the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

means for recommending calendar event dates based on the sorted calendar dates.

25. A device, comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute instructions in the memory to;

receive location information from a user,

retrieve weather information based on the received location information,

retrieve calendar information associated with the user, and

associate the weather information with the calendar information in a calendar-based application.

26. The device of claim 25, wherein the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

receive a time period in the calendar-based application;

retrieve time period weather information based on the time period and the location information; and

generate a time lapse weather video or animation based on the retrieved time period weather information.

27. The device of claim 25, wherein the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

receive a weather-based search query in the calendar-based application;

identify query weather information and calendar dates related to the weather-based search query;

rank the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified query weather information and the weather-based search query;

sort the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

generate weather-based search results based on the sorted calendar dates.

28. The device of claim 25, wherein the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

receive a weather-based calendar event search query in the calendar-based application;

identify query weather information and calendar dates related to the weather-based calendar event search query;

rank the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified query weather information and the weather-based calendar event search query;

sort the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

recommend calendar event dates based on the sorted calendar dates.

29. A computer-readable medium that stores computer-executable instructions to:

receive location information from a user;

retrieve weather information based on the received location information;

retrieve calendar information associated with the user; and

associate the weather information with the calendar information in a calendar-based application.

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the computer-readable medium further stores computer-executable instructions to:

receive a time period in the calendar-based application;

retrieve time period weather information based on the time period and the location information; and

generate a time lapse weather video or animation based on the retrieved time period weather information.

31. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the computer-readable medium further stores computer-executable instructions to:

receive a weather-based search query in the calendar-based application;

identify query weather information and calendar dates related to the weather-based search query;

rank the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified query weather information and the weather-based search query;

sort the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

generate weather-based search results based on the sorted calendar dates.

32. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the computer-readable medium further stores computer-executable instructions to:

receive a weather-based calendar event search query in the calendar-based application;

identify query weather information and calendar dates related to the weather-based calendar event search query;

rank the calendar dates based on a degree of match between the identified query weather information and the weather-based calendar event search query;

sort the ranked calendar dates based on the ranks; and

recommend calendar event dates based on the sorted calendar dates.