SECURED AND FILTERED PERSONAL INFORMATION PUBLISHING

• US 20110314383A1
• Filed: 08/31/2011
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Abdo, Ralph, Hatakeda, Darrin N., Michel, Theodore L., Stillion, Cameron, Wong, Eric F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,165,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

Selectively shared and filtered personal information collections are provided. Personal information collections include calendars, task lists, address books, and other collections of information that may be provided by personal information manager (PIM) software. Personal information collections published on a server may be limited on a user-by-user basis as to who may access the collections. Furthermore, collections may be automatically filtered based on a rolling window of dates, reducing file size and maintaining privacy of items outside the rolling window.

Claims

1. A method for publishing calendar events, comprising:

receiving a publication selection for calendar events of a calendar on a client device;

in response to receiving the publication selection, accessing an interface having selective publication options, comprising;

a published details option that includes an option for setting availability status related to the calendar events without including text of the calendar events, and a privacy option that includes an option for restricting access to details of calendar events market as private;

setting at least one of the selective publication options;

setting individual access security levels for each one of a plurality of viewers; and

publishing the calendar that comprises calendar events, wherein the published calendar events are configured to allow access to each individual viewer according to the at least one selected publication options.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective publication options further comprise a level of detail option that is used for configuring a level of detail of the published calendar.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective publication options further comprise options for setting a rolling time window that comprise a first time option that is before a current day and a second time option that is after the current day that when set define a rolling time window for publication of calendar events that may change based on the current day.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective publication options further comprise a business hours option that includes an option for setting a preset time period within a day interval to allow access to calendar events in the preset time period and restrict access to calendar events outside the preset time period.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective publication options further comprise an upload option that includes an option that causes automatic upload upon at least one of:

receiving a modification to the selective publication options, receiving a modification to the calendar events and determining a time period expires.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the published details option further comprises an option for setting access to a first portion of the calendar events and restricting a second portion of the calendar events.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically publishing a new version of the calendar only when the new version of the calendar comprises different calendar events as compared to an older version of the calendar.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a level of access for an individual viewer after publishing the calendar without republishing the calendar for access by other individual viewers.

9. A system for filtering calendar events for selective publication, comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer-executable instructions are configured for;

displaying a user interface that comprises publication options, comprising;

a published details option that includes an option for setting availability status related to the calendar events without including text of the calendar events, and a privacy option that includes an option for restricting access to details of calendar events market as private;

determining a setting from at least one of the selective publication options;

setting individual access security levels for each one of a plurality of viewers; and

publishing the calendar that comprises calendar events, wherein the published calendar events are configured to allow access to each individual viewer according to the at least one selected publication options.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the publication options further comprise a level of detail option that is used for configuring a level of detail of the published calendar.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the publication options further comprise options for setting a rolling time window that comprise a first time option that is before a current day and a second time option that is after the current day that when set define a rolling time window for publication of calendar events that may change based on the current day.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the publication options further comprise a business hours option that includes an option for setting a time period within a day used to restrict access to calendar events.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the publication options further comprise an upload option that includes an option that when selected causes automatic upload upon at least one of:

receiving a modification to the selective publication options, receiving a modification to the calendar events and determining a time period expires.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the published details option further comprises an option for setting access to a first portion of the calendar events and restricting a second portion of the calendar events.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising automatically publishing a new version of the calendar only when the new version of the calendar comprises different calendar events as compared to an older version of the calendar.

16. A computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions for securing and filtering calendar events for selective publication, the instructions comprising:

receiving a publication selection for calendar events of a calendar on a client device;

in response to receiving the publication selection, accessing an interface having selective publication options, comprising;

a published details option that includes an option for setting availability status related to the calendar events without including text of the calendar events, and a privacy option that includes an option for restricting access to details of calendar events market as private;

setting at least one of the selective publication options;

setting individual access security levels for each one of a plurality of viewers; and

publishing the calendar that comprises calendar events, wherein the published calendar events are configured to allow access to each individual viewer according to the at least one selected publication options.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the selective publication options further comprise options for setting a rolling time window that comprise a first time option that is before a current day and a second time option that is after the current day that when set define a rolling time window for publication of calendar events that may change based on the current day.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the selective publication options further comprise an upload option that includes an option that causes automatic upload upon at least one of:

receiving a modification to the selective publication options, receiving a modification to the calendar events and determining a time period expires.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising automatically publishing a new version of the calendar only when the new version of the calendar comprises different calendar events as compared to an older version of the calendar.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising changing a level of access for an individual viewer after publishing the calendar without republishing the calendar for access by other individual viewers.