SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMPHASIZING CALENDAR EVENTS

• US 20150205491A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: TAHLOE, Wikash Awinash
• Application Number:
  US13/802,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods for emphasizing calendar events are provided. In some aspects, a system includes a calendar module configured to generate a plurality of events for a calendar. The system also includes a highlight module configured to automatically apply a visual emphasis feature to a target event of the plurality of events based on a comparison between one or more parameters of the target event and one or more predetermined items of emphasis. The calendar module is configured to display the target event with the visual emphasis feature applied thereto.

Claims

1. A system for emphasizing calendar events, the system comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions, the instructions comprising;

a calendar module configured to generate a plurality of events for a calendar; and

a highlight module configured to automatically apply a visual emphasis feature to a target event of the plurality of events based on a match between one or more parameters of the target event and one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis,

wherein the calendar module is configured to display the target event with the visual emphasis feature applied thereto.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the visual emphasis feature comprises at least one of a graphical symbol, a border modification, a shading modification, a static size modification, a text modification, and an animation.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the animation comprises at least one of a rotation, a translation, a dynamic size modification, and a blinking effect.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the highlight module is configured to apply the animation for a predetermined duration.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the highlight module is configured to refrain from applying the visual emphasis feature to other events of the plurality of events.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters of the target event comprise at least one of a description of the target event, a scheduled time of the target event, a scheduler of the target event, a host of the target event, an attendee of the target event, a location of the target event, a category of the target event, and a recurrence frequency of the target event.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis comprise at least one of a description of emphasis, a time of emphasis, a scheduler of emphasis, a host of emphasis, an attendee of emphasis, a location of emphasis, a category of emphasis, and a recurrence frequency of emphasis.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis is determined by a user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the highlight module is configured to generate at least one of the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis based on a number of previous occurrences of a corresponding parameter of at least one of the plurality of events.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the highlight module is configured to compare the one or more parameters of the target event to the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the calendar module is configured to receive user input for generating the target event.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the calendar module is configured to generate the target event based on the user input.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the user input comprises the one or more parameters of the target event.

11. (canceled)

15. A computer-implemented method for emphasizing calendar events, the method comprising:

automatically applying a visual emphasis feature to a target event of a plurality of events for a calendar, the visual emphasis feature being automatically applied based on a match between one or more parameters of the target event and one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis; and

displaying the target event with the visual emphasis feature applied thereto.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving user input for generating the target event; and

generating the target event based on the user input.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters of the target event comprise at least one of a description of the target event, a scheduled time of the target event, a scheduler of the target event, a host of the target event, an attendee of the target event, a location of the target event, a category of the target event, and a recurrence frequency of the target event.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis comprise at least one of a description of emphasis, a time of emphasis, a scheduler of emphasis, a host of emphasis, an attendee of emphasis, a location of emphasis, a category of emphasis, and a recurrence frequency of emphasis.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with executable instructions for emphasizing calendar events, the instructions comprising code for:

receiving user input comprising one or more parameters of a target event for a calendar;

generating the target event based on the user input;

comparing the one or more parameters of the target event to one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis;

automatically applying a visual emphasis feature to the target event based on a match between the one or more parameters of the target event and the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis; and

displaying the target event with the visual emphasis feature applied thereto.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the visual emphasis feature comprises at least one of a graphical symbol, a border modification, a shading modification, a static size modification, a text modification, and an animation.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further comprise code for generating at least one of the one or more predetermined parameters of emphasis based on a number of previous occurrences of a corresponding parameter of at least one of the plurality of events.