Electronic device with calendaring capabilities

A method for providing an electronic calendar through network-based communications between at least two network nodes, comprising:

• generating a first electronic calendar by a first electronic device used by a first person;
• and
• auto-populating said first electronic calendar with select events contained in network calendars imported according to the following steps:
• performing network-based communication operations between the first electronic device and a second electronic device on the same network to extract from said second electronic device first calendar information associated with a second electronic calendar maintained by the second electronic device that is (a) an internet-based school calendar, sports calendar or venue calendar or an electronic device used by a second person selected from a plurality of people that are exclusive of the first person and (b) remote from the first electronic device;
• evaluating, by said first electronic device, said extracted first calendar information, for one or more first scheduled events from said second electronic calendar that meet a first pre-defined criteria, for inclusion on said first electronic calendar;
• selecting, by the first electronic device, any first scheduled event specified by the first calendar information meeting said first pre-defined criteria;
• generating, by the first electronic device when a first scheduled event is selected, second calendar information by modifying a portion of the first calendar information associated with the first scheduled event which was previously selected to comply with a second pre-defined criteria that is different than the first pre-defined criteria;
• and
• transforming, by the first electronic device, the first electronic calendar into a consolidated electronic calendar by merging the second calendar information with third calendar information associated with the first electronic calendar;
• wherein the first pre-defined criteria comprises at least one of a team name, a group name, a grade level, an instructors name, a class name, an entity name, a location name, a person's name, a meeting name or topic, a presentation name or topic, a phone number, a date range, a time range, an event name, an event type, and a person's appointment history.