Customizable event management in computing systems

A computing device interconnected to a client device by a computer network, the computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing device to:
• cause a display of a user-interface, on the client device, displaying multiple fields for defining a calendar event, the fields including a category field and at least one workflow property field based on a category selected in the category field, wherein the workflow property field is associated with a type of workflow to be performed by a backend server in relation to the calendar event, and the category is one of a plurality of categories, each category having at least one different or additional workflow property field compared to other categories of the plurality of categories;
• receive, from the client device, a data package defining the calendar event to be stored as a calendar item in an electronic calendar of a user, the data package containing data representing a start date/time of the calendar event and data representing the selected category, the selected category corresponding to a type of activity of the calendar event, wherein each of the plurality of categories has an associated schema that defines at least one workflow property for the particular category;
• upon receiving the data package, at a backend server, parse the data in the data package to identify parsed data including the category, selected from the category field, of the event, the workflow property, selected from the workflow property field, of the category according to the schema of the category, and data representing the start date/time of the calendar event;
• storing the parsed data;
• based on the category of the event and identified workflow property of the category, generate or modify a backend workflow of the event corresponding to the identified workflow property of the category, the backend workflow including one or more actions to be performed in a sequence by the backend server after the parsed data is stored and when one or more status conditions of the event are satisfied, wherein the status conditions are based on the start date/time of the calendar event in the stored parsed data;
• monitor for the one or more status conditions that are based on the start date/time of the event and included in the backend workflow;
• and
• when the monitoring indicates that the one or more status conditions of the event are satisfied, execute, with the backend server, the one or more actions in the sequence of the backend workflow in relation to the event.

A method of implementing event workflow management in a computing system having a client device and a backend server interconnected by a computer network, the method comprising:

• upon receiving, from the client device, a data package defining a calendar event to be stored as a calendar item in an electronic calendar of a use, determining that the data package includes data representing a user-selected category corresponding to a type of activity of the event, a user-selected workflow property defined by a schema specific to the user-selected category, wherein the associated schema of the category defines at least one different or additional user-selectable workflow property compared to other associated schemas of other categories of the plurality of categories, and data representing a start date/time of the calendar event;
• based on the user-selected category of the event and user-selected workflow property of the category, creating or modifying a backend workflow of the event corresponding to the identified workflow property of the category, the backend workflow including one or more actions to be performed in a sequence by the backend server when one or more status conditions of the event are satisfied, wherein the status conditions are based on the start date/time of the calendar event;
• subsequently, monitoring for the one or more status conditions that are based on the start date/time of the event and included in the backend workflow;
• determining that the one or more status conditions of the calendar event are satisfied;
• and
• based on the determination that the one or more status conditions of the event are satisfied, executing, with the backend server, the one or more actions in the sequence of the backend workflow in relation to the event.