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US 2006/0149609 A1Published application
Calendar rule definition, ranking, and expansion
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDerik Stenerson, Ilya Baimetov, Ehud Pardo, Michael Ott, Stanislav Chiknavaryan
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Abstract
The method may include providing at least one primary calendar, providing a plurality of calendar rules, each of the plurality of rules comprising a rank and a rule-scope. The method may also include providing a representation of the primary calendar and the plurality of calendar rules, and allowing expansion of the representation of the plurality of calendar rules.
Claims20
A method for calendaring, comprising:
- providing at least one primary calendar;
- providing a plurality of calendar rules, each of the plurality of rules comprising a rank and a rule-scope;
- providing a representation of the primary calendar and the plurality of calendar rules;
- and
- allowing expansion of the representation of the plurality of calendar rules.
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A computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for calendaring, comprising:
- computer executable instructions for providing at least one primary calendar;
- computer executable instructions for providing a plurality of calendar rules where the calendar rules comprise a rank and a rule-scope;
- computer executable instructions for providing a representation of the primary calendar and the plurality of calendar rules;
- and
- computer executable instructions for allowing expansion of the representation of the plurality of calendar rules.
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A computing apparatus, comprising:
- a display unit that is capable of generating video images;
- an input device;
- a processing apparatus operatively coupled to said display unit and said input device, said processing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor;
- a network interface connected to a network and to the processing apparatus;
- said processing apparatus being programmed to provide at least one primary calendar;
- said processing apparatus being programmed to provide a plurality of calendar rules, each of the plurality of calendar rules comprising a rank and a rule-scope;
- said processing apparatus being programmed to provide a representation of the primary calendar and the plurality of calendar rules;
- and
- said processing apparatus being programmed to allow expansion of the representation of the plurality of calendar rules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.