Electronic calendar associating tasks and appointments
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDOREEN GRIEB, TODD HAUGEN, MELINDA NASCIMBENI, JOHN E. KNAPP
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Abstract
An electronic calendar allowing the association of a task with an appointment is provided. The association between the task and the appointment represents when a user intends to address the task relative to the appointment. The task is displayed in an electronic calendar view based on the association with the appointment. If a change is made to the scheduled time for the appointment, the task moves relative to the appointment in the electronic calendar view.
Claims20
One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method of presenting an electronic calendar, the method comprising:
- displaying an electronic calendar view;
- providing an association between a task and at least one appointment, the association representing when a user intends to perform the task relative to the at least one appointment;
- and
- displaying the task and the at least one appointment in the electronic calendar view, wherein the task is displayed in the electronic calendar view based on the association between the task and the at least one appointment.
One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method of presenting an electronic calendar, the method comprising:
- displaying a task and an appointment in an electronic calendar view, wherein the task has an association with the appointment, the association representing when a user intends to perform the task relative to the appointment, wherein the task is displayed in the electronic calendar view relative to the appointment based on the association;
- receiving input indicative of a change in a scheduled time for the appointment;
- and
- displaying the task and the appointment in the electronic calendar view based on the change in scheduled time for the appointment.
The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein displaying the task and the appointment in the electronic calendar view based on the change in scheduled time for the appointment comprises:
- determining that the association is an after association;
- and displaying the task in a new location within the electronic calendar view based on the change in the end time for the appointment.
One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
- a first data field containing data representing at least one task;
- a second data field containing data representing at least one appointment;
- and
- a third data field containing data representing at least one association between the at least one task and the at least one appointment, wherein the association represents when a user intends to perform the at least one task relative to the at least one appointment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.