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US 2009/0255153 A1Published application
Group calendar interface
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsYasuhiko Mori, Yusuke Bou, Yoshiaki Hara, Yukitoshi Kawabata, Masafumi Shibata
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Abstract
Technologies are described herein for providing an improved group calendar. Information is received from a central server. A group is generated based on the information. The group is provided in the group calendar interface.
Claims20
A method for providing a group calendar interface, the method comprising:
- receiving information from a central server;
- generating a group based on the information;
- and
- providing the group in the group calendar interface.
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A method for providing a group calendar interface, the method comprising:
- providing along a first axis a plurality of members of a group, the plurality of members of the group being selected based on information provided by a central server;
- providing along a second axis a time span;
- and
- providing a calendar grid comprising a plurality of calendar entries, each of the calendar entries for storing a calendar item corresponding to one of the plurality of members along the first axis and a time frame selected from the time span along the second axis.
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A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive group information from an email server;
- generate a group based on the group information;
- display the group in a group calendar interface;
- receive a selection of a plurality of members from the group via the group calendar interface;
- upon receiving the selection of the plurality of members, retrieve calendar items corresponding to the plurality of members from a calendar database;
- and
- display in the group calendar interface a calendar grid comprising a plurality of calendar items, each of the plurality of calendar items being associated with one of the plurality of members displayed along a first axis of the calendar grid and a time frame displayed along a second axis of the calendar grid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.