System for automatically retrieving information relevant to a user's scheduled event

An electronic computing system for automatically retrieving information relevant to a scheduled event comprising:

• a means for storing the time the scheduled event is scheduled for;
• a timing means for indicating when it is time to retrieve information relevant to the scheduled event based on the current time being within a predetermined time of the stored time of the scheduled event;
• a query formulation means for automatically formulating a query comprising details about the stored scheduled event when the timing means indicates that it is time to retrieve information relevant to the scheduled event;
• an information source comprising information potentially relevant to the scheduled event;
• a search engine for searching the information source using the automatically formulated query to identify and retrieve information from the information source relevant to the query;
• and,
• a display means for the user to view the identified and retrieved relevant information resulting from the query by the search engine of the information source using the automatically formulated query.

A system for automatically retrieving information relevant to a scheduled event comprising:

• a program for storing the scheduled event;
• a query formulation means for automatically formulating a query comprising details about the stored scheduled event when the current time is within a predetermined time period of the scheduled event;
• an information source;
• a search engine for querying the information source using the automatically formulated query to retrieve information relevant to the query;
• and,
• a means to display the retrieved relevant information resulting from the query by the search engine of the information source using the automatically formulated query.

A method of automatically retrieving information relevant to a scheduled event comprising:

• storing the scheduled event;
• automatically formulating a query comprising details about the stored scheduled event when the current time is within a predetermined time period of the scheduled event;
• querying an information source using the automatically formulated query to retrieve information relevant to the query;
• and,
• displaying the retrieved relevant information resulting from the query of the information source using the automatically formulated query.

A program storage medium having a program stored therein for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

• storing a scheduled event;
• automatically formulating a query comprising details about the stored scheduled event when the current time is within a predetermined time period of the scheduled event;
• querying an information source using the automatically formulated query to locate information relevant to the query;
• and,
• retrieving the located relevant information resulting from the query of the information source using the automatically formulated query.