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US 7,353,465 B2Granted
Method for managing personal and work-related matters
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeri L. Callaway, Cynthia J. Purvis, Meera K. Manahan
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Abstract
A family management system provides a family manager with family-related and work-related information. This information may be provided to the family manager in the form of one or more screens depicting calendars, e-mail, and/or other tasks. In particular, family-related and work-related matters may be merged on a single screen so that the family manager can facilitate scheduling better between family-related and work-related matters.
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A method for managing a combination of family-related matters and work-related matters, the method comprising the acts of:
- collecting personal information related to a family manager's personal life and work information related to the family manager's work life at a host computer;
- communicating the personal information and the work information from the host computer to a first device dedicated to the family manager;
- communicating only the personal information from the host computer to at least one second device dedicated to at least one person in a personal sphere of the family manager;
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- communicating only the work information from the host to at least one third device dedicated to at least one person in a work sphere of the family manager.
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A method for managing a combination of family-related matters and work-related matters, the method comprising the acts of:
- collecting personal information related to a first family manager's personal life and work information related to the first family manager's work life at a first host computer;
- communicating the personal information and the work information related to the first family manager from the first host computer to a first device dedicated to the first family manager;
- communicating only the personal information related to the first family manager from the first host computer to at least one second device dedicated to at least one person in a personal sphere of the first family manager;
- communicating only the work information related to the first family manager from the first host computer to at least one third device dedicated to at least one person in a work sphere of the first family manager;
- collecting personal information related to a second family manager's personal life and work information related to the second family manager's work life at a second host computer;
- communicating the personal information and the work information related to the second family manager from the second host computer to a fourth device dedicated to the second family manager;
- communicating only the personal information related to the second family manager from the second host computer to at least one fifth device dedicated to at least one person in a personal sphere of the second family manager;
- communicating only the work information related to the second family manager from the second host computer to at least one sixth device dedicated to at least one person in a work sphere of the second family manager;
- communicating the personal information related to the first family manager to the fourth device;
- and
- communicating the personal information related to the second family manager to the first device.
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A method for managing a combination of family-related matters and work-related matters, the method comprising the acts of:
- communicating personal information related to a family manager's personal life from at least one first device to a host computer;
- communicating work information related to the family manager's work life from at least one second device to the host computer;
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- communicating the personal information and the work information from the host computer only to a third device dedicated to the family manager.
1 more element
A method for managing a combination of family-related matters and work-related matters, the method comprising the acts of:
- communicating personal information related to a first family manager's personal life from at least one first device to a first host computer;
- communicating work information related to the first family manager's work life from at least one second device to the first host computer;
- communicating the personal information and the work information related to the first family manager from the first host computer only to a third device dedicated to the first family manager;
- communicating personal information related to a second family manager's personal life from at least one fourth device to a second host computer;
- communicating work information related to the second family manager's work life from at least one fifth device to the second host computer;
- communicating the personal information and the work information related to the second family manager from the second host computer only to a sixth device dedicated to the second family manager;
- communicating the personal information related to the first family manager to the sixth device;
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- communicating the personal information related to the second family manager to the third device.
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A method for managing a combination of family-related matters and work-related matters, the method comprising the acts of:
- collecting personal information related to a family manager's personal life and work information related to the family manager's work life at a host computer, the host computer maintaining a barrier between the personal information and the work information;
- communicating the personal information and the work information from the host computer only to a first device dedicated to the family manager;
- communicating only the personal information from the host computer to at least one second device dedicated to at least one person in a personal sphere of the family manager;
- and
- communicating only the work information from the host computer to at least one third device dedicated to at least one person in a work sphere of the family manager.
2 more elements
A method for managing a combination of family-related matters and work-related matters, the method comprising the acts of:
- communicating personal information related to a family manager's personal life from at least one first device to a host computer;
- communicating work information related to the family manager's work life from at least one second device to the host computer;
- forming a barrier between the personal information and the work information;
- communicating the personal information and the work information from the host computer only to a third device dedicated to the family manager;
- communicating only the personal information from the host computer to the first device;
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- communication only the work information from the host computer to the second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.