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US 8,543,441 B2Granted
Map association with calendar entry
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorLaurence Siegel
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Abstract
A map is associated with a calendar entry. An electronic calendar includes at least one calendar entry. The calendar entry includes at least one calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur. At least one option associated with the calendar entry is provided. In response to receiving a user selection of the option, a map associated with the calendar entry location is provided.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- maintaining, by a processor, a group listing of a plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is designated as a member of a common group,
- providing, by the processor, a graphical calendar interface box displaying an electronic group calendar whose accessibility is restricted to members of the common group, the electronic group calendar including a calendar entry including a scheduled date and time for the calendar entry, the calendar entry including a calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur, wherein the calendar entry is scheduled for each of the members of the common group;
- providing, by the processor, a map option associated with the calendar entry on a user interface of the graphical calendar interface box available to be viewed by members of the common group, the map option comprising a selectable location signifier, the selectable location signifier comprising an event identifier and a selectable indicator the event identifier and the selectable indicator being associated with the calendar entry, and in which a separate event identifier and a separate selectable indicator are provided for each additional calendar entry;
- in response to receiving a user selection of the map option, providing, by the processor, a map associated with the calendar entry location, wherein the map is displayed within the graphical calendar interface box, to only partially obscure a month at a time view within the graphical calendar interface box, and the user is a member of the common group, wherein the map indicates current locations of the members with respect to the calendar entry location as determined by a global positioning system and further indicates expected arrival times;
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- sending, by the processor, an event reminder notification to at least one member of the common group at a predetermined time before the scheduled time for a particular calendar entry on the electronic group calendar, wherein an event reminder notification for a particular member of the common group is prevented from being sent when the particular member of the common group is determined to be currently located at the calendar entry location.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory that stores executable instructions;
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- a processor, implemented on the system, that executes the executable instructions, including:
- first logic configured to maintain a group listing of a plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is designated as a member of a common group,
- second logic configured to provide a graphical calendar interface box displaying an electronic group calendar whose accessibility is restricted to members of the common group, the electronic group calendar including a calendar entry including a scheduled date and time for the calendar entry, the calendar entry including a calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur, wherein the calendar entry is scheduled for each of the members of the common group;
- third logic configured to provide a map option associated with the calendar entry on a user interface of the graphical calendar interface box available to be viewed by members of the common group, the map option comprising a selectable location signifier, the selectable location signifier comprising an event identifier and a selectable indicator the event identifier and the selectable indicator being associated with the calendar entry, and in which a separate event identifier and a separate selectable indicator are provided for each additional calendar entry;
- fourth logic configured to, in response to receiving a user selection of the map option, provide a map associated with the calendar entry location, wherein the map is displayed within the graphical calendar interface box, to only partially obscure a month at a time view within the graphical calendar interface box, and the user is a member of the common group, wherein the map indicates current locations of the members with respect to the calendar entry location as determined by a global positioning system and further indicates expected arrival times;
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- fifth logic configured to send an event reminder notification to a member of the common group at a predetermined time before the scheduled time for a particular calendar entry on the electronic group calendar, wherein an event reminder notification for a particular member of the common group is prevented from being sent when the particular member of the common group is determined to be currently located at the calendar entry location.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with an executable computer program for associating a map with a calendar entry and that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- maintaining a group listing of a plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is designated as a member of a common group,
- providing a graphical calendar interface box displaying an electronic group calendar whose accessibility is restricted to members of the common group, the electronic group calendar including a calendar entry including a scheduled date and time for the calendar entry, the calendar entry including a calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur, wherein the calendar entry is scheduled for each of the members of the common group;
- providing a map option associated with the calendar entry on a user interface of the graphical calendar interface box available to be viewed by members of the common group, the map option comprising a selectable location signifier, the selectable location signifier comprising an event identifier and a selectable indicator, the event identifier and the selectable indicator being associated with the calendar entry, and in which a separate event identifier and a separate selectable indicator are provided for each additional calendar entry;
- providing, in response to receiving a user selection of the map option, a map associated with the calendar entry location, wherein the map is displayed within the graphical calendar interface box, to only partially obscure a month at a time view within the graphical calendar interface box, and the user is a member of the common group, wherein the map indicates current locations of the members with respect to the calendar entry location as determined by a global positioning system and further indicates expected arrival times;
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- sending an event reminder notification to a member of the common group at a predetermined time before the scheduled time for a particular calendar entry on the electronic group calendar, wherein an event reminder notification for a particular member of the common group is prevented from being sent when the particular member of the common group is determined to be currently located at the calendar entry location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.