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US 8,572,495 B2Granted
Providing electronic distribution of filtered calendars
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsCameron D. Stillion, Hans J. Bjordahl, Brian J. Tsang
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing electronic distribution of filtered calendars. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving control data. The control data may be configured to indicate a portion of master calendar data a user designates to transmit. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include filtering the master calendar data based on the control data to create filtered calendar data and transmitting the filtered calendar data.
Claims12
A computer-implemented method for providing electronic distribution of secure calendar data, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a second computing device, a first request from a first user at a first computing device for secure calendar data derived from a master calendar controlled by a calendar owner;
- receiving, at the second computing device,a second request from a second user at a third computing device for secure calendar data derived from the master calendar controlled by the calendar owner;
- in response to the first and second requests, receiving control data, the control data configured to indicate first allowed detail level associated with the first user and a second allowed detail level associated with the second user, wherein the allowed detail level indicates a depth of calendar appointment data selected by the calendar owner from a plurality of pre-defined detail levels based on the identity of the user, wherein the plurality of pre-defined detail levels comprises:
- an availability only level providing first calendar information regarding whether the calendar owner is busy for a particular time span, wherein the availability only level also provides subjects of one or more calendar items for the calendar owner;
- and
- a full details level providing second calendar information that includes greater detail than the first calendar information, wherein the full details level also provides full details of the one or more calendar items for the calendar owner;
- filtering the secure information in the master calendar data based on the control data to create a first filtered calendar data for the first user and a second filtered calendar for the second user;
- generating a representation of the first filtered calendar data for the first user, wherein the allowed detail level of the first user is the availability only level;
- and
- generating a representation of the second filtered calendar data for the second user, wherein the allowed detail level of the second user is the full details level;
- transmitting the representation of the first filtered calendar data to the first user at the first computing device, wherein the representation of the first filtered calendar only shows when the calendar owner is busy;
- and
- transmitting the representation of the second filtered calendar to the second user at the third computing device, wherein the representation of the second filtered calendar shows all details for the calendar owner.
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A computer storage medium not consisting of a propagated data signal which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing electronic distribution of filtered calendars, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- receiving, at a second computing device, a first request from a first user at a first computing device for secure calendar data derived from a master calendar controlled by a calendar owner;
- receiving, at the second computing device, a second request from a second user at a third computing device for secure calendar data derived from the master calendar controlled by the calendar owner;
- in response to the first and second requests, receiving control data, the control data configured to indicate first allowed detail level associated with the first user and a second allowed detail level associated with the second user, wherein the allowed detail level indicates a depth of calendar appointment data selected by the calendar owner from a plurality of pre-defined detail levels based on the identity of the user, wherein the plurality of pre-defined detail levels comprises:
- an availability only level providing first calendar information regarding whether the calendar owner is busy for a particular time span, wherein the availability only level also provides subjects of one or more calendar items for the calendar owner;
- and
- a full details level providing second calendar information that includes greater detail than the first calendar information, wherein the full details level also provides full details of the one or more calendar items for the calendar owner;
- filtering the secure information in the master calendar data based on the control data to create a first filtered calendar data for the first user and a second filtered calendar for the second user;
- generating a representation of the first filtered calendar data for the first user, wherein the allowed detail level of the first user is the availability only level;
- and
- generating a representation of the second filtered calendar data for the second user, wherein the allowed detail level of the second user is the full details level;
- transmitting the representation of the first filtered calendar data to the first user at the first computing device, wherein the representation of the first filtered calendar only shows when the calendar owner is busy;
- and
- transmitting the representation of the second filtered calendar to the second user at the third computing device, wherein the representation of the second filtered calendar shows all details for the calendar owner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.