Calendaring between user profiles
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorDavid J. Los
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Abstract
Calendar items can be scheduled with a joined group of user profiles. Scheduling calendar items can include, for each of the calendar items, sending a calendar item request to each of the user profiles in the group of user profiles. In response to the joining of a new user profile to the group, the new user profile can be automatically sent a calendar item request for each of one or more of the calendar items scheduled with the group of user profiles. Also, a first user profile can receive a request to share a calendar with a second user profile. The request can be received from the second user profile and can list one or more additional user profiles as recipients of the request. A representation of the request to share can include a control that can be selected to share the calendar with the additional user profile(s).
Claims20
A computer system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor cause at least one processor to perform acts comprising:
- scheduling computer-readable calendar items with a joined group of computer-readable user profiles, scheduling calendar items including, for each of the calendar items, sending a calendar item request to each of the user profiles in the group of user profiles;
- joining a new user profile to the group of user profiles;
- in response to joining the new user profile to the group of user profiles, sending the new user profile a computer-readable calendar item request for each of one or more of the calendar items scheduled with the group of user profiles, with each calendar item request sent to the new user profile comprising a request to add a corresponding calendar item that is scheduled with the group of user profiles to a calendar for the new user profile;
- and
- in response to joining the new user profile to the group of user profiles, sending a sharing invitation to the new user profile, the sharing invitation comprising information on accessing group calendar information for the group of user profiles, with the sharing invitation being different from the one or more calendar item requests sent to the new user profile.
A computer system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor cause at least one processor to perform acts comprising:
- scheduling computer-readable calendar items with a joined group of computer-readable user profiles, scheduling calendar items including, for each of the calendar items, sending a calendar item request to each of the user profiles in the group of user profiles;
- joining a new user profile to the group of user profiles;
- filtering the calendar items scheduled with the group of user profiles to yield a filtered set of one or more calendar items;
- and
- in response to joining the new user profile to the group of user profiles, sending the new user profile a computer-readable calendar item request for each of the calendar items in the filtered set of one or more calendar items, with each calendar item request sent to the new user profile comprising a request to add a corresponding calendar item that is scheduled with the group of user profiles to a calendar for the new user profile.
A computer system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor cause at least one processor to perform acts comprising:
- scheduling computer-readable calendar items with a joined group of computer-readable user profiles, scheduling calendar items including, for each of the calendar items, sending a calendar item request to each of the user profiles in the group of user profiles;
- joining a new user profile to the group of user profiles;
- in response to joining the new user profile to the group of user profiles, sending the new user profile a computer-readable calendar item request for each of one or more of the calendar items scheduled with the group of user profiles;
- and
- displaying a representation of each calendar item request, the representation including an acceptance user interface control that is configured to be selected by user input to accept the calendar item request and add the calendar item to a calendar for the new user profile, and the representation further including a rejection user interface control that is configured to be selected by user input to reject the calendar item request and avoid adding the calendar item to a calendar for the new user profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.