Translation of time between calendar systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11645628-B2
Application number	US-202117321093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2021
Priority date	May 16, 2019
Publication date	May 9, 2023
Grant date	May 9, 2023

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for translating time between calendar systems is described herein. The method includes accessing a first tree structure for a first calendar system, where data corresponding to the first tree structure include time intervals for the first calendar system that are arranged into layers of nodes, and where the layers of nodes are mapped to universal time. The method also includes scheduling a calendar content item corresponding to a time fragment relative to the universal time. The method further includes translating the calendar content item to a first human-readable time fragment for the first calendar system by traversing the first tree structure corresponding to the first calendar system to convert the time fragment to the first human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the first tree structure to the universal time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for translating time between calendar systems, comprising:
constructing a first tree structure for a first calendar system, wherein data corresponding to the first tree structure comprise time intervals for the first calendar system that are arranged into layers of nodes, wherein the layers of nodes are mapped to universal time, and wherein the first tree structure is constructed such that layers of the first tree structure below a root node comprise identical sibling nodes for layers above a threshold interval size that is a smallest repeatable unit of time according to the first calendar system;
assigning node identifications to the nodes of the first tree structure such that the time interval for each node in the layers of the first tree structure above the threshold interval size for the first calendar system is a repeatable unit of time and the time interval for each node in the layers of the first tree structure below the threshold interval size for the first calendar system varies according to leap values;
accessing, via digital map calendar application executing on a computing system, the first tree structure for three first calendar system;
scheduling, via the digital map calendar application, a calendar content item corresponding to a time fragment relative to the universal time;
translating, via the digital map calendar application, the calendar content item to a first human-readable time fragment for the first calendar system by traversing the first tree structure to convert the time fragment to the first human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the first tree structure to the universal time; and
causing display, via a digital map calendar user interface of the digital map calendar application, of a representation of the calendar content item relative to the first human-readable time fragment based on a map calendar, wherein the organized as units of time within a coordinate plane.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:
accessing a second tree structure for a second calendar system, wherein data corresponding to the second tree structure comprise time intervals for the second calendar system that are arranged into layers of nodes, and wherein the layers of nodes are mapped to universal time; and
translating the calendar content item to a second human-readable time fragment for the second calendar system by traversing the second tree structure to convert the time fragment to the second human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the second tree structure to the universal time.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , comprising causing display of a second representation of the calendar content item relative to the second human-readable time fragment based on the map calendar.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:
accessing a second tree structure for a second calendar system, wherein data corresponding to the second tree structure comprise time intervals for the second calendar system that are arranged into layers of nodes, and wherein the layers of nodes are mapped to universal time;
scheduling a second calendar content item corresponding to a second time fragment relative to the second calendar system; and
translating the second calendar content item to a second human-readable time fragment for the first calendar system by:
traversing the second tree structure corresponding to the second calendar system to convert the second time fragment to a corresponding universal time based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the second tree structure to the universal time; and
traversing the first tree structure corresponding to the first calendar system to convert the universal time corresponding to the second time fragment to the second human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the first tree structure to the universal time.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing a second tree structure for a second calendar system, wherein data corresponding to the second tree structure comprise time intervals for the second calendar system that are arranged into layers of nodes, and wherein the layers of nodes are mapped to universal time;
scheduling the calendar content item corresponding to the time fragment relative to the universal time and a second calendar content item corresponding to a second time fragment relative to the universal time;
translating the calendar content item to the first human-readable time fragment for the first calendar system by traversing the first tree structure corresponding to the first calendar system to convert the time fragment to the first human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the first tree structure to the universal time;
translating the second calendar content item to a second human-readable time fragment for a second calendar system by traversing the second tree structure corresponding to the second calendar system to convert the time fragment to the second human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the second tree structure to the universal time; and
simultaneously causing display of the representation of the calendar content item relative to the first human-readable time fragment and a second representation of the second calendar content item relative to the second human-readable time fragment.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing display of a representation of time fragments that occur before and/or after the calendar content item, as measured based on the universal time, relative to at least one other calendar system.

7. A computing system, comprising a processor for executing computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to:
construct a first tree structure for a first calendar system, wherein data corresponding to the first tree structure comprise time intervals for the first calendar system that are arranged into layers of nodes, wherein the layers of nodes are mapped to universal time, and wherein the first tree structure is constructed such that such that layers of the first tree structure below a root node comprise identical sibling nodes for lavers above a threshold interval size that is a smallest repeatable unit of time according to the first calendar system;
assign node identifications to the nodes of the first tree structure such that the time interval for each node in the layers of the first tree structure above the threshold interval size for the first calendar system is a repeatable unit of time and the time interval for each node in the layers of the first tree structure below the threshold interval size for the first calendar system varies according to leap values;
access, via digital map calendar application executing on the computing system, the first tree structure for the first calendar system;
schedule, via the digital map calendar application, a calendar content item corresponding to a time fragment relative to the universal time;
translate, via the digital map calendar application, the calendar content item to a first human-readable time fragment for the first calendar system by traversing the first tree structure to convert the time fragment to the first human-readable time fragment based on the mapping of the layers of nodes of the first tree structure to the universal time; and
cause display, via a digital map calendar user interface of the digital map calendar application, of a representation of the calendar content item relative to the first human-readable time fragment based on a map calendar, wherein the map calendar comprises a conti

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Douglas Malia
• Sirkin Rachel
• Erlandson Aaron E
• White Stephen
• Engrav Peter L
• Greenly Erin

Classifications

• G06F16/9035

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• G06F16/9038

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