Unified view of aggregated calendar data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9569754-B2
Application number	US-56794506-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2006
Priority date	Dec 7, 2006
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to calendaring and scheduling and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data in a C&S system. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data for an event in a calendar view can be provided. The method can include selecting an event in the calendar view, aggregating calendar data for the event relating to all invitees for the event, computing statistics for the aggregated calendar data, and rendering a display of the computed statistics proximate to the selected event in the calendar view.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data for an event in a calendar view, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a computer, a view command in association with a selected event upon a user selecting an event in the calendar view;
aggregating, by the processor of the computer, calendar data for the selected event relating to all invitees receiving an invitation to the selected event;
computing, by the processor of the computer, statistical values for all of the aggregated calendar data; and,
rendering, by the processor of the computer, a display of the aggregated calendar data proximate to the selected event in the calendar view and also rendering a display of the computed statistical values for all of the aggregated calendar data in a pop-up view proximate to the selected event in the calendar view.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selecting the event in the calendar view comprises selecting an icon positioned adjacently to the event in the calendar view.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein aggregating calendar data for the selected event relating to all invitees receiving the invitation to the selected event comprises aggregating a list of invitees for the selected event and grouping the invitees in the list of invitees according to which invitees have accepted the invitation to the selected event, which invitees have declined the invitation to the selected event, and which invitees have not yet responded to the invitation to the selected event.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein aggregating calendar data for the selected event relating to all invitees receiving the invitation to the selected event comprises aggregating a list of anticipated locations from which accepting ones of the invitees are to participate in the selected event, and grouping the list of anticipated locations according to different locations.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing statistics for the aggregated calendar data comprises computing percentages of those invitees who have accepted the invitation to the selected event, those invitees who have declined the invitation, and those invitees who have not yet responded to the invitation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing statistics for the aggregated calendar data comprises computing percentages for different locations for those invitees who have accepted the invitation to the selected event and who have indicated a particular location from which to participate in the selected event.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein rendering the display of the computed statistics proximate to the selected event in the calendar view further comprises rendering the display of those invitees who have not yet responded to the invitation.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising applying presence awareness to the display of invitees who have not yet responded to the invitation.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising linking an invitee in the display of invitees to launch a corresponding message directed to the linked invitee.

10. A calendaring and scheduling (C&S) data processing system configured for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data for an event in a calendar view, the system comprising:
a C&S system disposed in a host computing platform;
a data store of calendar events coupled to the C&S system;
a calendar view provided by the C&S system; and,
calendar data aggregation logic comprising program code enabled to: receive a view command in association with a selected event upon a user selecting an event in the calendar view, to aggregate calendar data for the selected event relating to all invitees receiving an invitation to the selected event, to compute statistical values for all of the aggregated calendar data, and to render a display of the aggregated calendar data proximate to the selected event in the calendar view and also rendering a display of the computed statistical values for all of the aggregated calendar data in a pop-up view proximate to the selected event in the calendar view.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the calendar view comprises a view selected from the group consisting of a daily view, a weekly view and a monthly view.

12. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data for an event in a calendar view, the computer program product including:
computer usable program code for receiving a view command in association with a selected event upon a user selecting an event in the calendar view;
computer usable program code for aggregating calendar data for the event relating to all invitees receiving an invitation to the selected event;
computer usable program code for computing statistical values for all of the aggregated calendar data; and,
computer usable program code for a display of the aggregated calendar data proximate to the selected event in the calendar view and also rendering a display of the computed statistical values for all of the aggregated calendar data in a pop-up view proximate to the selected event in the calendar view.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable program code for the user selecting the event in the calendar view comprises computer usable program code for selecting an icon positioned adjacently to the event in the calendar view.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable program code for aggregating calendar data for the selected event relating to all invitees receiving the invitation to the selected event comprises computer usable program code for aggregating a list of invitees for the selected event and grouping the invitees in the list of invitees according to which invitees have accepted the invitation to the selected event, which invitees have declined the invitation to the selected event, and which invitees have not yet responded to the invitation to the selected event.

15. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable program code for aggregating calendar data for the selected event relating to all invitees receiving the invitation to the selected event comprises computer usable program code for aggregating a list of anticipated locations from which accepting ones of the invitees are to participate in the selected event, and grouping the list of anticipated locations according to different locations.

16. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable program code for computing statistics for the aggregated calendar data comprises computer usable program code for computing percentages of those invitees who have accepted the invitation to the selected event, those invitees who have declined the invitation, and those invitees who have not yet responded to the invitation.

17. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable program code for computing statistics for the aggregated calendar data comprises computer usable program code for computing percentages for different locations for those invitees who have accepted the invitation to the selected event and who have indicated a particular location from which to participate in the selected event.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the computer usable program code for rendering the display of the computed statistics proximate to the selected event in the calendar view further comprises computer usable program code for rendering the display of those invitees who h

Assignees

• Lyle Ruthie D
• Ryan Corinne M
• IBM

Inventors

• Lyle Ruthie D
• Ryan Corinne M

Classifications

• G06Q10/1093

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• G06Q10/109 Primary

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title

• G06Q10/1095

  Physics · mapped topic