Configurable settings for automatic updates of calendar items

US11526853B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jaskaran Singh · Redmond, US
• Julia Foran Schearer · Seattle, US
• Jaya Matthew · Seattle, US
• Dipak Sarjerao Pawar · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/109
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques of configuring settings for automatic update of calendar items in an electronic calendar systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server can receive and store update configuration records indicating that a change to a start date, start time, an end date, an end time, or location of a meeting would render a meeting update actionable. Upon receiving an incoming meeting update, the server can determine whether the incoming meeting update contains a change to one of a start date, start time, an end date, an end time or location. If true, the server can automatically modify, without any input from the recipient, a scheduled meeting appointment in the calendar folder of the recipient according to the received incoming meeting update.