Portable calendaring device having perceptual agent managing calendar entries
US5790974A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/109
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A personal calendaring system includes a portable calendaring system and a complementary office calendar system, each synchronizing calendar entries by two-way wireless transmission. The portable calendaring system includes a GPS receiver interface providing location data. The office calendar system and the portable calendar system each includes a calendar memory storing calendar entries, a wireless paging interface for exchanging schedule change requests and location data, a traffic receiver interface receiving wireless traffic data from an external source, and a perceptual software agent that automatically updates stored calendar entries in response to detected events. The perceptual agents of the respective portable and office systems communicate using the two-way wireless paging interfaces to ensure the stored schedules are synchronized, and to minimize conflicts between schedule change requests entered at respective locations. If a conflict is generated between the stored schedule and a schedule request, the agents arbitrate resolution of the generated conflict. The perceptual agents also update scheduled travel times and associated reminder alarms in response to detected chan…
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