System for user to accept or decline updating a calendar remotely with a proposed schedule update that may have schedule confliction

US6167379A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew T. Dean · Campbell, US
• Neal J. King · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/1093
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for remotely updating a portable calendar includes a receiver for receiving a first wireless data transmission which includes a proposed scheduling update to the calendar. A memory provides storage for data comprising the calendar. A display which is responsive to the receiver displays a graphical representation of the calendar and the proposed scheduling update. A user interface, such as a set of keys of a keypad or an alternative input device, is configured to transmit control signals to a processor in response to manipulation of the interface by the user. The processor is connected to the memory to execute a calendar control program and is configured to effect a scheduling update in response to a control signal received from the user interface. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a transmitter for transmitting a second wireless data transmission in response to the proposed schedule update, the second transmission including either a scheduling update acceptance, a scheduling update rejection, or a rescheduling proposal.