Providing event information to third party event applications
US7668838B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/919
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for accessing an events repository are provided. An event information repository contains event records defining real world events. A programmatic interface is exposed to third-party applications for accessing the event records within the repository. Specifically, the programmatic interface provides a set of routines that perform operations on the repository. Using the programmatic interface, third-party applications may call the set of routines to cause operations to be executed on the repository. Further, techniques are provided for controlling the display of private events within a first-party event application and also for associating user-defined tags with events using the events repository.
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