Method of managing a calendar and a computer system for implementing that method

US7814055B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jean-Marie Hullot · Bougival, FR
• Bertrand Guiheneuf · Paris, FR
• Laurent Cerveau · Paris, FR
• Eric Noyau · Fontainebleau, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S715/963
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The current invention is about methods, systems and machine readable media for operating a calendar in a data processing system. In one exemplary method of managing said calendar, which contains at least one event, the method includes subscribing to said calendar which is available in an electronic format, downloading said calendar from a host electronic device to a subscriber electronic device, and storing said calendar in said electronic format to form a local calendar.