Synchronizing tasks between servers

US8028070B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Christopher Andrew Boyd · Seattle, US
• Boaz Lev · Redmond, US
• Robert Kennedy Murugan · Sammamish, US
• Chythanya Vootkuri Krishna · Redmond, US
• Michael Christensen · Orem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for synchronizing task data between a mailbox server of an email system and a project server of a project management system include a project that is published on the project management system, task data for the project is sent from the project server to the mailbox server. The task data includes the attributes of the project tasks and resources assigned to the project tasks. When the mailbox server receives the task data, the mailbox server creates a task on the mailbox server for each task for which the task doesn't already exist on the mailbox server. The mailbox server inserts each created task into the mailbox of the assignee for the task. The assignee can view the task attributes and update task status using a client that accesses the mailbox server.