Method and apparatus for calendaring reminders

US8108436B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AOl · US

Inventors

• Rupesh Chhatrapati · Sunnyvale, US
• Richard J. Treitel · Mountain View, US
• Jon Chester · Hood River, US
• David C. Sobotka · Redwood City, US
• Louis Lao · Oakland, US
• Andrew Zaeske · Los Altos, US
• Meera Vengadasubbu · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99948
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic calendar includes such features as recurring reminders, dividing unpredictable work loads into equal pieces, template free parsing, a reminders scheduling algorithm to reduce spikes, dynamic delivery and recovery algorithms, methods for splitting the work load between controllers and workers and for monitoring progress, all within the context of a calendar architecture for a large enterprise.