Managing event-based conditional recurrent schedules

US8166145B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Anh P. Tran · Seattle, US
• Lloyd A. Moore · Renton, US
• Christopher Todd Guillory · Kirkland, US
• Gary Jason Waliczek · Seattle, US
• Poonam Ganesh Hattangady · Seattle, US
• Adam Sapek · Redmond, US
• Albert Liu · Bellevue, US
• Kishore Kumar Prakash · Redmond, US
• Jane Van-nha Ly · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Managing recurrent schedules based on events and conditions. Schedules from a plurality of applications are identified based on an activation time for the schedules and a determination of whether or not conditions defined for the schedules are met. The identified schedules are activated by performing actions associated with each of the identified schedules. In an embodiment, the schedules are grouped based on functionality and prioritized to avoid conflicts within each group.