Managing recurring appointments

US8577959B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Prabhat Kumar Pandey · Herndon, US
• Abhishek Gupta · Seattle, US
• Sandhya Vankamamidi · Redmond, US
• Sutirtha Saha · Hyderabad, IN
• Kulo Rajasekaran · Hyderabad, IN
• David R. Shutt · Seattle, US
• Derik Stenerson · Redmond, US
• Niraj Yadav · Gothan, IN
• Ramesh Prasad Pandey · Sidhauli, IN
• Sharad Sharma · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/109
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing recurring appointments without losing historical data associated with the recurring appointments. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a recurring appointment definition can be modified without deleting the recurring appointment definition and/or losing exceptions, notes, and/or other data associated with the recurring appointment definition. Additionally, the concepts and technologies disclosed herein allow the modification of an existing recurring appointment definition without creating a new recurring appointment definition. Thus, synchronization between rules-based calendaring applications and expansion-based calendaring applications can be accomplished without creating multiple instances of related recurring appointments created due to modifications of the recurring appointment definition.