Method and apparatus for demographic-based reminders

US9407707B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · 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: Sep 14, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2032

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.