System and method for preventing the lapse of a recurring event
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1. FIG 1 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 2 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 psp reg we FIG 2 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 3 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 May 12 2003 1235 9 00a Upcoming Projects 10 00 11 00q Performance Review Room 2 Up 2 00p 3 00p Interview Boardroom A 4 00p 5 00p May 12 2003 12 21 Mon May 12 2003 i 00p Meet with suppliers Tue May 13 2003 10 00 Status Update Meeting Room 2 2 00p Performance Review Room A Wed May 14 2003 11 30a Project Review Meeting Room 4 Tue May 20 2003 10 00a Status Update Meeting Room 2 Tue May 27 2003 10 00 Status Update Meeting Room 2 FIG 4 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 4 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 May 12 2003 12 21 Meet with suppliers 1 00p 2 00p FIG 5 May 12 2003 12 21 FIG U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 5 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 New Appointment Subject Status Review Location Room B All Day Event Start Mon May 12 2003 1 00 PM End Mon May 12 2003 2 00 PM Duration 1 Hour 0 Mins Time Zone Eastern Time 5 Reminder Recurrence No Recurrence 7 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 6 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 Reinstate Recurrence Yes No End Date 544 05 FIG 8 Edit Recurrence Yes No 9 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 7 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 SEND RECURRENCE NOTICE REINSTATE WITH NEW END DATE MODIFY OTHER EVENT INFO MODIF2. 2 A system according to claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to modify event information 3 A system according to claim 2 wherein the event infor mation comprises one of time duration or location of the event 4 A system according to claim 1 and further comprising a radio transceiver connected with said processor for transmit ting notifications to attendees indicating a new end date for the recurring event 5 A system according to claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to notify a device associated with a user that established the recurring event when all recurrences of the event were done within a predetermined number of days of the last occurrence 6 A wireless handheld communications device compris ing a housing a radio frequency RF transceiver contained within the housing a user interface a memory containing a recurring event established with a predetermined end date a processor contained within the housing and operative with the RF transceiver user interface and memory and said processor being configured to cause presentation on the user interface of a notification regarding an impend ing lapse of the recurring event at a predetermined time ofthe predetermined end date for the recurring event the processor being further configured to modify the end date of the recurring event according to an indication received by the processor from the user interface when the recurring event is to continue
3. 48 on the main circuit board 67 The antenna could be formed on an antenna section that extends from the circuit board at the lower portion of the housing By placing the antenna 45 adjacent the lower portion 47 of the housing 21 this advantageously increases the dis tance between the antenna and the user s head when the phone is in use to aid in complying with applicable SAR requirements More particularly a user will typically hold the upper por tion of the housing 21 very close to his head so that the audio output transducer 49 is directly next to his ear Yet the lower portion 47 of the housing 21 where an audio input transducer i e microphone is located need not be placed directly next to a user s mouth and is typically held away from the user s mouth That is holding the audio input transducer close to the user s mouth may not only be uncomfortable for the user but it may also distort the user s voice in some circumstances In addition the placement of the antenna 45 adjacent the lower 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 portion 47 of the housing 21 also advantageously spaces the antenna farther away from the user s brain Another important benefit of placing the antenna 45 adja cent the lower portion 47 of the housing 21 is that this may allow for less impact on antenna performance due to blockage by a user s hand That is users typically hold cellular phones toward the middle to upper portion o
4. appear in an open attach ment Any meeting invitations can appear as messages on a Messages screen and it is possible to accept or decline a meeting invitation A Messages icon can be clicked and details of a meeting can appear after opening a menu Differ ent options can be selected such as selecting the meeting without sending comments declining the meeting without sending comments accepting the meeting and sending com ments and declining the meeting and sending comments This can be established through a menu screen In the calendar program appointments meetings could be edited when the calendar is ina Day Week or Agenda format A dialog box could indicate if the appointment or meeting recurs It is possible to edit all occurrences of the appointment and open a series Only selected appointments could be edited if desired Appointment details could occur in a separate screen and the appointment or meeting edited Different options could be selected through a menu such as saving edit appointments or meetings or editing the contacts that are invited to a meeting These could be accepted or declined To invite a new contact it is possible to click another menu to invite an attendee or replace one contact with another contact or revoke an invitation to contact These could be saved of course It is also possible to delete an appointment meeting using the calendar program in a Day Week or Agenda format The appointment menu can appear a
5. device that includes a housing and radio frequency RF transceiver contained within the housing such that notifications of the new end date can be transmitted to and received by attendees of the event including any changed meeting information 18 Claims 8 Drawing Sheets SEND RECURRENCE NOTICE 202 US 8 751 279 B2 Page 2 56 References Cited OTHER PUBLICATIONS Developing Calendar Visualizers for the information Visualizer Jock D Mackinlay 1994 Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office 2003 ISBN 10 0 7897 2967 9 Jim Boyce ACES User Manual Department of Social and Health Internet XP002341558 Jun 1 2001 1 page BlackBerry 7100 Series User Guide Version 4 0 Research in Motion Limited Internet XP002341557 May 10 2005 6 pages US 5 749 074 5 1998 Kasso et al withdrawn BlackBerry Wikipedia retrieved from Internet WayBack Machine Apr 20 2005 6 pages RFC 2445 Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification iCalendary The Internet Society retrieved from Internet 1998 pp 117 125 Archive s cited by examiner U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 1 of 8 US 8 751 279 B2 eee Cee AUDIO OUTPUT TRANSDUCER AUXILIARY 1 0 DEVICE WLAN SATELLITE ANTENNA DEVICE CONNECTOR CAMERA LENS 2ND AUDIO TRANSDUCER ETC 21 46 CIRCUITRY 3 WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER 50 KEYPAD ETC 4 ANTENNA CIRCUIT
6. meeting invitation is sent Any responses to the meeting invitation are received in the Messages applica tion The described calendar function allows a user to set whether an event i e the appointment or meeting is to recur regularly such as on a daily weekly or monthly basis The program in accordance with this non limiting example allows the frequency of the appointment to be established and the 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 date in which the series of appointments ends If an appoint ment recurs weekly the weekday or weekdays on which the appointment recurs is possible Thus a possible setting would be appointment recurs on the exact date or on the relative date Problems may especially occur with recurring events hav ing an end that currently elapses without any notice to the organizer or user who established the event This can lead to an inability to continue to hold events because of room restrictions or associated problems This could also include an inconvenience in having to reinstate the event The embodiments as non limiting examples inform the organizer or user who organized the event that all recurrences of the event were done within a preset or x days of the last recurrence They also allow a user to modify the end date if necessary in an efficient manner This can be accomplished through a pop up menu or an alarm For example in the embodiment showing the screen shots of FIGS 8 an
7. ofthe recurring event when all recurrences of the event are done within a predetermined number of days of the last occurrence The notification could be established by a pro US 8 751 279 B2 3 cessor contained within a housing of a wireless mobile com munications device and operative with a radio frequency RF transceiver contained within the housing and operative with a calendar program Alternatively the notification could be transmitted from a central server in a wireless or wired man ner A method is also set forth for preventing the lapse of a recurring event which comprises establishing within an elec tronic calendar program a recurring event having a predeter mined end date notifying an organizer for the event at a predetermined time of the end date for the recurring event and modifying the end date of the recurring event if the event is to continue Referring initially to FIGS 1 and 2 an example ofa mobile wireless communications device such as a mobile cellular device 20 that can be used is first described The cellular device 20 illustratively includes a housing 21 having an upper portion 46 and a lower portion 47 and a dielectric substrate 67 such as a printed circuit board PCB substrate for example carried by the housing The term circuit board 67 as used hereinafter can refer to any dielectric substrate PCB ceramic or other structure for carrying signal circuits within a mobile wireless communications devic
8. such as e mail messages using the keypad 1400 and or some other auxiliary I O device 1060 such as a touchpad a rocker switch a thumb wheel or some other type of input device The composed data items may then be transmitted over the communications network 1401 via the communications sub system 1001 In a voice communications mode overall operation of the device is substantially similar to the data communications mode except that received signals are output to a speaker 1100 and signals for transmission are generated by a micro phone 1120 Alternative voice or audio I O subsystems such as a voice message recording subsystem may also be imple mented on the device 1000 In addition the display 1600 may also be utilized in voice communications mode for example to display the identity ofa calling party the duration of a voice call or other voice call related information The short range communications subsystem enables com munication between the mobile device 1000 and other proxi mate systems or devices which need not necessarily be simi lar devices For example the short range communications subsystem may include an infrared device and associated circuits and components or a Bluetooth communications module to provide for communication with similarly enabled systems and devices Many modifications and other embodiments will come to the mind of one skilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoi
9. such as Internet and email data for example Of course other keypad configura tions may also be used in other embodiments Multi tap or predictive entry modes may be used for typing e mails etc as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art The antenna 45 is preferably formed as a multi frequency band antenna which provides enhanced transmission and reception characteristics over multiple operating frequencies More particularly the antenna 45 is designed to provide high gain desired impedance matching and meet applicable SAR requirements over a relatively wide bandwidth and multiple cellular frequency bands By way of example the antenna 45 preferably operates over five bands namely a 850 MHz Glo bal System for Mobile Communications GSM band a 900 MHz GSM band a DCS band a PCS band and a WCDMA band i e up to about 2100 MHz although it may be used for other bands frequencies as well To conserve space the antenna 45 may advantageously be implemented in three dimensions although it may be imple mented in two dimensional or planar embodiments as well The mobile wireless communications device shown in FIGS 1 and 2 can incorporate e mail and messaging accounts and provide different functions such as composing e mail PIN messages and SMS messages The device can manage messages through an appropriate menu that can be retrieved by choosing a messages icon An address book function could add contacts allow management o
10. wherein the user inter face is further configured to present a reminder regarding the impending lapse at least one of before and during the predetermined end date and prompt regarding prevention of the impending lapse ofthe recurring event upon a last recurrence of the recurring event the indication to modify the end date being received by the processor from the user interface accord ing to the user input relative to at least one of the reminder and the prompt 7 wireless handheld communications device according to claim 6 wherein the processor is configured to permit a device associated with a user that established the recurring event to modify event information comprising one of time duration or location of the event 8 wireless handheld communications device according to claim 7 wherein said processor is configured to notify a device associated with a user that established the event when all recurrences ofthe event were done within a predetermined number of days of the last occurrence 9 A method for preventing the elapse of a recurring event which comprises US 8 751 279 B2 13 inputting data to a memory of a communications device about a recurring event established with a predetermined end date processing the data within a processor of the communica tions device to present on a user interface of the com munications device a notification regarding an impend ing lapse of the recurring event at a predetermin
11. US008751279B2 az United States Patent 10 Patent No US 8 751 279 B2 Burns 45 Date of Patent Jun 10 2014 54 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DUE ca es As offman et al T 2004 0168133 1 8 2004 Wynn etal 715 541 2004 0192311 A1 9 2004 Koskinen et al 455 440 2005 0102607 Al 5 2005 Rousselle et al 715 234 75 Inventor Anthony G Burns Waterloo CA 2005 0222891 1 10 2005 Chanetal we 705 9 2006 0217991 A1 9 2006 Blake et al vee 705 1 73 Assignee BlackBerry Limited Waterloo Ontario 2006 0240877 1 10 2006 Filibaetal 455 567 on FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this 1213659 6 2002 __ 12 02 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 WO 03 007204 1 2003 GOGF 17 60 U S C 154 b by 2480 days WO 03 056789 7 2008 ss 1 57 WO 2004 100586 11 2004 H04Q 7 38 21 Appl No 11 135 119 Oly ABPNG OTHER PUBLICATIONS 22 Filed May 23 2005 Mastering Microsoft Office 97 Moseley Boodey Professional Edi f OT tion 275 ISBN 0782119255 65 Prior Publication Data Absolute Beginner s Guide to Microsoft Office 2003 ISBN 10 US 2006 0265263 A1 Nov 23 2006 0 7897 2967 9 Jim Boyce 51 Int Cl Continued 52 e S 2012 01 Primary Examiner Mark A Fleischer 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Allen Dye
12. Y WITH NEW VALUES CHANGE LOCATION START STOP ETC 10 104110 US 8 751 279 B2 LL YALUWSNVYL suouvuNmwWO swasasans UK em 9 190 5 DIAA JNE i 0151 MEE soy Ot 1091 10040 E INOHEOXDIN Eime ADIY 0081 oo E 0861 4 2 vnus Q8 syINGOW _ 40564004400 we HILO 091 Fa 0021 HY TIn ow 0801 ifl e NOLVOINQWWO VIVO TE M or n meg d 4t NOLNOINQWWO DIOA U S Patent 0001 US 8 751 279 B2 1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING THE LAPSE OF A RECURRING EVENT USING ELECTRONIC CALENDAR SYSTEM FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application relates to the field of managing recurring events and more particularly to establishing and managing information relating to a recurring event established within an electronic calendar program BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Electronic calendar systems are becoming more popular and in combination with a mobile wireless communications device can include messaging capability for establishing a recurring event such as appointments or meetings with a predetermined end date An organizer may set the event infor mation parameters including time duration and location of the event for example the meeting which will recur periodi cally for a set period of t
13. a processing module such as a digital signal processor DSP 1580 and local oscillators LOs 1601 The specific design and implementa tion of the communications subsystem 1001 is dependent upon the communications network in which the mobile device 1000 is intended to operate For example a mobile device 1000 may include a communications subsystem 1001 designed to operate with the Mobitex Data TAC or General Packet Radio Service GPRS mobile data commu nications networks and also designed to operate with any of a variety of voice communications networks such as AMPS TDMA CDMA PCS GSM etc Other types of data and voice networks both separate and integrated may also be utilized with the mobile device 1000 Network access requirements vary depending upon the type of communication system For example in the Mobitex and DataTAC networks mobile devices are registered on the network using a unique personal identification number or PIN associated with each device In GPRS networks however network access is associated with a subscriber or user of a device A GPRS device therefore requires a subscriber iden tity module commonly referred to as a SIM card in order to operate on a GPRS network When required network registration or activation proce dures have been completed the mobile device 1000 may send and receive communications signals over the communication network 1401 Signals received from the communications network 1401
14. according to claim 9 which further com prises notifying device associated with a user that established the recurring event and or invitee of the end date by wirelessly transmitting a notification to a wireless handheld communi cations device 15 A method according to claim 9 which further com prises modifying the end date and changing meeting infor mation if the recurring event is to continue with different meeting information 16 A method according to claim 15 which further com prises notifying attendees of the new end date and different meeting information 17 A method according to claim 16 which further com prises transmitting a notification to each attendee indicating a new end date and changed meeting information 18 A method according to claim 15 wherein the step of changing meeting information includes changing one of the time duration or location of the meeting UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO 8 751 279 B2 Page 1011 APPLICATION NO 11 135119 DATED June 10 2014 INVENTOR S Burns It is certified that error appears in the above identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below In the Claims Column 14 Line 9 Insert a between notifying and device Signed and Sealed this Ninth Day of September 2014 Anse le Michelle K Lee Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Tradema
15. as camera lenses may only receive an optical input for example while a headphone jack may only provide an audio output The device 20 further illustratively includes a display 22 carried by the housing 21 and connected to the circuitry 48 A back button 36 and scroll wheel 37 can also be connected to the circuitry 48 for allowing a user to navigate menus text etc as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art The scroll wheel 37 may also be referred to as a thumb wheel or a track wheel in some instances The keypad 23 illustra tively includes a plurality of multi symbol keys 24 each hav ing indicia of a plurality of respective symbols thereon The keypad 23 also illustratively includes an alternate function key 25 a next key 26 a space key 27 a shift key 28 a return or enter key 29 and a backspace delete key 30 The next key 26 is also used to entera symbol upon first pressing or actuating the alternate function key 25 Similarly the space key 27 shift key 28 and backspace key 30 are used to enter a 0 and respectively upon first actuating the alternate function key 25 The keypad 23 further illustratively includes a send key 31 an end key 32 and a convenience 1 menu key 39 for use in placing cellular telephone calls as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art Moreover the symbols on each key 24 are arranged in top and bottom rows The symbols in the bottom rows are entered when a
16. ate the event for example an arranged meeting with one or more attendees BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Other objects features and advantages will become appar ent from the detailed description which follows when con sidered in light of the accompanying drawings in which FIG 1 is a schematic block diagram of an example of a mobile wireless communications device that can be used and illustrating certain internal components thereof FIG 2 is a front elevation view of the mobile wireless communications device of FIG 1 FIGS 3 6 are screen shots of a calendar program that can be displayed on a mobile wireless communications device such as shown in FIGS 1 and 2 and showing the respective day agenda week and month format FIG 7 is a screen shot showing new event i e appoint ment screen which can be used for setting a recurring event 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 FIG 8 is a screen shot showing a notification concerning the recurring event and indicating whether the recurring event should be reinstated FIG 9 is a screen shot indicating whether the event infor mation for the recurring event should be changed through editing basic parameters such as time duration or location of the event FIG 10 is a high level flowchart showing the system and method of preventing the lapse of a recurring event such as using an electronic calendar program FIG 11 is a schematic block diagram
17. by the antenna 1540 are routed to the receiver 1500 which provides for signal amplification frequency down conversion filtering channel selection etc and may also provide analog to digital conversion Analog to digital conversion of the received signal allows the DSP 1580 to US 8 751 279 B2 11 perform more complex communications functions such as demodulation and decoding In a similar manner signals to be transmitted to the network 1401 are processed e g modu lated and encoded by the DSP 1580 and are then provided to the transmitter 1520 for digital to analog conversion fre quency up conversion filtering amplification and transmis sion to the communication network 1401 or networks via the antenna 1560 In addition to processing communications signals the DSP 1580 provides for control of the receiver 1500 and the trans mitter 1520 For example gains applied to communications signals in the receiver 1500 and transmitter 1520 may be adaptively controlled through automatic gain control algo rithms implemented in the DSP 1580 In a data communications mode a received signal such as a text message or web page download is processed by the communications subsystem 1001 and is input to the process ing device 1800 The received signal is then further processed by the processing device 1800 for an output to the display 1600 or alternatively to some other auxiliary I O device 1060 A device user may also compose data items
18. corporated by reference 463 patent identified above FIGS 3 6 show screen shots for a non limiting example of a type of calendar format in a calendar program that could be used in one embodiment FIG 3 shows a day format FIG 4 shows an agenda format FIG 5 shows a week format FIG 6 shows a month format In the device shown in FIGS 1 and 2 it is possible to change the calendar format On a Home screen a user clicks a Calendar icon and the calendar appears The user clicks the track wheel and a menu appears The user selects one of the following options a to view a schedule for one day the user clicks View Day b to view a list of appointments and meet ings grouped by day the user clicks View Agenda c to view a schedule for one week the user clicks View Week and d to view a schedule for one month the user clicks View Month To change days quickly in Day format the user scrolls to the navigation bar and clicks a day It is also possible to view the current date On a Home screen a user clicks the Calendar icon and L the calendar appears The user clicks the track wheel and a menu appears The user clicks Today and the current date appears It is also possible to view a specific date On the Home screen a user clicks the Calendar icon and the calendar appears The user clicks the track wheel and a menu appears The user clicks Go to Date and a dialog box appears In the Go to Date field the user presses the Space key
19. d 9 a question could be displayed on the display of the mobile wireless communications device asking the organizer or user if the end date of the recurring event is to be modified The display could also give a reminder as to the end date as shown in FIG 8 If a Yes is selected a screen can be used for establishing the recurring event and could be a simplified menu that allows only the editing of the end date which is modified Another screen shot could query whether the recurring event information should be edited This edited information could include the time duration or location ofthe event If a more simplified menu is used to reinstate the recurring event by modifying the end date then a more detailed menu such as shown in FIG 7 could be displayed for modifying the event information This information would then be transmitted to a host server or other means for trans mitting notifications to attendees indicating a new end date for the recurring event and if there were edits and modifica tions to event information the new changed information such as the time duration or location of the event FIG 10 shows a high level flowchart as an example of one non limiting embodiment As shown in block 200 a recur rence notice is sent to the organizer of the event such as through a recurrence notice as shown in FIG 8 As shown at block 202 the organizer decides whether to reinstate the event with the new end date If no then the progra
20. e The illustrated housing 21 is a static housing for example as opposed to a flip or sliding housing which are used in many cellular tele phones However these and other housing configurations may also be used Circuitry 48 is carried by the circuit board 67 such as a microprocessor memory one or more wireless transceivers e g cellular WLAN etc audio and power circuitry including any keyboard circuitry It should be understood that keyboard circuitry could be on a separate board etc as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art and as will be discussed further below A battery not shown is also prefer ably carried by the housing 21 for supplying power to the circuitry 48 Furthermore an audio output transducer 49 e g a speaker is carried by an upper portion 46 of the housing 21 and connected to the circuitry 48 One or more user input interface devices such as a keypad 23 FIG 2 is also pref erably carried by the housing 21 and connected to the cir cuitry 48 Other examples of user input interface devices include a scroll wheel 37 and a back button 36 Of course it will be appreciated that other user input interface devices e g a stylus or touch screen interface may be used in other embodiments An antenna 45 is positioned at the lower portion 47 in the housing and can be formed as a pattern of conductive traces forming an antenna circuit that physically forms the antenna and connected to the circuitry
21. e amount of time in advance 15 Min your handheld notifies you of the appointment If a user does not want to be notified set this field to None Recurrence Set whether the user wants the None appointment to recur regularly such as on a daily weekly or monthly basis Every Set the frequency of the 1 appointment End Set the date on which the Never series of appointments ends Days If your appointment recurs weekly set the days on which the appointment recurs Relative Date If your appointment recurs monthly or yearly you can set whether the appointment recurs on the exact data or on the relative dates For example you can set the appointment to recur on the 28th of each month exact date or on the last Monday of each month relative date In the Notes field a user can type any additional informa tion for the appointment The user clicks the track wheel and amenu appears The user selects one of the following options a to save the appointment the user clicks Save b to create a meeting the user proceeds to the next step The user clicks Invite Attendee and the Select Address screen appears The user clicks a contact and a menu appears and the user clicks Invite To invite more contacts the previous 3 steps can be repeated Because the user is already registered as the person who created the meeting the user is not invited of course The user clicks the track wheel and a menu appears The user clicks Save and a
22. ed time of the predetermined end date for the recurring event modifying data regarding the end date of the recurring event by inputting new data to the processor from the user interface when the recurring event is to continue presenting a reminder on the user interface regarding the impending lapse at least one of before and during the predetermined end date and displaying a prompt via the user interface regarding pre vention of the upcoming lapse of the recurring event upon a last recurrence of the recurring event the indica tion to modify the end date being received by the pro cessor from the user interface according to the user input relative to at least one of the reminder and the prompt 10 A method according to claim 9 which further com prises notifying a device associated with a user that estab lished the recurring event when all recurrences of the event were done within a predetermined number of days of the last occurrence 11 A method according to claim 9 which further com prises notifying attendees of a new end date for the recurring event 20 25 14 12 A method according to claim 11 which further com prises wirelessly transmitting a notification to each attendee indicating a new end date for the recurring event 13 A method according to claim 9 which further com prises establishing the recurring event by entering values into the user interface operative with the electronic calendar sys tem 14 A method
23. f an address book set address book options and manage SIM card phone books A phone menu could allow for the making and answering of phone calls using phone features managing phone call logs setting phone options and viewing phone information A browser could allow the browsing of web pages and config uring the browser including bookmarks and browser options Other applications could include the task memo pad calcu lator alarm and games as well as handheld options with various references The managing of events is especially adapted for use with acalendar program as one non limiting example It should be understood that the term calendar program 15 broad enough to encompass any type of messaging or appointment meeting program that allows an organizer to establish an event for example an appointment or meeting The term appointment is used in some of the screen shots as an example of an event Although the term calendar program is used it should be understood that the term is broad enough to encompass any type of date setting and event setting function commonly used in electronic computer programs It should also be understood that the calendar program is operative for pushing calendar event messages from a host system to a mobile data commu nications device and in reverse The described system could 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 be operative with systems such as described in commonly assigned and in
24. f the phone housing and are therefore more likely to put their hands over such an antenna than they are an antenna mounted adjacent the lower portion 47 of the housing 21 Accordingly more reliable performance may be achieved from placing the antenna 45 adjacent the lower portion 47 of the housing 21 Still another benefit of this configuration is that it provides more room for one or more auxiliary input output I O devices 50 to be carried at the upper portion 46 ofthe housing Furthermore by separating the antenna 45 from the auxiliary I O device s 50 this may allow for reduced interference therebetween Some examples of auxiliary I O devices 50 include a WLAN e g Bluetooth IEEE 802 11 antenna for providing WLAN communication capabilities and or a satellite posi tioning system e g GPS Galileo etc antenna for provid ing position location capabilities as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art Other examples of auxiliary I O devices 50 include a second audio output transducer e g a speaker for speaker phone operation and a camera lens for providing digital camera capabilities an electrical device connector e g USB headphone secure digital SD or memory card etc It should be noted that the term input output as used herein for the auxiliary I O device s 50 means that such devices may have input and or output capabilities and they need not provide both in all embodiments That is devices such
25. g device 1800 controls the operation of the display 1600 as well as the overall operation of the mobile device 1000 in response to actuation of keys on the keypad 1400 by the user The housing 1200 may be elongated vertically or may take on other sizes and shapes including clamshell housing struc tures The keypad may include a mode selection key or other hardware or software for switching between text entry and telephony entry In addition to the processing device 1800 other parts ofthe mobile device 1000 are shown schematically in FIG 11 These include a communications subsystem 1001 a short range communications subsystem 1020 the keypad 1400 and the display 1600 along with other input output devices 1060 1080 1100 and 1120 as well as memory devices 1160 1180 and various other device subsystems 1201 The mobile device 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 1000 is preferably a two way RF communications device having voice and data communications capabilities In addi tion the mobile device 1000 preferably has the capability to communicate with other computer systems via the Internet Operating system software executed by the processing device 1800 is preferably stored in a persistent store such as the flash memory 1160 but may be stored in other types of memory devices such as a read only memory ROM or similar storage element In addition system software spe cific device applications or par
26. g event infor mation It should be understood that the term event encom passes the term meeting and the term appointment as well as other terms typically used in electronic calendar or messaging systems that establish events such as meetings and appointments A system and method in one example can be incorporated for use on a wireless mobile communications device An electronic calendar program has the capability of establishing a recurring event i e an appointment or meeting with a predetermined end date A processor is operative for notify ing an organizer of the event at a predetermined time of the end date for the recurring event and permitting the organizer to modify the end date of the recurring event if the meeting is to continue Of course the term event encompasses the terms meeting and the term appointment as well as other terms typically used in electronic calendar or messaging sys tems that establish events such as meetings and appointments In one example the processor is operative for permitting the organizer to modify event information which could com prise one of time duration or location of the event The user interface is preferably established such as on an LCD of a wireless mobile communications device for entering infor mation for establishing the recurring event and permitting the organizer to modify the end date The system could also be operative for notifying the orga nizer
27. ime and have a predetermined end time Attendees of the event can be notified of the event information and end date of the recurring event through a notification transmitted from a server or mobile wireless communications device Communication devices and sys tems operative with calendar programs and or for pushing calendar event messages are disclosed in commonly assigned U S Pat Nos 6 463 463 and 6 489 950 and published inter national PCT application WO 03 056789 and WO 2004 100586 The use of mobile wireless communications devices with messaging and associated calendar programs are becoming more popular each day These calendar programs permit the establishment and managing of events including any appointments and meetings and a user interface to view day agenda week or month formats Many of these calendar programs allow the event i e the appointment or meeting to recur regularly such as on a daily weekly or monthly basis where the frequency of the event is set through use of a user interface It is also possible to set the date on which the series of appointments or meetings ends If an event recurs weekly the days on which the event recurs can be set Typically recurring events with an end date currently lapse without any notice to an organizer of this recurring event This can lead to an inability to continue to hold the event because of room restrictions attendee conflicts or simply the incon venience of having to reinst
28. m ends If yes then shown at block 204 the organizer decides whether to edit other event information such as the location or time of the event If no the program will allow the organizer to reinstate with the new end date since the organizer had answered Yes whether the end date is to be modified at block 202 If yes then the event information is edited with new values and the program ends block 208 It should be understood that in this type of calendar pro gram it is possible to set events such as appointments meet ings quickly On the Home screen a user could click the Calendar icon and the calendar appears When the calendar is in day format the start time and the subject ofan appointment is typed A location in parentheses can be set The track wheel can be rolled to change the end time of the appointment and the appointment is saved It is also possible to open an appointment meeting when the calendar is in Day Week or Agenda format The user clicks an appointment and a menu appears The user clicks Open and ifthe appointment recurs a dialog box appears To open all occurrences ofthe appointment the user clicks Open the series and opens only the selected appointment the user clicks Open for this occurrence The details of the meeting appear It is also possible to open an appointment meeting from a Messages screen and click a meeting invitation or response US 8 751 279 B2 9 Different details of the meeting can
29. nd the information can be deleted For example if the appointment or meeting occurs once then that could be deleted If the appointment meeting recurs to delete all occurrences ofthe appointment the series should be deleted and to delete only a selected appointment then only the one occurrence can be deleted If a meeting is deleted that was created by the user a send cancellation is sent forth to attendees Different calendar options can be set and different options including enabling a quick entry to allow appointments to be added quickly in a day format an initial view for setting a format when the calendar opens a default reminder to set the amount of time before an appointment meeting the confirming of a delete the setting of a time at which a daily schedule starts or ends with a start of day or end of day field and the setting of a day on which a weekly schedule begins such as a first day of the week field An example of a hand held mobile wireless communica tions device 1000 that may be used is further described in the example below with reference to FIG 11 The device 1000 illustratively includes a housing 1200 a keypad 1400 and an output device 1600 The output device shown is a display 1600 which is preferably a full graphic LCD Other types of output devices may alternatively be utilized A processing device 1800 is contained within the housing 1200 and is coupled between the keypad 1400 and the display 1600 The processin
30. ng descriptions and the associated drawings Therefore it is understood that the description is not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and that modifications and embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims That which is claimed is 1 A system for preventing the elapse of a recurring event comprising a memory containing a recurring event established with a predetermined end date a user interface and a processor connected to the memory and user interface and configured to cause presentation on the user inter face ofa notification regarding an impending lapse ofthe recurring event at a predetermined time of the predeter mined end date for the recurring event the processor being further configured to modify the end date of the recurring event according to an indication received by 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 the processor from the user interface when the recurring event is to continue wherein the user interface is further configured to present a reminder regarding the impending lapse at least one of before and during the predetermined end date and prompt regarding prevention ofthe impending lapse ofthe recurring event upon a last recurrence ofthe recur ring event the indication to modify the end date being received by the processor from the user interface accord ing to a user input relative to at least one of the reminder and the prompt
31. of an exemplary mobile wireless communications device DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Different embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which preferred embodiments are shown Many different forms embodiments can be used and this description should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein Rather these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope to those skilled in the art Like numbers refer to like elements throughout and prime notation is used to indicate similar elements in alternative embodiments Problems often occur with some calendar functions in which recurring events with an end date currently elapse without any notice to the organizer This can lead to an inabil ity to continue to hold the event because of room restrictions or other problems Also there could be an inconvenience in having to reinstate the event and having all the original recipi ents of a recurring message and event notice obtain the rein stated event notices An organizer can now be informed of all recurrences of an event that were done within a certain period of time or x dates of the last occurrence and allow the user to modify the end date if necessary in an efficient manner This could occur by prompting a user to enter Yes to modify the end date and bring up a menu for changin
32. r Doppelt USPC erben 705 7 16 705 7 18 705 7 19 Milbrath amp Gilchrist P A 58 Field of Classification Search 705 7 18 7 19 7 16 57 ABSTRACT Bee application file forcomplete seareh history A system and method for preventing the lapse of a recurring 56 References Cited event includes an electronic calendar program having the U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 5 602 963 2 1997 Bissonnette et al 704 275 5 732 399 3 1998 Katiyar etal 705 8 6 370 566 B2 4 2002 Discolo etal 709 206 6 463 463 10 2002 Godfrey etal 709 206 6 489 950 12 2002 Griffin etal 345 168 6 675 356 Bl 1 2004 Adler etal 715 530 6 691 111 B2 2 2004 Lazaridis et al 707 6 7 088 294 B2 8 2006 Qietal 343 702 7 353 194 B1 4 2008 Kerker etal 705 29 2001 0049617 1 12 2001 Berenson etal 705 8 2002 0114220 Al 8 2002 Cunningham 368 28 2003 0061433 Al 3 2003 Halletal 711 1 capability of establishing a recurring event with a predeter mined end date A processor is operative for notifying an organizer of the event at a predetermined time of the end date for the recurring event and permitting the organizer to modify the end date of the recurring event if the event is to continue The electronic calendar program and processor is operative in a mobile wireless communications
33. r synchronization A first step is to create an event i e the appointment or meeting For example the Home screen a user clicks the Calendar icon and the calendar appears The user clicks the track wheel and a menu appears The user clicks New and a New Appointment screen appears for example as shown in FIG 7 In the following fields the user can type appointment US 8 751 279 B2 7 information a Subject a user types the subject of the appointment b Location a user types the location of the appointment Preferred options appear when a Space key is pressed for example the fields listed in the table below which also set forth a description and default The description and default typically would not be displayed on an LED of the wireless device but are only set forth in the table below for description purposes Field Description Default All Day Event Set whether the appointment Cleared occupies a full day Start Set the date and time when the Selected date appointment starts and time End Set the date and time when the 30 minutes appointment ends If a user after start modifies this field the Duration time field reflects the change The appointment must start and end on the same date Duration Set the length of the appointment 0 Hours If a user modifies this field the 30 Mins End field reflects the change Time Zone Set the time zone in which the Eastern Time appointment occurs Reminder Set th
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35. ts thereof may be temporarily loaded into a volatile store such as the random access memory RAM 1180 Communications signals received by the mobile device may also be stored in the RAM 1180 The processing device 1800 in addition to its operating system functions enables execution of software applications 1300A 1300N on the device 1000 A predetermined set of applications that control basic device operations such as data and voice communications 1300A and 1300B may be installed on the device 1000 during manufacture In addition a personal information manager PIM application may be installed during manufacture The PIM is preferably capable of organizing and managing data items such as e mail cal endar events voice mails appointments and task items The PIM application is also preferably capable of sending and receiving data items via a wireless network 1401 Preferably the PIM data items are seamlessly integrated synchronized and updated via the wireless network 1401 with the device user s corresponding data items stored or associated with a host computer system Communication functions including data and voice com munications are performed through the communications subsystem 1001 and possibly through the short range com munications subsystem The communications subsystem 1001 includes a receiver 1500 a transmitter 1520 and one or more antennas 1540 and 1560 In addition the communica tions subsystem 1001 also includes
36. until the preferred options appear The user clicks the track wheel and the date appears It is possible to view the next or previous date On the Home screen the user clicks the Calendar icon and the cal endar appears The user clicks the track wheel and a menu appears The user can select one of the following options as non limiting examples Format Option Day To view that day in the next week click Next Week to view that day in the previous week click Prev Week To view the next day on which you have an appointment or meeting click Next Day to view the previous day on which you have an appointment or meeting click Prev Day To view the next week click Next Week to view the previous week click Prev Week To view the next month click Next Month to view the previous month click Prev Month to view that month in the next year click Next Year to view that month in the previous year click Prev Year Agenda Week Month It is also possible to manage events such as appointments and meetings In one non limiting example an appointment can be considered a scheduled amount of time in the calendar A meeting can be considered an appointment to which con tacts are invited For purposes of description the term event will encompass appointments and meetings To manage events especially meetings on the handheld shown in FIGS 1 and 2 the handheld is integrated with an email account and includes wireless calenda
37. user presses a key 24 without first pressing the alter nate function key 25 while the top row symbols are entered by first pressing the alternate function key As seen in FIG 2 the multi symbol keys 24 are arranged in the first three rows on the keypad 23 below the send and end keys 31 32 Fur thermore the letter symbols on each of the keys 24 are arranged to define a QWERTY layout That is the letters on the keypad 23 are presented in a three row format with the US 8 751 279 B2 5 letters of each row being in the same order and relative posi tion as in a standard QWERTY keypad Each row of keys including the fourth row of function keys 25 29 are arranged in five columns The multi symbol keys 24 in the second third and fourth columns of the first second and third rows have numeric indicia thereon 1 1 through 9 accessible by first actuating the alternate function key 25 Coupled with the next space and shift keys 26 27 28 which respectively enter 07 and upon first actuating the alternate function key 25 as noted above this set of keys defines a standard telephone keypad layout as would be found on a traditional touch tone telephone as will be appre ciated by those skilled in the art Accordingly the mobile cellular device 20 may advanta geously be used not only as a traditional cellular phone but it may also be conveniently used for sending and or receiving data over a cellular or other network
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