Patent ID: 8655895
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. An event providing apparatus for use in a network communications system, said apparatus comprising: a storage device for storing information; a processor in communication with said storage device for receiving said information, the processor configured to: a display for displaying the time and date in the form of the hyperlink, the display further for automatically providing a user prompt related to said event in response to selection of the hyperlink; wherein the application is invoked in response to a user interaction with said user prompt to receive details of a new event based on the hyperlink, and wherein the processor is further configured to, when said information is an email message: identify a thread in said email message; detect that a defined threshold is reached or exceeded in the email message; and when said defined threshold is reached or exceeded, prompt a user to create said new event.