Patent ID: 7340691
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing calendar information of users in a database for presentation by a personal information manager, comprising: maintaining scheduled event records for users within the database, including a given user; maintaining information for the given user on shadowed events for a tracked entity that are part of the tracked entity's scheduled event records, wherein the tracked entity was selected by the given user; providing from the database scheduled event records for the given user and information on shadowed events of at least one tracked entity, wherein the scheduled event records of the given user are capable of being scheduled at calendar times that overlap with scheduled shadowed events for the at least one tracked entity; displaying information on the provided scheduled event records and shadowed events for a time period in a view in response to displaying the given user's scheduled event records; receiving selection from the given user to add a selected shadowed event to the given user's scheduled event records; enabling the user to select from the view to add the tracked entity's scheduled event record comprising the selected shadowed event to the given user's scheduled event records in the database, wherein the scheduled event record from the tracked entity added to the given user's scheduled event records are displayed as part of the given user's scheduled event records; and generating a conflict signal if scheduled event records for one user are scheduled for overlapping calendar times, and wherein the conflict signal is not generated if at least one shadowed event record and scheduled event record for which the information is displayed are scheduled for overlapping calendar times.