Patent ID: 8429292
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for scheduling an event on an electronic communications device configured for sending and receiving electronic messages over a communications network, including: identifying by the communications device of a first occurrence of a date in a message body of an electronic message meeting predetermined criteria; extracting by the communications device of the identified date from the message body; displaying on a display of the communications device an event scheduling interface for scheduling an event, the event scheduling interface having a plurality of input fields for receiving information about the event; and automatically populating by the communications device of a date input field of the event scheduling interface with the identified date extracted from the message body, wherein the predetermined criteria specifies that any date contained in a header portion of a previous message embedded in the message body is not to be populated in the date input field of the event scheduling interface.