Patent ID: 9053467
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing follow-up appointments in a calendaring system, comprising: responsive to receiving a user input, creating, by a processor unit, a first follow-up appointment to an original appointment; setting, by the processor unit, first follow-up information for the first follow-up appointment created using selected original information about the original appointment including an appointment ID and in response to receiving the user input; storing, by the processor unit, the first follow-up information with the original information about the original appointment in a bi-directionally linked data structure stored in a computer readable storage device to form an associated follow-up appointment; storing, by the processor unit, the associated follow-up appointment in the calendaring system; creating, by the processor unit, a second follow-up appointment to the first follow-up appointment; setting, by the processor unit, second follow-up information for the second follow-up appointment created in response to receiving the user input; storing, by the processor unit, the second follow-up information with original information about the original appointment and the first follow-up information of the associated follow-up appointment in a bi-directionally linked data structure stored in a computer readable storage device to form a second associated follow-up appointment; storing, by the processor unit, the associated follow-up appointments in the calendaring system; and in response to receiving a request from the user to initiate display of a data structure associated with a particular appointment and when the particular appointment is the original appointment, displaying, by the processor unit, a diagram that includes the original appointment and the original information, the first follow-up appointment and the first follow-up information, and the second follow-up appointment and second follow-up information about the second follow-up appointment, wherein the diagram displays a first graphical depiction of a first relationship between the original appointment and the first follow-up appointment, and wherein the diagram displays a second graphical depiction of a second relationship between the first follow-up appointment and the second follow-up appointment.