Patent ID: 6728530
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
In a mobile terminal operable by a user thereof in a radio communication system having network infrastructure with which the mobile terminal communicates by way of a radio link, the network infrastructure coupled to a network-based calendar information source containing at least one network-based calendar item, an improvement for the mobile terminal of calendar-display apparatus for displaying at the mobile terminal calendar information, said calendar-display apparatus comprising: a mobile-based calendar information source positioned at the mobile terminal, said mobile-based calendar information source containing at least one mobile-based calendar item; a retriever positioned at the mobile terminal, said retriever selectably for retrieving by way of the radio link, upon initiation by the user of the mobile terminal, at least one selected network-based calendar item, stored at the network based calendar information source, and for retrieving at least one selected mobile-based calendar item stored at said mobile based calendar information source; and a display element coupled to receive indications of the selected network-based calendar item and of the selected mobile-based calendar item, said display element for displaying together and simultaneously, in human perceptible form, the selected network-based calendar item, retrieved by said retriever by way of the radio link, and the selected mobile-based calendar item, retrieved by said retriever from said mobile-based calendar information source, as a common calendar display at least during the radio-link connection, between the mobile terminal and the network infrastructure; further comprising a user actuator positioned at the mobile terminal and coupled to said mobile-based information source, said user actuator actuable selectably by a user to store the at least one mobile-based calendar item at said mobile-based calendar information source.