Patent ID: 7398061

Claim:
An electronic device for receiving live communications comprising: a microcomputer configured to execute an application for scheduling a calendar event; said calendar event having a notification profile associated therewith; said microcomputer further configured to process said notification profile to determine whether to accept a live communication during said scheduled calendar event; said microcomputer further arranged to execute a separate notification profile settings application to enable a user to associate with said calendar event a notification criterion; said notification criterion including a string of text that is established by a user; said notification criterion indicative of said notification profile associated with said calendar event; said notification profile being defined within said separate notification profile settings application; such that said notification profile is selected by said microcomputer based on said string of text appearing in said calendar event, including the steps of: determining in a messaging application a time of receipt of said live communication; determining in a calendar application whether said time of receipt is during the scheduled calendar event; if said time of receipt is during said calendar event, then examining said calendar event for the criterion indicative of the notification profile for indicating how said communication is to be routed, and instructing said messaging application to route said communication to a message service if said calendar event notification profile designates routing to said message service or instructing said messaging application to accept said communication as a live communication if said calendar event so designates.