Patent ID: 7149810

Claim:
A method for creating and managing a plurality of calendar entries implemented in a computer, comprising: (a) in response to user input, causing the computer to create the calendar entries, each calendar entry including at least one calendar item, the at least one calendar item including associated calendar data, the associated calendar data including a particular time; (b) in response to receiving a user request to modify the calendar entries, causing the computer to determine a current time associated with the user request and for each calendar entry causing the computer to: (i) determine if the calendar item is activated; (ii) determine if the particular time included in the calendar data associated with the calendar item is subsequent to the current time; (iii) generate a display requesting a user update for the calendar item if the calendar item is activated and if the particular time included in the calendar data associated with the calendar item is subsequent to the current time, wherein the display requesting an update for the calendar item comprises an option for keeping the calendar item, an option for modifying the calendar item, and an option for deleting the calendar item; and wherein the method further comprises: (a) if the update indicates that the calendar item is to be deleted, causing the computer to automatically delete the calendar item; (b) if the update indicates that the calendar item is to be kept, causing the computer to automatically remove from the display a visual indicator indicating that the calendar item needs to be updated; and (c) if the update indicates that the calendar item is to be modified, the method further comprises: (i) causing the computer to automatically generate a menu of available times to which the particular time included in the calendar data associated with the calendar item can be changed to; and (ii) in response to receiving an indication of a selected time from the menu of available times, causing the computer to automatically update the particular time included in the calendar data associated with the calendar item; (iv) selectively update the calendar data associated with the calendar item in response to receiving a user update; and (v) causing, without further user input, the computer to automatically delete the calendar item if the calendar item is not activated.