Patent ID: 8825362

Claim:
A system for managing an electronic calendar within a vehicle environment, the system comprising: a short-range communication device for receiving calendar data comprising a plurality of calendar entries from a mobile device via a short-range communication protocol, characterizing a first set of the calendar entries as being scheduled calendar events responsive to each of the first set of calendar entries specifying a non-zero time window, and characterizing a second set of the calendar entries as being calendar notifications responsive to each of the second set of calendar entries being associated with a particular date without specifying a non-zero time window; an in-vehicle computing system to generate a user interface for displaying the calendar data, the user interface comprising an events window for displaying a representation of the scheduled calendar events, and a notifications window for displaying a representation of the calendar notifications, the notifications window in a separate portion of the user interface than the events window, the notifications window displaying a limited number of notifications and a first indicator that when selected causes the user interface to display additional notifications, and the events window displaying a limited number of events and a second indicator that when selected causes the user interface to display additional events; and an in-vehicle display for displaying the user interface showing the received calendar data.