Patent ID: 8539044

Claim:
A method for providing a user with personalized scheduling information for events, comprising: receiving user input to select at least one social activity related information source from a plurality of social activity related information sources; receiving user input to select at least one social activity related criteria from a plurality of social activity related criteria and assigning a value to the at least one social activity related criteria, wherein said assigning a value to the at least one social activity related criteria comprises assigning a value to each of venue, start time, and day of week; determining personalized scheduling information for a social activity based on the at least one social activity related information source selected by the user and based on the user-assigned values to venue, start time, and day of week; automatically entering the personalized scheduling information in the user's environment; and updating the personalized scheduling information in the user's environment based on new information in the at least one social activity related information source selected by the user and based on the user-assigned values to venue, start time, and day of week.