Patent ID: 8051380

Claim:
One or more computer readable storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that executes a method for updating a shared electronic calendar with at least one new electronic calendar modification notice, the method comprising: identifying a first shared electronic calendar user accessing a calendar view of a shared electronic calendar at a first instance, the calendar view comprising an appointment calendar item associated with a specific time presented within a view of a particular day within the calendar, a view of a particular week within the calendar, a view of a particular month within the calendar, or a view of a particular year within the calendar, wherein multiple shared electronic calendar users view and modify the same shared electronic calendar; identifying a second instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the shared electronic calendar, wherein the second instance precedes the first instance the first shared electronic calendar user accesses the shared electronic calendar; determining a new electronic calendar modification associated with the appointment calendar item in the calendar view accessed by the first shared electronic calendar user at the first instance, wherein the new electronic calendar modification is provided by a second shared electronic calendar user following the second instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the shared electronic calendar; and based on the new electronic calendar modification associated with the appointment calendar item in the calendar view, outputting a new electronic calendar modification notice, the new electronic calendar modification notice being displayed adjacent to the corresponding appointment calendar item in the calendar view accessed by the first shared electronic calendar user at the first instance.