Unified Calendar Aggregation for Time-Consuming Manual Consolidation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumer electronics device users face the burden of accessing and consolidating information from multiple online accounts and storage areas, which is laborious and time-consuming due to the dispersed nature of their information across different locations and formats.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that aggregates user information from various sources, including calendars, social networking services, and email accounts, to present consolidated information on a user device, with the option to view it chronologically or reverse-chronologically, and provides recommendations based on event details and user profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access information from multiple online accounts and storage areas separately, then information can be stored in different locations, but the process of seeking and consolidating this information becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges calendar information from multiple sources (electronically stored calendars, social networking services, email accounts) into a single consolidated information presentation on the user device. This consolidation eliminates the need for users to manually browse and collect information from disparate locations, directly resolving the time loss problem while preserving the versatility of storing information in different original locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that automatically retrieves, consolidates, and presents information from multiple sources. This intermediary mechanism (the information consolidation system) acts as a mediator between the user and the dispersed information sources, eliminating manual browsing efforts and reducing time consumption while maintaining access to diverse information types.
2Ease of operation
If users manually browse and collect information from multiple sources, then they can access specific information, but the process becomes burdensome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically retrieving and consolidating calendar information from multiple sources without requiring manual user intervention. The processor autonomously accesses electronically stored calendars, social networking services, and email accounts, then consolidates the information and presents it in an organized manner, significantly improving both ease of operation and consolidation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively gathering and consolidating information from multiple sources before the user needs to access it. The processor automatically retrieves calendar data, social networking information, and email calendar entries, then organizes them into a consolidated presentation, eliminating the need for users to manually browse and collect information.
3Productivity
If the system consolidates information from multiple sources, then information access is streamlined, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor is designed with multi-functionality to handle diverse information sources (electronically stored calendars, social networking services, email accounts) within a single unified system. This universal approach allows the same processing mechanism to consolidate different types of calendar information from various sources, improving access efficiency while managing system complexity through standardized processing protocols.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus includes at least one computer readable storage medium that bears instructions executable by a processor to configure the processor for accessing one or more electronically stored calendars of events pertaining to at least one user to obtain first calendar information from the one or more electronically stored calendars. The instructions also configure the processor for accessing at least one social network service for which the user has an account to obtain second calendar information from the site, consolidating the first and second calendar information to render consolidated information, presenting at least some of the consolidated information on a user device associated with the user, and presenting a recommendation for action pertaining to the event along with at least one event in die consolidated information.