Calendaring Application Past Event Contextual Data Linking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current conference session applications fail to link independent communication threads or channels with other information, such as participant notes, and do not present historical meeting data in a user-friendly manner, while calendaring applications provide generic information for past events without additional context.
Innovation Solution
A calendaring application that allows users to view past events with additional tabs for action items, links to meeting materials, and recordings, integrated with a meeting exchange solution to capture and display relevant contextual information, including action items, recordings, and participant interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If current conference session applications record information in a linked manner, then some information connectivity is achieved, but independent communication threads or channels cannot be linked with other information such as participant notes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the conference information into distinct modules: conference session data, communication threads, participant notes, and action items. Each module can be independently managed and linked through the calendar event structure, allowing selective connectivity without requiring complete system integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The calendar event serves as an intermediary object that links conference session information, communication threads, participant notes, and action items. This mediator enables connectivity between previously independent information sources without direct integration between all components.
2Ease of operation
If current calendaring applications display generic information for calendar events, then simplicity is maintained, but additional contextual information about past events is not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The calendar event display dynamically adapts based on the event state. For past conference events, the system automatically displays additional contextual information such as action items, participant notes, and communication threads, while maintaining the same simple interface structure for future events.
Solution Approach 2:
Additional contextual information is displayed locally within the calendar event view when relevant data exists. The interface maintains its simple structure but enhances specific areas with action items, notes, and communication threads only when the event type and state warrant such information.
3Loss of information
If a calendaring application integrates multiple information sources for past events, then comprehensive information is provided, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The calendar event is designed as a multi-functional object that can store and display various types of information: basic event details, conference session data, communication threads, participant notes, and action items. This universal structure provides comprehensive information without requiring separate systems for each information type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where conference session information, communication threads, and participant notes are nested within the calendar event container. This hierarchical organization allows comprehensive information storage while maintaining a unified, manageable system structure.
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AI summary
A method, system, and device are provided for presenting event views via a calendaring application or the like. In particular, the event view is alterable depending upon whether or not the event currently being viewed is a past event or not. Past events may posses additional attributes not possessed by other events and, therefore, the presentation of a past event and the information related thereto may differ from the presentation of other events.