LLM Calendar Event Structures for Goal-Based Scheduling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current digital calendaring systems suffer from inaccuracies, inflexibility, and navigational inefficiencies in scheduling calendar events, often treating each event as standalone entities and requiring excessive client device interactions across multiple applications.

Innovation Solution

A catalyst calendar system utilizing a large language model and context engine generates computer code to create interrelated calendar events aligned with target objectives, integrating a chat window and calendar window for streamlined interaction, thus improving flexibility and efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing calendaring systems generate individual calendar events independently, then each event can be scheduled separately, but the events become disconnected from related events and lack contextual accuracy

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveaccuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple independent calendar events into a unified event structure that captures relationships between events. The system merges related events by identifying contextual connections and creating a consolidated representation that maintains accuracy while reducing fragmentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that analyzes contextual data and determines relationships between calendar events. This mediator component evaluates event connections and orchestrates the merging process, improving accuracy without requiring direct complex interactions between all events.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If existing systems require multiple separate applications for determining event parameters and generating calendar events, then specialized functionality is available in each application, but navigational efficiency decreases and excessive client device interactions are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenavigational efficiencyVSAvoidscheduling efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the functionality of multiple separate applications into a single integrated system. The calendar event generation process combines parameter determination, event creation, and relationship management in one unified interface, eliminating the need to navigate across multiple applications and reducing client device interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If existing calendaring systems treat each calendar event as a standalone data entity, then event management is simplified, but the system becomes inflexible and cannot adapt events based on interdependencies

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveflexibilityVSAvoiddata structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the calendar event data structure into hierarchical levels, where individual events are divided into sub-components and grouped into parent event structures. This segmentation allows events to be treated as standalone entities when needed while enabling flexible reconfiguration based on interdependencies and relationships.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250342446A1Generating digital calendar structures using a large-language-model-based catalyst system
Publication Date: 2025.11.06 DROPBOX INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing a large language model to generate computer code executable to generate a series of calendar events for completing a target objective. Furthermore, the disclosed systems provide a catalyst calendar interface which includes a chat window and an integrated calendar window to interface to display the series of calendar events. For instance, the disclosed systems utilize the large language model to generate a task curriculum which includes a set of executable tasks whose completion accomplishes the target objective. Furthermore, the disclosed systems can generate computer code executable by a calendar application to generate the series of calendar events corresponding to the set of executable tasks. The disclosed systems can interact with the chat window to provide the series of calendar events incorporating an integrated view of the calendar application, via the integrated calendar window, using rich calendar content.