CONTEXTUAL CALENDAR CONFLICT RESOLUTION

摘要

An electronic calendaring system provides contextual calendar conflict resolution by dynamically evaluating the contexts of a user's obligations and offering the user assistance in scheduling non-conflicting events in a calendar. The electronic calendaring system generates one or more electronic calendar conflict resolution options based on contextual information associated with conflicting calendar events. An event conflict evaluator identifies a calendar conflict between at least two calendar events within received calendar event information. An event context evaluator collects contextual information about the conflicting calendar events. A conflict resolution mediator ranks available time slots to which at least one of the conflicting calendar events can be rescheduled based on the collected contextual information. The conflict resolution mediator further communicates a conflict resolution option message via a user interface of a computing device. The conflict resolution option message proposes at least one of the ranked time slots to resolve the calendar conflict.

主权项

1. An electronic calendaring system that manages one or more electronic calendar databases for recording one or more calendar events, the electronic calendaring system being configured to generate one or more electronic calendar conflict resolution options based on contextual information associated with conflicting calendar events, the electronic calendaring system comprising:
an event conflict evaluator communicatively coupled to the one or more electronic calendar databases and configured to receive calendar event information from the one or more electronic calendar databases, the event conflict evaluator being configured to identify a calendar conflict between at least two calendar events within the received calendar event information; an event context evaluator communicatively coupled to the one or more electronic calendar databases and configured to receive the calendar event information associated with the at least two conflicting calendar events, the event context evaluator being configured to collect contextual information about the at least two conflicting calendar events; and a conflict resolution mediator communicatively coupled to the one or more electronic calendar databases and configured to receive the calendar event information and the collected contextual information, the conflict resolution mediator being configured to rank available time slots to which at least one of the conflicting calendar events can be rescheduled based on the collected contextual information, the conflict resolution mediator being further configured to communicate a conflict resolution option message via a user interface of a computing device, the conflict resolution option message proposing at least one of the ranked time slots to resolve the calendar conflict.