For-your-information events

摘要

A for-your-information event can be received in a computer system. The for-your-information event can include an event time field that indicates a scheduled time for the for-your-information event. The computer system may not automatically block the scheduled time of the for-your-information event on a calendar in response to receiving the for-your-information event. User input indicating that the for-your-information event is to be converted to a regular event can be received. In response to the user input, the computer system can convert the for-your-information event to a regular event. Converting the for-your information event can include automatically including the scheduled time of the for-your-information event as a scheduled time for the converted regular event. Also in response to the user input, the computer system can automatically block the scheduled time of the for-your-information event on the calendar.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a plurality of for-your-information events in a computer system, the for-your-information events each including an event time field that indicates a scheduled time for the for-your-information event, the computer system refraining from automatically blocking the scheduled times of the for-your-information events on a main calendar in response to receiving the for-your-information events, the receiving of the for-your-information events in the computer system being part of receiving a calendar of for-your-information events as a calendar over a computer network, the calendar of for-your-information events comprising the plurality of for-your-information events, and the calendar of for-your-information events being designated as a for-your-information calendar separate from the main calendar in the computer system; receiving a regular event in the computer system, the received regular event including a time field that indicates a scheduled time for the received regular event; the computer system automatically blocking the scheduled time for the received regular event on the main calendar in response to receiving the received regular event; displaying a representation of the received regular event in a main calendar display region for the main calendar, the main calendar display region comprising a plurality of representations of regular events; displaying representations of the for-your-information events in a secondary display region, the secondary display region comprising a plurality of representations of the for-your-information events, the main calendar display region and the secondary display region being displayed at the same time, while scheduled times for the for-your-information events are not blocked on the main calendar; and displaying a user interface control that is configured to be selected by user input to convert a selected for-your-information event to a converted regular event and to block a scheduled time of the selected for-your-information event on the main calendar for the converted regular event.