| 摘要 |
An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display screen according to other software applications or other software functionality in use. A user is presented with an always-visible list of upcoming tasks, meetings and appointments without the need to launch a separate tasks application or calendar application to view upcoming tasks, meetings or appointments. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for providing a persistently displayed user interface portion within a multi-functionality application interface, the method comprising:
providing, by a computer, a multi-functionality application; displaying, by the multi-functionality application interface, a to-do user interface bar having at least one component associated with at least one application of the multi-functionality application, the to-do user interface bar being persistently visible regardless of which application of the multi-functionality application is currently running; searching for at least one data item from a plurality of memory sources, wherein the plurality of memory sources are associated with the multi-functionality application, and wherein data items comprise: electronic mail items, meeting requests, meeting request responses, tasks, and titles of reports; determining that the at least one data item is marked for treatment as a task associated with a task application of the multi-functionality application; in response to determining that the at least one data item is marked for treatment as the task, designating the at least one data item as at least one task item; aggregating the at least one data item designated as at least one task item for display in the to-do user interface; and providing, within the to-do user interface bar, a task component for displaying the at least one task item associated with the task application of the multi-functionality application and a date picker component for displaying a calendar associated with a calendar application of the multi-functionality application. |
