公开(公告)号：US6016478A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-18

申请号：US693677

申请日：1996-08-13

Applicant: Qili Zhang ,  Jin T. Teh ,  Philippe Richard Kahn

Inventor： Qili Zhang ,  Jin T. Teh ,  Philippe Richard Kahn

IPC: G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  B42D5/04

CPC classification number: G06Q10/109 ,  G06Q10/06314 ,  G06Q10/1095

Abstract: An electronic Personal Information Manager (PIM) including a peer-to-peer group scheduling/calendar system is described. The group scheduling/calendar system provides methods for peer-to-peer group scheduling among users, including those users who only have simple e-mail support (i.e., do not have access to the group scheduling/calendar system itself). If a user is able to receive and respond to e-mail, he or she is able to participate in group scheduling in an automated fashion. Under user control, the system generates a scheduling invitation incorporating different formats. Each format includes, in order of increasing content richness, a simple text embedded scheduling invitation, an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) form embedded scheduling invitation, and a proprietary binary "MIME" (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) scheduling invitation. Each format is designed to transfer the highest degree of information content which a particular target client type can handle. A recipient of the scheduling message employs the messaging format best suited for his or her environment. Regardless of which format the recipient employs, the group scheduling system processes the reply message automatically, with the appropriate information automatically included in the user's group scheduling calendar. The system supports different levels of participation of various individuals throughout various stages of group scheduling, despite the fact that some of the individuals who need to participate might use other proprietary software and reside in other time zones.

Abstract translation: 描述了包括对等组群调度/日历系统的电子个人信息管理器（PIM）。 组调度/日历系统提供了用户之间的对等组组调度的方法，包括仅具有简单电子邮件支持的用户（即，不具有组调度/日历系统本身的访问权限）的用户。 如果用户能够接收并回复电子邮件，则他或她能够以自动方式参与群组安排。 在用户控制下，系统生成包含不同格式的调度邀请。 每种格式按照增加内容丰富度的顺序包括简单的文本嵌入式调度邀请，嵌入式调度邀请的HTML（超文本标记语言）形式以及专有的二进制“MIME”（多用途互联网邮件扩展）调度邀请。 每种格式旨在传送特定目标客户端类型可以处理的最高程度的信息内容。 调度消息的接收者采用最适合他或她的环境的消息格式。 无论收件人使用哪种格式，组调度系统都会自动处理回复消息，并将适当的信息自动包含在用户组调度日历中。 尽管事实上一些需要参与的个人可能会使用其他专有软件并且驻留在其他时区，系统支持各个人在不同阶段的群组调度中的不同级别的参与。

公开(公告)号：USD388776S

公开(公告)日：1998-01-06

申请号：US031711

申请日：1994-12-02

Applicant: Qili Zhang ,  Yao Yonghe

Designer： Qili Zhang ,  Yao Yonghe