AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT OF IMAGE AND/OR AUDIO RECORDS TO ELECTRONIC CALENDAR MEETING EVENT RECORD IN PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICES
A user option is provided for creating or selecting an electronic image and/or audio auxiliary record in real-time during a calendared meeting event and automatically attaching such auxiliary record to a respectively associated meeting event record in the electronic calendar of a portable wireless communication device.
1 . A method for operating a computerized event calendar in a portable wireless device, said method comprising:
(a) maintaining a computerized event calendar having meeting event records respectively associated with a chronological calendar entry in a portable wireless device; and
(b) providing a user option for creating or selecting an electronic image and/or audio auxiliary record in real-time during a calendar meeting event and automatically attaching such auxiliary record to the respectively associated meeting event record.
2 . A method as in claim 1 further comprising
(c) displaying a meeting event record with an included visual indication of an attached auxiliary record, if any; and
(d) providing a user option for using said visual indication to recall an associated auxiliary record.
3 . A method as in claim 2 further comprising:
(e) providing a user option for using said visual indication to send a copy of the corresponding associated auxiliary record to another party via electronic messaging.
4 . A method as in claim 1 wherein step (b) includes automatically including a copy of the auxiliary record or a unique identifier of said auxiliary record in the respectively corresponding calendar meeting event record.
5 . A method as in claim 1 wherein step (b) includes automatically naming a newly created auxiliary record with reference to a current user-selected open calendar meeting event record.
6 . A method as in claim 1 wherein step (b) includes automatically including in a user-selected calendar meeting event record a pointer to a unique identifier of said auxiliary record.
7 . A method as in claim 6 wherein step (b) includes automatically naming a newly created auxiliary record with reference to a user-selected currently open calendar meeting event.
8 . A portable wireless device having a computerized event calendar, said device comprising:
(a) means for maintaining a computerized event calendar having meeting event records respectively associated with a chronological calendar entry, and
(b) means for providing a user option for creating or selecting an electronic image and/or audio auxiliary record in real-time during a calendar meeting event and automatically attaching such auxiliary record to the respectively associated meeting event record.
9 . A portable wireless device as in claim 8 further comprising:
(c) means for displaying a meeting event record with an included visual indication of an attached auxiliary record, if any; and
(d) means for providing a user option for using said visual indication to recall an associated auxiliary record.
10 . A portable wireless device as in claim 9 further comprising:
(e) means for providing a user option for using said visual indication to send a copy of the corresponding associated auxiliary record to another party via electronic messaging.
11 . A portable wireless device as in claim 8 wherein means (b) includes means for automatically including a copy of the auxiliary record or a unique identifier of said auxiliary record in the respectively corresponding calendar meeting event record.
12 . A portable wireless device as in claim 8 wherein means (b) includes means for automatically naming a newly created auxiliary record with reference to a current user-selected open calendar meeting event record.
13 . A portable wireless device as in claim 8 wherein means (b)includes means for automatically including in a user-selected calendar meeting event record a pointer to a unique identifier of said auxiliary record.
14 . A portable wireless device as in claim 13 wherein means (b) includes means for automatically naming a newly created auxiliary record with reference to a user-selected currently open calendar meeting event.
15 . A digital storage medium containing a computer program which, when executed to operate a computerized event calendar in a portable wireless device, carries out a method comprising:
(a) maintaining a computerized event calendar having meeting event records respectively associated with a chronological calendar entry in a portable wireless device; and
(b) providing a user option for creating or selecting an electronic image and/or audio auxiliary record in real-time during a calendar meeting event and automatically attaching such auxiliary record to the respectively associated meeting event record.
16 . A digital storage medium as in claim 15 wherein said method further comprises:
(c) displaying a meeting event record with an included visual indication of an attached auxiliary record, if any; and
(d) providing a user option for using said visual indication to recall an associated auxiliary record.
17 . A digital storage medium as in claim 16 wherein said method further comprises:
(e) providing a user option for using said visual indication to send a copy of the corresponding associated auxiliary record to another party via electronic messaging.
18 . A digital storage medium as in claim 15 wherein step (b) includes automatically including a copy of the auxiliary record or a unique identifier of said auxiliary record in the respectively corresponding calendar meeting event record.
19 . A digital storage medium as in claim 15 wherein step (b) includes automatically naming a newly created auxiliary record with reference to a current user-selected open calendar meeting event record.
20 . A digital storage medium as in claim 15 wherein sep (b) includes automatically including in a user-selected calendar meeting event record a pointer to a unique identifier of said auxiliary record.
21 . A digital storage medium as in claim 20 wherein step (b) includes automatically naming a newly created auxiliary record with reference to a user-selected currently open calendar meeting event.