APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ATTRIBUTE-BASED SCHEDULING
An apparatus and method are provided, the method includes retrieving tasks from a memory, each task associated with a non-temporal attribute; and displaying the tasks in a group or list relative to the non-temporal attribute.
1 . A method comprising:
retrieving tasks from a memory, each task associated with a non-temporal attribute; and
displaying the tasks in a group or list relative to the non-temporal attribute.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a time or range of times in which the task may be performed.
3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising providing an option to select all tasks associated with a particular attribute.
4 . The method of claim 3 further comprising displaying a time available in which the tasks may be rescheduled.
5 . The method of claim 4 further comprising presenting an option to reschedule all tasks associated with the particular attribute.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the particular attribute is a physical location.
7 . The method of claim 6 further comprising:
determining which attributes have expected travel times therebetween;
generating an estimate of an expected travel time between at least a pair of attributes; and
providing the expected travel time.
8 . The method of claim 7 further comprising:
detecting a real-time change in the expected travel time between the pair of attributes; and
rescheduling or canceling one or more tasks based on a change in the expected travel time.
9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising one or more rankings associated with moveability, task importance, or temporal importance of a particular task.
10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising rescheduling or canceling a task based on one or more ranking of the particular task.
11 . The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a plurality of lists of tasks, each list being associated with a common attribute.
12 . The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a plurality of task schedules, each schedule being associated with a common attribute.
13 . The method of claim 12 further comprising enabling a task list or task schedule to be collapsed to view tasks regardless of an associated attribute.
14 . A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium with executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
retrieving tasks from a memory, each task associated with a non-temporal attribute; and
displaying the tasks in a group or list relative to the non-temporal attribute.
15 . An electronic device comprising:
a processor and memory, the memory comprising computer executable instructions for performing:
retrieving tasks from a memory, each task associated with a non-temporal attribute; and
displaying the tasks in a group or list relative to the non-temporal attribute.
16 . The electronic device of claim 15 further comprising displaying a time or range of times in which the task may be performed.
17 . The electronic device of claim 15 further comprising providing an option to select all tasks associated with a particular attribute.
18 . The electronic device of claim 17 further comprising displaying a time available in which the tasks may be rescheduled.
19 . The electronic device of claim 18 further comprising presenting an option to reschedule all tasks associated with the particular attribute.
20 . The electronic device of claim 19 wherein the particular attribute is a physical location.