IP Library Granted Patent US 9,716,784
Granted Patent B2
US 9,716,784 · App. 14/549,985 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

System and method for providing profile enhancement using scheduling information

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Patent No.
US 9,716,784
App. No.
14/549,985
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method of enhancing a profile of a portable device. The system and method includes defining an event type in a scheduling tool and scheduling a time to initiate the event type. The system and method further includes associating a notification profile of a device with the defined event type and changing a setting of the device to the notification profile in response to the scheduling time and the defined event type.

Claims (18)

1. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage device having readable program code embodied in the storage device, wherein the computer program product includes at least one component to:

define an event type and scheduling time in a calendar tool;

associate a notification profile of a device with the defined event type;

change a notification method to the associated notification profile in response to receiving a scheduling time of the defined event type by sending an executable attachment that, when sent to a second device and upon execution, changes the notification profile; and

prior to changing the notification method, notify a user of the changing of the notification method and providing an opportunity for the user to accept or deny the changing notification method.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the event type is defined at least as a meeting, appointment, all day event, anniversary or reminder.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 , where the notification profile is at least one of a ring at a predetermined decibel level, vibrate, vibrate and ring, vibrate then ring, visual cue or combination therein.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the changing coincides with the scheduling time of the defined at least one event type.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the changing is performed for more than one device or event types.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the defining and changing are performed for different devices of the one or more device and further comprising using a different, same or combination thereof protocol for each of the different devices.

7. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the calendar tool comprises a graphical user interface (GUI), and wherein the computer program product includes at least one component to:

provide at the onset or prior to the scheduled event, an email, to the portable device, and if a notification field has been selected, notify the user prior to the change of the notification profile type;

change the notification profile of the portable device if the change to the notification profile type is accepted or modified; and

revert the notification profile back to the original setting after the event type has expired.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the associating the notification profile of the portable device to the selected event type is a default option.

9. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein:

the associating the notification profile with the defined event type includes receiving a user input via a user interface of a workstation, the user input linking the notification profile with the defined event type, and

the sending the executable attachment to the second device occurs via a computing network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050374/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2014
From: BOSS, GREGORY J.; GOODMAN, BRIAN D.; HAMILTON, RICK A., II; TAMARU, JOHNNYE R.L.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034231/0461 →