Christopher A Shoemaker

US Patent:

20070220063, Sep 20, 2007

Filed:

Dec 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/648165

Inventors:

William O'Farrell - Jamestown RI, US
Jonathan Bloch - Cambridge MA, US
Christopher Shoemaker - West Warwick RI, US
Peter Woo - Providence RI, US
Miriam Goldberg - Providence RI, US
Tibet Sprague - Providence RI, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/46
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707201000, 715511000, 707203000

Abstract:

An event translator system may perform at least three tasks: (1) extract or “harvest” date, time, description, and other information from digital files generated for human reading, such as web calendars or other event lists, emailed calendars, and imported files; (2) present the extracted event data to a user for modification, management, and monitoring; and (3) export the events to PIM software, web pages and/or application programming interfaces as appropriate file formats. The event translation system may be incorporated into a web site that is accessed by the user who enters a desired web address for event translation or otherwise transmits the digital files for translation. Alternatively, the system may be incorporated into a webpage as a browser plug-in that provides a user-selectable option to extract event information from a visited webpage. Other implementations are possible, including incorporation into desktop software, enterprise software on a server, and plug-ins for e-mail or other applications, among others.