US 12,346,883 B2
Categorized time designation on calendars
Shahil Soni, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,172.
Application 18/083,172 is a continuation of application No. 15/420,906, filed on Jan. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,599,857.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121667 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01) [G06F 7/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method to control scheduling of events within an electronic calendar of a user, the method comprising:
receiving, with a productivity service accessible to the user, a new event to be scheduled on the electronic calendar of the user at a specified time;
determining, with the productivity service, whether the specified time of the new event falls within a categorized time block indicative of a period of time subject to one or more restriction requirements preventing scheduling of events on the electronic calendar of the user;
determining, with the productivity service, a category of the new event;
comparing, with the productivity service, the category of the new event to a category of the categorized time block;
in response to the category of the new event matching the category of the categorized time block, determining, with the productivity service, that the new event is subject to one or more exceptions to one or more restriction requirements associated with the categorized time block;
in response to determining that the new event is subject to the one or more exceptions, allowing, with the productivity service, the new event to be scheduled on the electronic calendar of the user; and
creating, with the productivity service, the new event on the electronic calendar of the user.