NETWORK-BASED CALENDARING

Systems and methods are provided for network-based implementation of a calendaring application. A social calendaring application may be implemented amongst users of one or more messaging platforms, such as chat-based text messaging, by a calendar application server. Calendar event configuration, viewing and invitation response mechanisms may be presented to each user on a user device via a web-based user interface. An event may be represented and transmitted within a chat application as a URL, directed to or associated with the calendar application server. A chat application user may select the URL, whereby the calendar server may identify the responding user and present, inter alia, a web-based user interface enabling, e.g., viewing of an event associated with the URL, acceptance of an event invitation, contribution of content to a shared event, viewing of content associated with a shared event, and/or viewing of a personal calendar associated with the responding user.