US 2004/0104937 A1 · Multimedia calendar system

Abstract

A video calendar system for providing a video calendar as a background image of an operating system (OS) with a graphical user interface (GUI) environment and applying a variety of variations to the video calendar according to a user's settings to provide novel pleasant images to the user. The video calendar system comprises an environment setup unit for setting up a video calendar output environment, a storage unit for storing moving image data, calendar constituent data, and environment configuration information set up by the environment setup unit, a video calendar creator for selecting moving image data and calendar constituent data from the storage unit on the basis of the environment configuration information set up by the environment setup unit and synthesizing the selected moving image data and calendar constituent data to create a video calendar to be reproduced on a background screen, and a display unit for displaying the video calendar created by the video calendar creator on the background screen, and a controller for controlling the entire system operation.

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Dependent claims

A video calendar system executable in a client computer, comprising:

environment setup means for setting up a video calendar output environment;
storage means for storing at least one moving image data, at least one calendar constituent data, and environment configuration information set up by said environment setup means;
video calendar creation means for selecting moving image data and calendar constituent data from said storage means on the basis of said environment configuration information set up by said environment setup means and synthesizing the selected moving image data and calendar constituent data to create a video calendar to be reproduced on a background screen;
display means for displaying said video calendar created by said video calendar creation means on said background screen;
and
control means for controlling the entire system operation.

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A video calendar system comprising:

a server module including:
first storage means for storing at least one moving image data and at least one calendar constituent data;
first communication means networked to a client computer for transmitting and receiving data to/from said client computer;
data processing means for selecting moving image data and calendar constituent data from said first storage means in response to input information from said client computer networked to said first communication means and sending the selected moving image data and calendar constituent data to said client computer through said first communication means;
and
first control means for controlling the entire server-oriented system operation;
and
a client module including:
second communication means networked to said server for transmitting and receiving data to/from said server;
environment setup means for setting up a video calendar output environment;
video calendar creation means for synthesizing moving image data and calendar constituent data received from said server on the basis of environment configuration information set up by said environment setup means to create a video calendar to be reproduced on a background screen;
display means for displaying said video calendar created by said video calendar creation means on said background screen;
and
second control means for controlling the entire client-oriented system operation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multimedia calendar system

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Abstract

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