Theme calendar
OwnerJacob L. Phillips, Karen Gardner +3inventors
InventorsJacob L. Phillips, Karen Gardner, Richard L. Phillips, Betty J. Phillips, John C. Phillips
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Abstract
A customizable theme calendar includes a set of date cells corresponding to an arbitrarily designated time period (e.g., a starting date and a target date), and a theme applied to the calendar. The theme corresponds to an event associated with the arbitrarily designated time period. The time periods and themes may correspond to recognized holidays such Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter and so on, or to arbitrarily designated events having personal or familial significance, such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Such customized calendars may be designed and generated in connection with a computer system and calendar generation software.
Claims38
A method of producing a customized advent-type calendar, the method comprising:
- receiving input designating a customized time period including at least one of a starting date representing a specific Gregorian date and an ending date representing another specific Gregorian date;
- receiving input specifying a graphical theme that is complementary to the designated customized time period;
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- generating a customized advent-type calendar bearing indicia suggestive of the specified graphical theme and having a plurality of date cells corresponding to the customized time period, each date cell having, an associated Gregorian date indicated thereon and comprising a closure element for concealing an object or information, or both.
An advent-type calendar comprising:
- a plurality of date cells corresponding to a customized time period including a starting date representing a specific Gregorian date and an ending date representing another specific Gregorian date, each date cell having an associated Gregorian date indicated thereon and comprising a closure element for concealing an object or information, or both;
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- a graphical theme applied to the advent-type calendar, the graphical theme being suggestive of an event associated with the customized time period.
A method of producing a customized advent-type calendar, the method comprising:
- receiving input specifying a customized time period including at least one of a starting date representing a specific Gregorian date and an ending date representing another specific Gregorian date;
- selecting from a computer database a graphical theme that is complementary to the designated customized time period;
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- generating a customized advent-type calendar bearing indicia suggestive of the selected graphical theme and having a plurality of date cells corresponding to the customized time period, each date cell having an associated Gregorian date indicated thereon and comprising a closure element for concealing an object or information, or both.
An advent-type calendar comprising:
- a plurality of date cells corresponding to a customized time period including a starting date representing a specific Gregorian date and an ending date representing another specific Gregorian date, each date cell having an associated Gregorian date indicated thereon and comprising a closure element for concealing an object or information, or both, wherein the plurality date cells includes one or more milestones associated with the customized time period, each milestone representing progress towards an event associated with the customized time period;
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- a graphical theme applied to the advent-type calendar, the graphical theme being suggestive of an event associated with the customized time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.