Graphical planner
OwnerJason Philip Yanchar, Georgia Elizabeth Yancharinventors
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Abstract
A graphical planner allows a user to create or select, and then display, images that represent tasks and events to be completed by the user, as well as corresponding images that represent tasks and events that the user has already completed. The graphical planner allows a user to plan and schedule events and tasks by indicating an event or task in a non-textual (i.e., graphic or symbolic) manner. Completion of the events and tasks by the user can also be signaled or otherwise indicated in a non-textual (e.g., visual, audible) manner.
Claims35
An apparatus for scheduling at least one of an event and a task to be attended or performed by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a display,
- wherein the processing unit includes scheduling logic for:
- displaying one of a plurality of screens on the display, each of said plurality of screens associated with a date;
- displaying a plurality of graphic icons;
- detecting selection of a specific graphic icon by the user for representing the event or task;
- in response to the user's selection, displaying the specific graphic icon on one of said screens associated with a date, wherein said date corresponds to the date on which the corresponding event or task is to be attended or performed;
- if the event or task is to be performed or attended at a specific time, visually associating the specific graphic icon with the time at which the event or task is to be attended or performed, and
- indicating a different date on which the event or task is to be attended or performed, which causes the specific graphic icon to be displayed on a screen associated with the different date.
An apparatus for scheduling at least one of an event and a task to be attended or performed by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a display,
- wherein the processing unit includes scheduling logic for:
- displaying one of a plurality of screens on the display, each of said plurality of screens associated with a date and having an analog clock displayed thereon;
- displaying a plurality of graphic icons;
- detecting selection by the user of a specific graphic icon to represent the event or task;
- in response to the user's selection, displaying the specific graphic icon on one of said plurality of screens associated with a date, wherein said date corresponds to the date on which the corresponding event or task is to be attended or performed;
- and
- if the event or task is to be performed or attended at a specific time, visually associating the specific graphic icon with the portion of the analog clock corresponding to the time at which the event or task is to be attended or performed, and
- wherein one or more of said plurality of graphic icons is customized to include the time of an event.
An apparatus for scheduling at least one of an event and a task to be attended or performed by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a display,
- wherein the processing unit includes scheduling logic for:
- displaying one of a plurality of screens on the display, each of said plurality of screens associated with a date;
- displaying a plurality of graphic icons;
- detecting selection of a specific graphic icon by the user for representing the event or task;
- in response to the user's selection, displaying the specific graphic icon on one of said screens associated with a date, wherein said date corresponds to the date on which the corresponding event or task is to be attended or performed;
- and
- if the event or task is to be performed or attended at a specific time, visually associating the specific graphic icon with the time at which the event or task is to be attended or performed, and
- wherein one or more of said plurality of graphic icons is customized to include the time of an event.
An apparatus for scheduling at least one of an event and a task to be attended or performed by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a display,
- wherein the processing unit includes scheduling logic for:
- displaying one of a plurality of screens on the display, each of said plurality of screens associated with a date;
- displaying a plurality of graphic icons;
- detecting selection of a specific graphic icon by the user for representing the event or task;
- in response to the user's selection, displaying the specific graphic icon on one of said screens associated with a date, wherein said date corresponds to the date on which the corresponding event or task is to be attended or performed;
- if the event or task is to be performed or attended at a specific time, visually associating the specific graphic icon with the time at which the event or task is to be attended or performed, and
- allowing additional data to be associated with the event or task and displaying the additional data.
An apparatus for scheduling at least one of an event and a task to be attended or performed by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit and
- a display,
- wherein the processing unit includes scheduling logic for:
- displaying one of a plurality of screens on the display, each of said plurality of screens associated with a date and having an analog clock displayed thereon;
- displaying a plurality of graphic icons;
- detecting selection by the user of a specific graphic icon to represent the event or task;
- in response to the user's selection, displaying the specific graphic icon on one of said plurality of screens associated with a date, wherein said date corresponds to the date on which the corresponding event or task is to be attended or performed;
- if the event or task is to be performed or attended at a specific time, visually associating the specific graphic icon with the portion of the analog clock corresponding to the time at which the event or task is to be attended or performed;
- and
- allowing additional data to be associated with the event or task and displaying the additional data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.