Time segment user interface

A computer program product for operating a device comprising a display device, a user interface device, and a processor connected to the display device and the user interface device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a user input defining a line on the display device;
• detecting one or more direction changes in the received user input of the defined line;
• defining a line segment according to the detected direction changes, wherein a length of the line segment is a distance between two successive detected direction changes;
• segmenting, based on the detected direction changes in the received user input, the line into a plurality of time segments based on the detected direction changes in the received user input, wherein the line represents a predefined time period, and wherein each time segment from the plurality of time segments corresponds in position and length to a different sub-period of the predefined time period;
• generating a segmented time line from the plurality of time segments created by the detected direction changes in the received user input, wherein the segmented time line defined by the received user input comprises a curve forming at least part of a circle, and wherein each detected direction change comprises a movement relative to a center of the circle;
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• displaying, on the display device, the segmented time period on the defined line segment.

A computer system comprising:

• a display device;
• a user interface device;
• a processor;
• a computer readable memory;
• a computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to receive a user input defining a line on the display device;
• second program instructions to detect one or more direction changes in the received user input of the defined line;
• third program instructions to define a plurality of line segments according to the detected direction changes, wherein a length of at least one of the line segments is a distance from a final detected direction change and an end of the defined line;
• fourth program instructions to segment, based on detected direction changes in the received user input, the line into a plurality of time segments based on the detected direction changes in the received user input, wherein the line represents a predefined time period, and wherein each time segment from the plurality of time segments corresponds in position and length to a different sub-period of the predefined time period;
• fifth program instructions to generate a segmented time line from the plurality of time segments created by the detected direction changes in the received user input, wherein the segmented time line defined by the received user input comprises a curve forming at least part of a circle, and wherein each detected direction change comprises a movement relative to a center of the circle;
• sixth program instructions to display, on the display device, the segmented time period on the defined line segment;
• and wherein said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium for execution by said processor via said computer readable memory.