System and method for customized time display

• US 20030002391A1
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kevin Biggs
• Original Assignee: Kevin Biggs
• Inventors: Biggs, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 6,714,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/82
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 11/00 Producing optical signals at preselected times
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14

Abstract

A system and method for producing and displaying chronological data according to user specified parameters. The system incorporates language, multi media, and animation into a time display device. The system can include typical features of a conventional time display device, such as an alarm function and a display face. The system also includes a translation engine for combining the parameters and a plurality of supplemental display data, including language, multi media, and animation data, to provide a translation template. The template helps to control the presentation of chronological data in a synchronized fashion by reformatting the chronological data into a translated display format, thereby providing to the user a personalized time display. The display includes selected images and/or language to represent the passage of numerical chronological data. The parameters and the supplemental display data are alterable by the user to customize the presentation of the translated format on the display, so as to present a unique and personalized time display sequence on the display device.

Claims

1. A system for producing and displaying chronological data according to user specified parameters, the system comprising:

a) a user interface for monitoring the input of the parameters to a translation engine;

b) the translation engine for combining the parameters and a plurality of supplemental display data to provide a translation template;

c) the template for reformatting the chronological data in a synchronized fashion to provide translated display data representing the chronological data; and

d) a digital display device for monitoring a presentation of the translated display data on a display;

wherein the parameters and supplemental display data are alterable to customize the presentation of the translated display data on the display.

2. A system according to claim 1 further comprising a menu provided by the user interface for relating the parameters to the supplemental display data.

3. A method for producing and displaying chronological data according to user specified parameters, the method comprising the steps of:

a) selecting the parameters and a plurality of supplemental display data by the user;

b) combining the parameters and the plurality of supplemental display data to provide a translation template;

c) reformatting the chronological data with the template in a synchronized fashion to provide translated display data representing the chronological data; and

d) presenting the translated display data on a display;

wherein the parameters and the supplemental display data are alterable to customize the presentation of the translated display data on the display.

4. A computer program product for producing and displaying chronological data according to user specified parameters, the product comprising:

a) a computer readable medium;

b) a user interface module stored on the computer readable medium for monitoring the input of the parameters to a translation module;

c) the translation module for combining the parameters and a plurality of supplemental display data to provide a template module;

d) the template module for reformatting the chronological data in a synchronized fashion to provide translated display data representing the chronological data; and

e) a display module for monitoring a presentation of the translated display data on a display;

wherein the parameters and supplemental display data are alterable to customize the presentation of the translated display data on the display.