Dial face of watch graphically represents calendar

• US 20030007420A1
• Filed: 07/05/2001
• Published: 01/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Shteyn, Yevgeniy Eugene
• Application Number:
  US09/900,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20030007420A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 11/00 Producing optical signals at preselected times
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

An electronic device has a timepiece with a dial face. The dial face comprises a display monitor for providing a graphical representation of a scheduled event. The representation comprises a segment whose length is associated with the duration of the event and whose graphical attributes correspond with a type of the scheduled event as specified by the user in advance. The device is, for example, a watch that communicates with the user'"'"'s PDA through a Bluetooth link in the user'"'"'s Personal Area Network (PAN).

Claims

1. An electronic device with a timepiece having a dial face that comprises a display monitor for providing a graphical representation of a scheduled activity.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the representation comprising a segment whose length is associated with the duration of the activity.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the segment has a graphical attribute associated with a type of the scheduled activity.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein a location of the representation is representative of a begin time of the activity.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation is programmable.

6. The device of claim 2, wherein the segment is located along a perimeter of the dial face.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is capable of providing at least a further graphical representation of a further scheduled activity.

8. The device of claim 1, comprising a communication component for communicating with another electronic device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the communication uses a short range communication protocol.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the other electronic device comprises an electronic calendar.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the other electronic device comprises a mobile phone.

12. A method of enabling an electronic device to be programmed, the device having a time piece with a dial face that comprises a display monitor for providing a graphical representation of a scheduled activity, the method comprising communicating data to the device for control of the representation.

13. Software for rendering a dial face of a timepiece on a display monitor, the application enabling to render a graphical representation of a scheduled activity on the dial face, a location of the representation on the dial face corresponding to a time slot associated with the scheduled activity.