Displaying information to indicate both the importance and the urgency of the information
First Claim
1. In a computer system including a video display device, a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following:
- an act of receiving a user-indication of an importance level associated with a particular data item;
an act of assigning a first visual cue associated with the data item based on an importance of the data item;
an act of assigning a second visual cue associated with the data item based on an urgency of the data item; and
an act of causing the data item to be displayed using the first and second visual cues to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item.
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Abstract
Data items contained in personal information are displayed in manner that is indicative of both the importance and the urgency of the data items. A first visual cue is assigned to the data item based on an importance of the data item. The first visual cue may cause more important items to be displayed with increased size and less important items to be displayed with decreased size. A second visual cue is assigned to the data item based on an urgency of the data item. The second visual cue may cause more urgent items to be displayed in a first color and less important items to be displayed in a second color. The data item is displayed using the first and second visual cue as to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and urgency of the data item.
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Citations
39 Claims
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1. In a computer system including a video display device, a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following:
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an act of receiving a user-indication of an importance level associated with a particular data item;
an act of assigning a first visual cue associated with the data item based on an importance of the data item;
an act of assigning a second visual cue associated with the data item based on an urgency of the data item; and
an act of causing the data item to be displayed using the first and second visual cues to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a computer system including a video display device, a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following:
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a step for identifying a first visual cue and a second visual cue for a data item; and
an act of causing the data item to be displayed using the first and second visual cues to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item.
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26. A computer program product for use in a computer system including a video display device, the computer program product for implementing a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon the following comprising the following:
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computer-executable instructions for receiving a user-indication of an importance level associated with a particular data item;
computer-executable instructions for assigning a first visual cue associated with the data item based on an importance of the data item;
computer-executable instructions for assigning a second visual cue associated with the data item based on an urgency of the data item; and
computer-executable instructions for causing the data item to be displayed using the first and second visual cues to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer system, comprising:
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an output device configured to present a data item based on the importance and urgency associated with the data item; and
a processor unit communicatively coupled to the output device and configured to receive a user-indication of an importance level associated with the data item, to assign a first visual cue to the importance of the data item, and to assign a second visual cue to the urgency of the data item.
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30. In a computer system including a video display device and an audio output device, a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following:
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an act of receiving a user-indication of an importance level associated with a particular data item;
an act of assigning a first cue associated with the data item based on an importance of the data item;
an act of assigning a second cue associated with the data item based on an urgency of the data item; and
an act of causing the data item to be output using the first and second cues to provide an indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. In a computer system including a video display device, a method for presenting personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following:
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an act of configuring different importance numeric values to represent data items of the personal information that have different levels of importance;
an act of an urgency calculator calculating an urgency numeric value for each data item of the personal information;
an act of a user assigning importance numeric values for each data item of the personal information; and
an act of displaying the personal information to indicate the urgency numeric value and importance numeric value for the data items of the personal information.
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35. In a computer system that includes a storage device, a method for storing data items, which will be displayed to indicate the importance and urgency of the data items, in a uniform format, comprising the following:
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an act of using a hierarchical format to store data items that is independent of the application program that created the data item;
an act of storing an automatically-generated urgency level for the data items stored in the hierarchical format; and
an act of storing a user-indicated importance level for the data items stored in the hierarchical format. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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Specification