INTERNATIONAL DIARY SYSTEM

• US 20090319322A1
• Filed: 09/02/2007
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Il Kyoo Lee
• Original Assignee: Il Kyoo Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Il Kyoo
• Application Number:
  US12/438,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20090319322A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

The present invention relates to an international diary system. More particularly, the present invention provides a means to store and manage necessary informations related to international business or overseas trip using a calendar showing national holidays by country, thereby expanding utilization of overseas schedule management.

The present invention of an international diary system comprises an input unit for a user to select a frame and input data; a memory to store a international diary program and data inputted by a user, including a first database to store yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily calendars with a mark of national holidays by country and inputted schedule, and a second database to store information on business travel of a user; a control unit to execute said program and retrieve data called for by a user from said memory; and a display unit to display said retrieved data on the screen.

Claims

1. An international diary system, comprising:

an input unit for a user to select a frame and input data;

a memory to store an international diary program and data inputted by a user, including a first database to store yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily calendars with a mark of national holidays by country and inputted schedule, and a second database to store information on business travel of a user;

a control unit to execute said program and retrieve data called for by a user from said memory; and

a display unit to display said retrieved data on the screen.

2. The international diary system of claim 1, wherein said information on business travel includes entry &

departure information relevant to a visiting country, hotel information relevant to a lodging, a business travel diary relevant to information on a business trip, and a business travel expense record for the calculation thereof.

3. The international diary system of claim 1, wherein said yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily calendars with a mark of national holidays by country, which are stored in said first database, have national flag icons on the lower part thereof, at least one of which are excited with colors when being selected.

4. The international diary system of claim 3, wherein said monthly calendar with a mark of national holidays by country, which is stored in said first database, includes an indicator for showing a holiday and a schedule marker for showing a schedule.

5. An international diary, comprising:

a monthly view section which includes a date display portion and a national holiday display portion in each corresponding date section; and

a weekly view section which includes a date display portion and a national holiday display portion in each corresponding date section, wherein said date display portion is possible to have an indicator for identifying a holiday by country and said national holiday display portion is possible to have at least one of a national flag and a name of the holiday.

6. The international diary of claim 5, wherein said indicator, included in said date display portion of said weekly view section, shows information on a national holiday by country by changing a color of an underline of a corresponding date.

7. The international diary of claim 6, wherein said indicator, when a national holiday of a foreign country is the same with a national holiday of home country, serves to mark both the date and the underline with red;

otherwise, in case of a national holiday of a foreign country, mark only the underline with red.

8. The international diary of claim 7, wherein said weekly view section further includes a trail display for a user to plan or record the user'"'"'s travel trail by country or by region.

9. The international diary of claim 8, further comprising a yearly view section which includes a date display portion with said indicator marked.

10. The international diary of claim 9, further comprising a hotel information section which includes at least one item of date &

time, address, telephone number, facsimile number, reservation number, and memo.

11. The international diary of claim 10, further comprising a business travel diary section which includes at least one item of date &

time of a business travel, name of meeting partner(s), meeting place, and agenda of the meeting.

12. The international diary of claim 11, further comprising an entry &

departure information section which includes at least one item of origin, destination, departure date &

time, arrival date &

time, flight number, departure/arrival gate number, seat number, and memo.

13. The international diary of claim 12, further comprising an embassies &

airlines information section which provides information on national embassies and major domestic airlines'"'"' branches located in foreign countries.

14. The international diary of claim 13, further comprising a KOTRA Korea Trade Centers information section which provides information on KOTRA Korea Trade Centers abroad.

15. The international diary of claim 14, further comprising a national central &

local government information section which provides information on national central &

local government of a relevant country.