ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN TIMEPIECE

• US 20100254223A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Crispin Jones
• Original Assignee: Crispin Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Crispin
• Application Number:
  US12/755,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20100254223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G04F 1/005 using electronic timing, e.g. counting means pulse time delay arrangements H03K5/13; modifications of electronic switches for introducing a time delay before switching H03K17/28

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic or mechanical timepiece, such as a clock or calendar, comprising: a user interface for allowing a user to enter a date; a timekeeping module unit connected to the user interface, wherein the timekeeping module calculates the time remaining to an anniversary of the date, a memory connected to the timekeeping module comprising a look-up table of gift information; and a display for displaying the calculated time remaining until the anniversary of the date together with gift information from the look-up table associated with the anniversary. By providing a countdown to an anniversary date together with associated gift information, for example, from a particular wedding anniversary gift list, a timepiece in accordance with the present invention provides additional, useful information over and above known countdown clocks.

Claims

1. An electronic or mechanical timepiece comprising:

a user interface for allowing a user to enter a date;

a timekeeping module connected to the user interface, wherein the timekeeping module calculates the time remaining to an anniversary of the date;

a memory connected to the timekeeping module comprising a look-up table of gift information; and

a display for displaying the calculated time remaining until the anniversary of the date together with gift information from the look-up table associated with the anniversary.

2. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the date is a wedding date.

3. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the display includes an indication of the current time.

4. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the display includes an indication of the current date.

5. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores the date entered by a user.

6. The timepiece according to claim 5, wherein the memory stores a plurality of dates entered by the user, wherein the timekeeping module calculates the time remaining to an anniversary of each of the dates, and the display can display the calculated time remaining until an anniversary of each of the dates together with gift information from the look-up table associated with each anniversary.

7. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores a plurality of alternative tables of gift information.