Apparatus For Providing A Digital Wall Calendar

• US 20110019503A1
• Filed: 07/23/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dale Oehler
• Original Assignee: Dale Oehler
• Inventors: Oehler, Dale
• Application Number:
  US12/842,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20110019503A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

An apparatus for providing a digital wall calendar. The apparatus comprises an upper display module, a lower display module; and a logic and communication module. The upper display module displays an image. The lower display module displays a series of dates. The logic and communication module provides the image and the series of dates to the upper display module and the lower display module.

Claims

1. An apparatus for implementing a digital wall calendar comprising:

an upper display module for displaying an image;

a lower display module for displaying a series of dates; and

a logic and communication module for providing the image and the series of dates to the upper display module and the lower display module.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic and communication module is configured to receive schedule information from a remote computer.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic and communication module is configured to receive a stream of information from a source external to a local network.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the stream is associated with one or more advertisements.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the one or more advertisements are targeted based on the content of the stream.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the stream comprises a set of scheduling information.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the logic and communication module populates the series of dates with the scheduling information from the stream.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lower display is configured to allow user input for selecting a date or range of dates to display schedule information about the particular date.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lower display is configured to allow a user to modify events scheduled on a particular date.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the logic and communication module transmits an event modified on the lower display to a remote computer to synchronize with a scheduling program.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic and communication module is configured to select the image from a photo album, a public domain artwork, or a particular stream.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic and communication module is configured to communicate wirelessly on a network.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper display is implemented using E-paper technology.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lower display is implemented using E-paper technology.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic and communication module selects an image from a photo album according to a displayed date on the lower display, wherein the image is associated with the displayed date.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper display is configured to accept user input to perform device configuration operations.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the configuration operations comprise selecting an image for the upper display.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lower display is further configured to allow a user to input a new scheduled event for display on the lower display on a particular date.

19. An apparatus for implementing a digital wall calendar comprising:

an upper display module for displaying an image and accepting user input to perform device configuration operations;

a lower display module for displaying a series of dates and accepting user input to select a date or modify a scheduled event; and

a logic and communication module for wireless communicating with a remote computer to synchronize scheduling information and for providing the image to the upper display module and the series of dates to the lower display module, wherein the image is selected from a photo album and wherein the image is associated with a particular date displayed on the lower display module, wherein the logic and communication module is configured to accept data from one or more streams, wherein the streams comprise scheduling information and one or more advertisements, wherein the logic and communication module is further configured to populate the lower display with the scheduling information.