PERSONAL PLANNER WITH TARGETED ADVERTISING
First Claim
1. A method of generating a visual presentation which is functional to visually organize and present planned future activities of a user of the method, to display subordinate aspects of the planned future activities, and to identify vendors of goods, services, or both goods and services for supporting the planned future activities, comprising the steps of:
- providing a data processor having a visual output, a human-machine interface, and an internet connection; and
providing management programming loaded into the data processor, which management programming is disposed to generate a display on the visual output of the data processor, wherein the visual output comprisesa time line display comprising at least one serial visual element representing at least one time line comprising a time interval during which at least one planned future activity is to be performed,a plurality of time line icons disposed along the time line display, wherein each time line icon represents a subordinate aspect pertaining to the planned future activity, and location of the time line icon along the time line represents a time when the subordinate aspect is to be addressed by the person using the method, andat least one advisory icon, wherein the advisory icon displays a commercial offering of at least one of a publicly available commercial good or a publicly available commercial service pertaining to the subordinate aspect of the planned future activity, wherein the subject matter of the advisory icon contains data transmitted over the internet from a web source of the vendor of the commercial good or commercial service.
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Abstract
A computerized system for generating a visual presentation for visually organizing one or more planned future activities of a user. The system presents a time line for each one of potentially several aspects of the user'"'"'s life, an icon for selecting one or more time lines, and at least one advisory icon which displays advertiser content related to commercial goods or services pertaining to a future activity. The advisory icon may contain data transmitted over the internet from a web source of the vendor of the commercial good or service. The system may display recommended details of a future activity, such as a checklist of details of conducting a wedding, thereby serving as a reminder. The system may apply a filter function to eliminate some vendors from consideration due for example to excessive distance from the activity. Life aspects may include vocation, house, automobiles, children, education, pregnancy, and social occasions.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of generating a visual presentation which is functional to visually organize and present planned future activities of a user of the method, to display subordinate aspects of the planned future activities, and to identify vendors of goods, services, or both goods and services for supporting the planned future activities, comprising the steps of:
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providing a data processor having a visual output, a human-machine interface, and an internet connection; and providing management programming loaded into the data processor, which management programming is disposed to generate a display on the visual output of the data processor, wherein the visual output comprises a time line display comprising at least one serial visual element representing at least one time line comprising a time interval during which at least one planned future activity is to be performed, a plurality of time line icons disposed along the time line display, wherein each time line icon represents a subordinate aspect pertaining to the planned future activity, and location of the time line icon along the time line represents a time when the subordinate aspect is to be addressed by the person using the method, and at least one advisory icon, wherein the advisory icon displays a commercial offering of at least one of a publicly available commercial good or a publicly available commercial service pertaining to the subordinate aspect of the planned future activity, wherein the subject matter of the advisory icon contains data transmitted over the internet from a web source of the vendor of the commercial good or commercial service. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 2. The method of claim 2, wherein the time line display, the time line icons, and the advisory icon are all displayed simultaneously on the visual output.
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Current AssigneeSarah Photowat
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Original AssigneeSarah Photowat
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InventorsPhotowat, Sarah
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Application NumberUS12/705,850Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current705/14.5CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calen...G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation...G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environm...
