ANALOG CLOCK DISPLAY WITH TIME EVENTS

• US 20160179353A1
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Iskander, Shadi
• Granted Patent: US 10,591,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/04 by controlling light sources, e.g. electroluminescent diodes G04G9/0058 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

An electronic device is described herein. The electronic device includes a processor, a display screen, and a computer-readable medium that includes instructions to direct the actions of a processor. The instructions are to direct the processor to display an analog clock on the display screen, receive information about a time event, and display a time event icon on the analog clock at a position that identifies a time of the time event.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit;

an event information interface to receive information about a time event; and

a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to display an analog clock on the display unit and display a time event icon on the analog clock at a position that identifies a time of the time event.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the GUI is to display the time event icon on an hour scale of the analog clock.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the GUI is to switch the time event icon to a minute scale of the analog clock within a specified time threshold prior to the time of the time event.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the GUI is to change the appearance of the analog clock or the time event icon to alert the user that the time event icon is being displayed on the minute scale.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, comprising a touch screen input, wherein the GUI is to display additional information about the time event in response to touching the time event icon.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, comprising a touch screen input and a positioning system, wherein the GUI is to plot a geographical location of the time event on a map in response to touching the time event icon.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, comprising a movement sensor wherein the GUI is to temporarily remove the time event icon in response to movement of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, comprising a movement sensor and an event generator to generate a time event based, in part, on movement of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, comprising a positioning system and an event generator to generate a time event based, in part, on a location of the electronic device and a current time.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the event generator is to generate the time event by correlating the location of the electronic device and the current time with a potential time event generated based on prior user behavior.

11. A computer-readable medium, comprising instructions to direct a processor to:

display an analog clock on a display screen;

receive information about a time event; and

display a time event icon on the analog clock at a position that identifies a time of the time event.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions to direct the processor to display the time event icon direct the processor to display the time event icon on the hour scale of the analog clock.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, comprising instructions to direct the processor to switch the time event icon to a minute scale of the analog clock within a specified time threshold prior to the time of the time event.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, comprising instructions to direct the processor to change the appearance of the analog clock or the time event icon to alert a user that the time event icon is being displayed on the minute scale.

15. The computer-readable medium of any one of claims 11, comprising instructions to direct the processor to receive input from a touch screen and plot a geographical location of the time event on a map in response to touching the time event icon in the analog clock display.

16. The computer-readable medium of any one of claims 11, comprising instructions to direct the processor to receive input from a movement sensor and temporarily remove the time event icon in response to movement of the electronic device.

17. The computer-readable medium of any one of claims 11, comprising instructions to direct the processor to receive input from a movement sensor and generate a time event based, in part, on detection of movement.

18. The computer-readable medium of any one of claims 11, comprising instructions to direct the processor to receive location data from a positioning system generate a time event based, in part, on a location and a current time.

19. A smartwatch comprising:

a touch screen display to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising an analog clock and a time event icon positioned on the analog clock at a position that identifies a time of a corresponding time event.

20. The smartwatch of claim 19, wherein the time event icon is displayed on an hour scale of the analog clock if a time remaining until the time event is greater than a specified threshold, and the time event icon is displayed on a minute scale of the analog clock if the time remaining until the time event is less than the specified threshold.

21. The smartwatch of claim 19, wherein the time event icon is displayed on an hour scale of the analog clock if a time remaining until the time event is greater than approximately 60 minutes, and the time event icon is displayed on a minute scale of the analog clock if the time remaining until the time event is less than approximately 60 minutes.

22. The smartwatch of claim 19, wherein the graphical user interface displays a textual description of the time event if the user taps the time event icon.

23. The smartwatch of claim 19, wherein the graphical user interface displays all information and options to interact with the time event in a new screen if the user drags the time event icon toward a center of the analog clock.

24. The smartwatch of claim 19, wherein the graphical user interface deletes the time event if the user selects the time event icon and drags the time event icon toward an edge of the analog clock.

25. The smartwatch of claim 19, comprising a motion sensor, wherein shaking the smartwatch temporarily removes the time event icon from the graphical user interface.

26. A method comprising:

displaying an analog clock on a display screen;

receiving information about a time event; and

displaying a time event icon on the analog clock at a position that identifies a time of the time event.

27. The method of claim 26, comprising switching the time event icon from an hour scale of the analog clock to a minute scale of the analog clock within a specified time threshold prior to the time of the time event.

28. The method of claim 27, comprising alerting a user that the time event icon is being displayed on the minute scale by changing the appearance of the analog clock or the time event icon when the time event icon switches to the minute scale.

29. The method of claim 26, comprising receiving input from a touch screen associated with the analog clock and plotting a geographical location of the time event on a map in response to touching the time event icon in the analog clock display.

30. The method of claim 26, comprising generating a time event based, in part, on a location received from a positioning system.