Personal time management system and method
First Claim
1. A personal time management system comprisinga computer device having a display screen,program means for said computer device for generating a visual display, including a primary visual display, on said display screen, said visual display including selectable user interface display elements associated with selectable calendar days,said selectable display elements for each of said selectable calendar days including a plurality of separate and selectable event time graphs displayed on said primary visual display, each of said separate event time graphs further including selectable event slot times having defined start times,screen pointing means for pointing to and selecting the user interface display elements generated on said display screen including means for pointing to and selecting an event slot time on any one of said separate event time graphs so as to display a visual marker at the selected event slot time thereby permitting the user to directly mark on the primary visual display the desired time of an event,said visual display further including a composite time graph having composite slot times corresponding to event slot times displayed on said separate event time graphs, and said program means including program means for displaying visual markers on said composite time graph at composite slot times which correspond to event slot times marked on said separate event time graphs, andmeans associated with said visual display for identifying the events associated with each of said separate event time graphs.
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Abstract
A personal time management system includes a computer device having a display screen on which is generated a primary visual display comprised of individual event time bars and a composite conflict time bar. The event time bars graphically display times for scheduled events by means of visual markers occupying one or more slot times on selected time bars. The composite conflicts time bar simultaneously displays all the visual markers of the event time bars so as to provide a positive indication of a conflict. The visual markers representing scheduled events can readily be placed and removed directly on the primary visual display by one or two clicks of a mouse on a selected event time bar. Events can thereby be scheduled and rescheduled without the need to pull up and enter information on a secondary screen display.
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10 Claims
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1. A personal time management system comprising
a computer device having a display screen, program means for said computer device for generating a visual display, including a primary visual display, on said display screen, said visual display including selectable user interface display elements associated with selectable calendar days, said selectable display elements for each of said selectable calendar days including a plurality of separate and selectable event time graphs displayed on said primary visual display, each of said separate event time graphs further including selectable event slot times having defined start times, screen pointing means for pointing to and selecting the user interface display elements generated on said display screen including means for pointing to and selecting an event slot time on any one of said separate event time graphs so as to display a visual marker at the selected event slot time thereby permitting the user to directly mark on the primary visual display the desired time of an event, said visual display further including a composite time graph having composite slot times corresponding to event slot times displayed on said separate event time graphs, and said program means including program means for displaying visual markers on said composite time graph at composite slot times which correspond to event slot times marked on said separate event time graphs, and means associated with said visual display for identifying the events associated with each of said separate event time graphs.
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3. A personal time management system comprising
a computer device having a display screen, program means for said computer device for generating a visual display, including a primary visual display, on said display screen, said visual display including selectable user interface display elements associated with selectable calendar days, said selectable display elements for each of said selectable calendar days including parallel rows of time bars on said primary visual display, each of said event time bars further including selectable event slot times having defined start times and a defined time intervals, said primary visual display further including a composite time bar having composite slot times corresponding to event slot times displayed on said event time bars, and screen pointing means for pointing to and selecting the user interface display elements generated on said display screen including means for pointing to and selecting and deselecting an event slot time on any one of said separate event time bars so as to display and remove a visual marker at the selected event slot time thereby permitting the user to directly and removably mark on the primary visual display the desired time of an event, said program means including program means for removably displaying visual markers on said composite time bar at composite slot times which correspond to event slot times marked on said event time bars, and means associated with said visual display for identifying the events associated with each of said event time bars.
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6. A method for inputting and displaying a time schedule on the display screen of a computer device having a user operated screen pointer device, said method comprising the steps of
providing a primary visual display on said display screen having separate user-selectable event time graphs for scheduling separate events, each of said time graphs having selectable event slot times having defined start times, using said screen pointer device to point to and select slot times on the event time graphs on said primary visual display so as to place visual markers at said slot times which indicate the time schedule for such events, providing on said primary visual display a composite time graph having composite time slots corresponding to event slot times displayed on said separate event time graphs, and displaying visual markers on said composite time graph at composite slot times which correspond to event slot times marked on said separate event time graphs.
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8. A method for inputting and displaying a time schedule on the visual display of a computer device having a user operated screen pointer device, said method comprising the steps of
providing a primary visual display having separate user-selectable event time graphs for scheduling separate events, each of said time graphs having selectable event slot times having defined start times and end times, using said screen pointer device to do the following: -
i. to point to and select slot times on the event time graphs on said primary visual display so as to place visual markers at slot times which indicate the time schedule for such events, ii. to point to and select slot times having previously placed visual markers so as to remove said visual markers and so as to shorten or remove previously scheduled events on an event time graph, and iii. to point to and a select a slot time on an event time graph already having a marked slot time so as to extend the time interval of said previously placed visual marker thereby permitting the user to extend the time allotted a schedule event, providing on said primary visual display a composite time graph having composite slot times corresponding to event slot times displayed on said separate event time graphs, and displaying visual markers on said composite time graph at composite slot times which correspond to event slot times marked on said separate event time graphs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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