Digital calendar

• US 7,376,909 B1
• Filed: 08/11/2003
• Issued: 05/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Timothy P. Coyle
• Original Assignee: Timothy P. Coyle
• Inventors: Coyle, Timothy P
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Cao (Kevin)
• Application Number:
  US10/638,738
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• Field of Search: 715853-854, 715712-713, 715/721, 715/765, 715/778, 715/788, 715803-810, 715/851, 715/797, 715/798
• US Class Current: 715/778
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

The present invention is a digital calendar that is selectively mountable on a surface for recording and storing information about events that are important to a user. The digital calendar contains data relating to each month of the present year as well as data relating to future years so that a user never has to purchase a new calendar.

Claims

1. A digital calendar display planner comprising;

a) a housing having a front side;

b) a display comprising a touch screen positioned within said front side;

c) a calendar database for storing calendar data and user entered notations within said housing;

d) a microprocessor within said housing for manipulating said calendar database data and said user notations;

c) a power supply for energizing said microprocessor;

d) a power switch on said housing for tuning said power supply on and off;

e) said touch screen displaying a calendar; and

f) said touch screen including a button for toggling between a first position wherein said calendar fills the whole screen and a second position wherein the calendar is reduced in size and a touch screen keyboard is displayed on said screen adjacent said calendar along with editing buttons in the calendar itself including a select day button, an event button, a message button and a recurring event button, said calendar having a box for each day covered by the calendar for displaying within each box information keyed in from said keyboard, said keyboard having a text edit function, and said planner being completely self contained with all information displayed on said touch screen being stored within said calendar data base, said recurring event button for flagging as a recurring notation on said calendar.

2. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 1, wherein the screen displays one mouth at a time.

3. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 2, wherein said screen has graphic display icons and one of the graphic display icons provides means for selecting a calendar month prior to the current calendar month.

4. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, further comprising a back side having means for fastening said display planner to a magnetic article.

5. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, further comprising a back side having spaced apart magnetic for attaching said display planner to a magnetic surface.

6. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, further comprising a back side having aperture means for fastening said display planner to existing fasteners.

7. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, in which the housing is incorporated into a household appliance.

8. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, further comprising a microphone providing means for recording and playing audible messages.

9. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, having an electronic name and address book.

10. The digital calendar display planner as recited in claim 3, further comprising hinged legs wherein said display can be positioned to stand on a vertical surface.