Electronic Calendar

• US 20080005680A1
• Filed: 05/18/2007
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrews McMeel Publishing (Andrews McMeel Universal Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Andrews McMeel Publishing (Andrews McMeel Universal Incorporated)
• Inventors: Greenlee, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US11/750,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20080005680A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G09D 3/12 electrically operated

Abstract

An electronic calendar includes calendar pages that can be displayed electronically, on a computer screen or the like. The electronic calendar may be loadable onto a computer system from a disc or the like, or downloaded from a server, over a network, such as the Internet. The electronic calendar is integratable with other calendaring and scheduling functions, and can may carry links that when clicked or activated provide a uniform resource locator to a user'"'"'s browser or browsing application.

Claims

1. A computer usable storage medium for storing data for an electronic calendar, comprising:

a plurality of electronic calendar page files, each of the electronic calendar page files corresponding to at least one date; and

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a module for interacting with the plurality of electronic calendar page files, the module including;

a first application for obtaining a date and accessing an electronic calendar page file corresponding to that obtained date;

a second application for retrieving the accessed electronic calendar page file; and

a third application for displaying the retrieved electronic calendar page file as an image.

2. The computer usable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first application obtains the date from the operating system of the computer that is using the computer usable storage media.

3. The computer usable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the third application additionally creates a form into which is placed the retrieved electronic calendar page file for displaying the electronic calendar page file.

4. The computer usable storage medium of claim 3, wherein each of the electronic calendar page files corresponds to one date.

5. The computer usable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the plurality of electronic calendar page files includes a set of electronic calendar page files for one year.

6. The computer usable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the set of electronic calendar page files for one year includes at least 365 files.

7. The computer usable storage medium of claim 1, comprising a compact disc.

8. The computer usable storage medium of claim 1, comprising a downloadable install package.

9. The computer usable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the form is integratable with calendar applications and functionalities.

10. The computer usable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the form supports links that when activated provide the browsing application associated with a user'"'"'s computer with a uniform resource locator.

11. A server for storing an electronic calendar, the electronic calendar downloadable over a network, comprising:

a storage medium for storing data for an electronic calendar, including;

a plurality of electronic calendar page files, each of the electronic calendar page files corresponding to at least one date;

a first application for obtaining a date and accessing an electronic calendar page file corresponding to the obtained date;

a second application for retrieving the accessed electronic calendar page file; and

a third application for displaying the retrieved electronic calendar page file as an image; and

a component for providing an application associated with the computer of a user access to the plurality of electronic calendar files, the first application, the second application and the third application.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the first application obtains the date from the operating system of the computer that is using the computer usable storage media.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the third application additionally creates a form into which is placed the retrieved electronic calendar page file for displaying the electronic calendar page file.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein each of the electronic calendar page files corresponds to one date.

15. The server of claim 14, wherein the plurality of electronic calendar page files includes a set of electronic calendar page files for one year.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the set of electronic calendar page files for one year includes at least 365 files.

17. A method for distributing an electronic calendar comprising:

storing data for an electronic calendar, including;

a plurality of electronic calendar page files, each of the electronic calendar page files corresponding to at least one date;

a first application for obtaining a date and accessing an electronic calendar page file corresponding to that obtained date;

a second application for retrieving the accessed electronic calendar page file; and

a third application for displaying the retrieved electronic calendar page file as an image; and

accessing the plurality of electronic calendar files, the first application, the second application and the third application.

18. The method of claim 17, additionally comprising:

loading the plurality of electronic calendar files, the first application, the second application and the third application into a computer.

19. The method of claim 17, additionally comprising:

downloading the plurality of electronic calendar files, the first application, the second application and the third application into a computer over a network.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the network includes the Internet.

21. A computer usable storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon for causing a suitably programmed system to display an electronic calendar page for a date by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system, the steps comprising:

obtaining the date;

obtaining the stored calendar page file corresponding to the obtained date from a plurality of stored calendar page files; and

placing the obtained calendar page file into an application for it to be displayed as an image.

22. The computer usable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the steps additionally comprise:

displaying the image on a viewable computer display.

23. The computer usable storage medium of claim 21, wherein obtaining the date includes obtaining the date from the operating system of the system on which the program is executed.

24. The computer usable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the application includes a calendar form and placing the calendar page file into the form includes reading the calendar page file into a portion of the form.

25. The computer usable storage medium of claim 23, wherein obtaining the stored calendar page file includes retrieving the calendar page file from a location in the computer in which the medium is being used.

26. The computer usable storage medium of claim 21, wherein obtaining the stored calendar page file includes opening a connection over a network, from the computer in which the medium is being used to a server where the plurality of calendar pages is stored.

27. A method for year round use of an electronic calendar comprising:

providing a plurality of electronic calendar pages arranged in a cycle to cover a predetermined time period, each of the electronic calendar pages corresponding to at least one date;

designating an electronic calendar page as the first page of the cycle to be accessed; and

providing access to the electronic calendar pages as of the at least one date to which the designated calendar page corresponds.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the providing access to the calendar pages extends at least until the at least one date to which the last calendar page in the cycle corresponds.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the predetermined time period is a year.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the designated calendar page corresponds to any date in the year.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the year has a first date of January 1 and a last date of December 31.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the at least one date includes one date.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the designated calendar page corresponds to any date in the year.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the year has a first date of January 1 and a last date of December 31.

35. A computer usable storage medium having a computer program embodied thereon for causing a suitably programmed system to allow for year round ordering use of an electronic calendar by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system, the steps comprising:

arranging a plurality of electronic calendar page files into a cycle to cover a predetermined time period, each of the electronic calendar pages corresponding to at least one date;

designating an electronic calendar page file as first file of the cycle to be accessed; and

providing access to the electronic calendar page files as of the at least one date to which the designated electronic calendar page file corresponds.

36. The computer usable storage medium of claim 35, wherein providing access to the electronic calendar page files extends at least until the at least one date to which the last electronic calendar page file in the cycle corresponds.

37. The computer usable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the predetermined time period is a year.

38. The computer usable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the designated electronic calendar page file corresponds to any date in the year.

39. The computer usable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the year has a first date of January 1 and a last date of December 31.

40. The computer usable storage medium of claim 36, comprising a compact disc.

41. The computer usable storage medium of claim 36, comprising a downloadable install package.

42. A method for obtaining an electronic calendar page comprising:

storing a plurality of electronic calendar page files in a storage device linked to a network, each of the plurality of electronic calendar page files corresponding to at least one date;

providing a first application for retrieving electronic calendar page files on the computer of a user;

providing a second application for displaying electronic calendar page files on the computer of a user;

receiving a request for an electronic calendar page file corresponding to a date in the request; and

providing the computer of the user access to the electronic calendar page file corresponding to the date in the request.

43. The method of claim 42, additionally comprising:

opening a connection over the network between the computer of the user and the storage device; and

retrieving the electronic calendar page file.

44. The method of claim 43, additionally comprising:

displaying the electronic calendar page file as an image.

45. The method of claim 42, wherein the date in the request is obtained from the operating system in the computer of the user associated with the request.

46. The method of claim 43, wherein the network is the Internet.

47. A server for storing electronic calendar page files, accessible over a network comprising:

a storage medium for storing a plurality of electronic calendar page files, each of the plurality of electronic calendar page files corresponding to at least one date;

a first component for receiving a request for an electronic calendar page file corresponding to a date in the request; and

a second component for providing the an application associated with the computer of the user access to the electronic calendar page file corresponding to the date in the request.

48. The server of claim 47, additionally comprising, a third component for facilitating opening a connection over the network between the computer of the user and the server.