Schedule management apparatus

• US 6,012,037 A
• Filed: 04/08/1997
• Issued: 01/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshikawa, Kaeko
• Primary Examiner(s): MacDonald, Allen R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Irshadullah, M.
• Application Number:
  US08/835,880
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 705/8, 368/28
• US Class Current: 705/7.24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0266 for time management, e.g. calendars, diaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource

Abstract

A schedule management apparatus includes a term data input section for inputting a term data by designating a start day and an end day, a schedule input section for inputting a schedule corresponding to the term data inputted by the term data input section, a memory for storing the term data and the schedule in correspondence, a day designation section for designating a specific day, a retrieval section for retrieving, from the memory, a term data which includes the specific day designated by the day designation section, a schedule display section for displaying at least the start day and the end day of the term data retrieved by the retrieval section.

Claims

1. A schedule management apparatus comprising:

term data input means for inputting term data by designating a start day and an end day;

schedule input means for inputting a schedule corresponding to the term data inputted by the term data input means;

storage means for storing the term data and the schedule in correspondence;

day designation means for designating a specific day;

retrieval means for retrieving, from the storage means, any term data including the specific day designated by the day designation means; and

schedule display means for displaying a one-day schedule for the specific day designated by the day designation means, wherein the one-day schedule identifies at least the start day and the end day of the term data retrieved by the retrieval means.

2. A schedule management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the schedule display means further displays a content of a schedule corresponding to the term data retrieved by the retrieval means.

3. A schedule management apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a week designation means for designating a specific week, wherein

the retrieval means further performs a function of retrieving, from the storage means, any term data included in the specific week designated by the week designation means, and

the schedule display means further displays a weekly schedule for the specific week designated by the week designation means, wherein the weekly schedule identifies the interval between the start day and the end day of the term data retrieved by the retrieval means and the contents of the schedule during the interval.

4. A schedule management apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a calendar display means for displaying a calendar and a scroll means for scrolling the displayed calendar, wherein the term data input means further performs a function of inputting a term between a start day and an end day as continuous term data even if the scrolling means performs scrolling during a period between designation of the start day and designation of the end day.

5. A schedule management apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a day of the week designation means for designating a specific day of the week, wherein the schedule input means further performs a function of inputting only the schedule corresponding to the specific day of the week within the term data inputted by the term data input means.

6. A schedule management apparatus comprising:

an input section for inputting term data comprising a start day and an end day, a plan for the term defined by the term data, and day designation data;

a memory for storing the term data and the plan for the term;

a display for selectively displaying a monthly schedule and a daily schedule; and

a control circuit responsive to day designation data which designates a day in the term defined by the term data for causing said display to display a daily schedule for the designated day, wherein the daily schedule for the designated day identifies at least the start day and the end day of the term to thereby identify an overlap between the designated day and the term.

7. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display is one of the group consisting of:

a CRT display, a liquid crystal display, an EL display and a plasma display.

8. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said control circuit causes said display to further display the plan for the term.

9. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein week designation data is input via said input section and said display selectively displays a weekly schedule, said control circuit being responsive to week designation data which designates one or more days in the term defined by the term data for causing said display to display a weekly schedule for the designated week, wherein the weekly schedule for the designated week identifies at least the start day and the end day of the term to thereby identify an overlap between the designated week and the term.

10. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said input section and said display are provided by a touch sensitive screen.

11. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the start day and the end day of the term data designate a term including the start day, the end day and the days, if any, between the start day and the end day.

12. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein day of the week designation data for designating a specific day of the week is input via said input section and the term defined by the start day and the end day of the term data includes only those occurrences of the specific day of the week in the term.

13. A schedule management apparatus comprising:

a display for displaying a calendar;

an input section configured for the user-input of term data comprising a start day and an end day and a plan for the term defined by the term data, wherein said input section is further configured to permit continuous input of coordinates via the calendar displayed on said display to designate the start day and the end day for the term;

a memory for storing the term data and the plan for the term; and

a control circuit configured to be responsive to the continuous input of coordinates to designate the start day and the end day of a new term and to control said display to display in reverse video any days of the new term which overlap with the term stored in said memory.

14. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said display and said input section are provided by a touch sensitive screen.

15. A schedule management apparatus comprising:

a touch sensitive screen configured for the user-input of term data comprising a start day and an end day, a plan for the term defined by the term data, and day designation data, and said touch-sensitive screen being further configured for the selective display of a monthly schedule and a daily schedule;

a memory for storing the term data and the plan for the term; and

a control circuit configured to be responsive to day designation data which designates a day in the term defined by the term data and to cause said display to display a daily schedule for the designated day which identifies at least the start day and the end day of the term to thereby identify an overlap between the designated day and the term.

16. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 15, wherein

said touch-sensitive screen is further configured for the user-input of week designation data, and for the selective display of a monthly schedule, a weekly schedule and a daily schedule, and

said control circuit is further configured to be responsive to week designation data which designates one or more days in the term defined by the term data and to cause said touch-sensitive screen to display a weekly schedule which identifies at least the start day and the end day of the term to thereby identify an overlap between the designated week and the term.