System and method for displaying and manipulating multiple calendars on a personal digital assistant
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A portable data storage module for simultaneously depicting multiple calendars on a single display comprising:
- a portable, hand-held housing including a top face, a bottom face, and a side wall therebetween for defining an interior space;
an input device situated on the top face of the housing and adapted for allowing input of data;
a display situated on the top face of the housing and adapted for depicting data;
memory situated in the interior space of the housing for storing a plurality of calendars each including a plurality of scheduled matters; and
a controller situated in the interior space of the housing and connected between the input device, the display, and the memory, the controller suitable for simultaneously depicting a plurality of the calendars on the display.
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Abstract
A portable, hand-held personal digital assistant is provided for simultaneously depicting multiple calendars on a single display. The personal digital assistant includes a portable, hand-held housing including a top face, a bottom face, and a side wall therebetween for defining an interior space. An input device is situated on the top face of the housing for allowing input of data. Associated therewith is a display situated on the top face of the housing for depicting data. Situated in the interior space of the housing is memory for storing a plurality of calendars each including a plurality of scheduled matters. Finally, controller is situated in the interior space of the housing and connected between the input device, the display, and the memory. The controller serves for simultaneously depicting a plurality of the calendars on the display. By conveniently displaying the multiple calendars, the present invention allows a user to more effectively manipulate the same.
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27 Claims
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1. A portable data storage module for simultaneously depicting multiple calendars on a single display comprising:
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a portable, hand-held housing including a top face, a bottom face, and a side wall therebetween for defining an interior space;
an input device situated on the top face of the housing and adapted for allowing input of data;
a display situated on the top face of the housing and adapted for depicting data;
memory situated in the interior space of the housing for storing a plurality of calendars each including a plurality of scheduled matters; and
a controller situated in the interior space of the housing and connected between the input device, the display, and the memory, the controller suitable for simultaneously depicting a plurality of the calendars on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling the presentation of at least one calendar on a display of a portable data storage module comprising the operations of:
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storing various calendars within a portable data storage module in separate databases, depicting at least one calendar on a display of a portable data storage module, the display situated on a top face of the portable data storage module;
depicting a plurality of icons each corresponding to increments of time selected from the group of increments of time including hours, days, and weeks;
allowing the selection of one of the icons; and
dividing the at least one calendar into increments of time corresponding to one of the icons that is selected. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
altering one of the icons upon a plurality of calendars being displayed simultaneously.
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9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the selected icon is altered upon a plurality of the calendars being displayed simultaneously.
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10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the selected icon is altered as a function of a number of the calendars being displayed simultaneously.
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11. A method for controlling the presentation of a plurality of calendars on a display of a portable data storage module comprising the operations of:
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storing various calendars within a portable data storage module in separate databases;
providing a window on a display of a portable data storage module which identifies each of the calendars, the display situated on a top face of the portable data storage module;
allowing the selection of the identified calendars displayed in the window; and
simultaneously displaying all of the selected calendars. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for controlling the presentation of a plurality of calendars on a display of a portable data storage module comprising the operations of:
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storing various calendars within a portable data storage module in separate databases;
depicting a plurality of calendars simultaneously on a display of a portable data storage module, the display situated on a top face of the portable data storage module, wherein each calendar is divided into sections corresponding to increments of time and scheduled matters are depicted in the sections; and
altering a size of the sections as a function of a number of the calendars simultaneously depicted. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method for controlling the presentation of a plurality of calendars on a display of a portable data storage module comprising the operations of:
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storing various calendars within a portable data storage module in separate databases;
depicting a plurality of calendars with scheduled matters on a display of a portable data storage module, the display situated on a top face of the portable data storage module; and
allowing movement of the scheduled matter of one of the calendars to another one of the calendars. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method for simultaneously depicting multiple calendars on a display of a portable data storage module comprising the operations of:
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providing a plurality of calendar databases each including a calendar having a plurality of scheduled matters;
providing a common database including a plurality of identification data sets each corresponding to the calendar of one of the calendar databases, the identification data sets each including attributes corresponding to the calendar database; and
displaying the calendars of the calendar databases on a top face of the portable data storage module in accordance with the attributes. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
manipulating the calendars of the calendar databases.
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