Information processor

Patent 5870713 Issued on February 9, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 1, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 831324 filed on 04/01/1997

US Classes:

705/9, Staff scheduling or task assignment345/156, DISPLAY PERIPHERAL INTERFACE INPUT DEVICE345/173, Touch panel368/10, COMBINED WITH DISPARATE DEVICE368/41, WITH MEMORANDUM HOLDER OR ERASABLE WRITING SURFACE700/90, SPECIFIC APPLICATION, APPARATUS OR PROCESS705/7, Operations research705/8, Allocating resources or scheduling for an administrative function708/112Calendar

Examiners

Primary: MacDonald, Allen R.
Assistant: Irshadullah, M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

Foreign Patent References

4-137066 JP 12/13/1992

International Class

G06F 019/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-04-22 JP

Abstract

An information processor having a scheduling function according to the present invention includes an input device, a memory for storing elementary item schedules, a RTC for generating time and date information, a CPU for detection for detecting a predetermined period based on the time and the date information generated by the RTC, a display for automatically displaying a list of the elementary item schedules stored in the memory at every predetermined period detected by the CPU for detection, and a selecting device for selecting a desired schedule from the list of the elementary item schedules displayed by the display device.