Patent ID: 6034686
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for rendering a display of a list in a display field, wherein items in the list have a start time, an end time and associated data, comprising:if the list is empty, draw empty slot images for a plurality of default times, beginning with a start of day time and ending with an end of day time in respective positions in the display field;if the list is not empty, process each item in the list according to an order,if the end time of the item is earlier than the start time of a next item according to the order, then insert at an available position in the display field a start slot image for the start time of the item followed by graphics, if any, identified by the associated data for the item, followed by an end slot image for the end time of the item if no end slot image for another item is found for the end time,if the end time of the item matches the start time of a next item according to the order, then insert at an available position in the display field a start slot image for the start time of the item followed by graphics identified by the associated data for the item,if the end time of the item is later than the start time of a next item according to the order, then insert at an available position in the display field a start slot image for the start time of the item followed by graphics, if any, identified by the associated data for the item, followed by an end slot image for the end time of the item if no end slot image for another item is found for the end time, andinsert empty slot images at default times for which no end time or start time occurs in the list.