Patent ID: 7082080
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G04G

Abstract:
1. In time display systems that provide balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented digital timekeeping displays, an enhanced prompted display for indicating that the display is in a mode for setting or resetting an alarm time which comprises: (a) digital display elements activated to display the letters AL; (b) digital display elements activated to display an alarm hour on the right side of the letters AL; and (c) digital display elements activated to display elapsed alarm minutes on the right side of the alarm hour, said AL letters being displayed in a position which is substantially the same as where real time minutes are displayed during the second half hour of real time depicted by any of the aforesaid time display systems; whereby a viewer is prompted by the letters AL to set or reset the display to either or both of an alarm hour and elapsed alarm minutes.