Patent ID: 8238200
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G04B,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of teaching multiplication tables, comprising the steps of: dividing a face of a timepiece into a central region and a circumferential region; selecting a first multiplier N, wherein N is an integer between one and twelve; displaying the first multiplier N in the central region; dividing the circumferential region into N annular portions; displaying a set of integers x displaying at least a simulated hour hand and a simulated minute hand; positioning the simulated hour hand and the simulated minute hand with respect to an innermost annular portion of the circumferential region to indicate the present time; selecting a second multiplier M, wherein M is an integer between one and twelve; graphically identifying the second multiplier M in the N=1 annular portion of the circumferential region; visually indicating a sequence of clockwise steps made from the second multiplier M to the value of x