Patent ID: 6593942
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An event programming guide for scheduling and retrieving items on a video display including a virtual analog clock interface disposed on the video display, and using an item selection feature, comprising:a virtual analog clock interface disposed on the video display, said virtual clock interface having a face operable to visually represent a plurality of times, said virtual analog clock interface operable to display a point in time via hour and minute hands visually rendered on said face; a window display disposed on the video display and interposed with the virtual analog clock interface, comprising a catalog of the items for scheduling and retrieving, wherein the items have predefined durations and are selectable via touch of the video display; and a display interface medium that facilitates activation of the item selection feature, comprising both â€œdrag/dropâ€  and â€œpokeâ€  techniques for manipulating the items on the video display, wherein said display interface medium is adapted to initially schedule a selected item according to a specific time interval when the selected item is dragged into a position corresponding to a specific time represented on a face of said virtual analog clock interface, wherein the specific time interval is based on the specific time and a predefined duration of the selected event item; wherein said point in time corresponds to a start time relating to said specific time interval.