Patent ID: 8296686

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising software adapted to operate with a mobile terminal having a vertical orientation having a longer axis extending from a top side to a bottom side and a horizontal orientation having the longer axis extending from a left side to a right side, the software with instructions to: provide three functions to a first user, those functions including a graphical schedule creator, a graphical countdown timer, and a graphical choice selection; interoperate with images from three image sources including a library of stock images, images taken by a camera associated with the mobile terminal, and downloaded from a distributed network; allow the first user to select one of the functions such that if the first user selects the countdown timer, the first user may: select, from the three sources, a timer image associated with an activity to be performed by a second user; allow the first user to set a duration of time for the activity to be performed by the second user and associate the timer with the timer image; and activate the timer thereby beginning a countdown animation to convey visually that time is elapsing and show the timer image with the timer to the second user as the second user performs the activity; if the first user selects the choice selection: while the mobile terminal is in the vertical orientation, allow the first user to select two or more choice images from the image sources for later presentation to a second user, wherein the first user is initially offered a choice as to which source to use for selecting each of the two or more choice images, and if the first user selects the library of stock images, providing a list of categories of images stored in the library of stock images; and while the mobile terminal is in the horizontal orientation, allow the first user to present the two or more choice images to the second user; and if the first user selects the graphical schedule creator: while the mobile terminal is in the vertical orientation, allow the first user to create a graphical schedule by allowing the first user to select one of the image sources, and if the first user selects the library of stock images, present one or more categories of images; receive a selection from the first user of one of the one or more categories of images; and present one or more thematically-linked images associated with the selection from which the first user may make an image selection; otherwise allow the first user to make a different image selection from a different image source; save the graphical schedule for later use by a second user; and display in the horizontal orientation for the second user the graphical schedule wherein images within the graphical schedule are enlarged in comparison to how images are presented in the vertical orientation.