Patent ID: 8055556

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for entering a time entry in a timesheet with a calendar view, wherein the computer includes a processor, the method comprising: providing, by the computer, a row view and a calendar view of a timesheet, wherein the row view displays a date and a duration associated with a time entry in a table, and wherein the calendar view displays the time entry as an adjustable region whose geometric properties indicate the date and the duration that correspond to the time entry; receiving from a user the time entry, which includes time-related information that is limited to the date and the duration, in the row view of the timesheet; switching from the row view to the calendar view; displaying, by a display coupled to the computer, the time entry received from the user as an adjustable region at a default location in the calendar view of the timesheet; providing a control to the user for specifying the start time or the end time associated with the time entry in the calendar view; adjusting the geometric properties of the adjustable region in response to the user specifying the start time or the end time; receiving from the user a request to superimpose a third adjustable region over the adjustable region between a first adjustable sub-region and a second adjustable sub-region; allowing the user to superimpose the third adjustable region over the adjustable region, wherein the third adjustable region is associated with a different financial activity than that of the adjustable region; creating a second time entry corresponding to the second adjustable sub-region; and creating a third time entry corresponding to the third adjustable region.