Patent ID: 7751285

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a wrist watch comprising; a strap that is sized and shaped to be disposable about the wrist of a user; a case connected to the strap; at least one display supported by the case, and selectively displaying text, video, pictures, and animation; a processor supported by the case, for storing a plurality of content images indicative of different thematic representations of time and dials and for providing signals to the display to cause the display to visually represent the time and dials based upon the thematic representation set forth in the content images; means for determining the location of the wrist watch and providing data to the processor indicative of the location of the wrist watch, wherein the processor is adapted to determine a time of sunset and a time of sunrise based on the location of the wrist watch, wherein the processor is adapted to automatically change the thematic representation of time displayed on the wrist watch based on the location of the user, and wherein the processor is further adapted to automatically change the thematic representation of time displayed on the wrist watch at the time of sunset and at the time of sunrise; means for determining ambient light, wherein the processor automatically adjusts a brightness of the display in response to changes in ambient light; a user interface, supported by the case and communicating with the processor, the user interface has a user interface activator that upon actuation, provides at least one user command to the processor to cause the processor to retrieve one of the content images and to output signals to the display to cause the display to visually represent the time and dials based upon the thematic representation of the content image wherein the user interface enables user-customization of the content images and dials by transmitting user commands to the processor; a power storage component supported by the case and supplying power to the processor, user interface, and the display; and an external computer detached from the wrist watch, the external computer providing content images indicative of the thematic representation of the time and dials to be stored by the processor.