Patent ID: 8838461

Claim:
A method for displaying calendar entries on a display of a computing device, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising: providing a calendar unit having individual time slots each representing a fixed duration of time on the display of the computing device, the calendar unit including a first section and a second section, wherein (i) the first section comprises a first time period and includes multiple fixed durations of time in which no calendar entries are scheduled, the first section being compressed in size to a single individual time slot, and (ii) the second section comprises a plurality of time slots and includes one or more calendar entries that are scheduled during a second time period, and wherein the first section is displayed in a pattern that is visually distinctive from a pattern of a respective calendar entry in the second section; providing, in the first section, a selectable feature that identifies the first time period, wherein the selectable feature enables the first section to expand in size without expanding the respective calendar entry when a user selects the selectable feature; and in response to the user selecting the selectable feature, expanding the first section on the calendar unit without expanding the respective calendar entry such that each of the multiple fixed durations of time expands into an individual time slot.