Chronologically navigating among time-based entries

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10073593-B2
Application number	US-201615344290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2016
Priority date	Nov 24, 2009
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

Chronologically navigating among time-based entries stored by a physical computing device having a processor configured to execute a time-based application includes displaying, with the computing device, a time-based entry with at least one of a forward control and a backward control; in response to a user selecting the forward control, displaying with the computing device a subsequent time-based entry, the subsequent time-based entry including a shared property with the displayed time-based entry; and in response to the user selecting the backward control, displaying with the computing device a previous time-based entry, the previous time-based entry including a shared property with the displayed time-based entry.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for chronologically navigating among time-based entries stored by a physical computing device that comprises a processor to execute a time-based application, the method comprising:
displaying, with the computing device, a time-based entry with at least one of a forward control, a comprehensive control, and a backward control on a user interface;
with the computing device and in response to a user selecting at least one of the forward control and the backward control, displaying a list of properties and prompting the user to select a property associated with the displayed time-based entry, wherein the user-selected property comprises at least a tag assigned by a user to indicate a particular property associated with the displayed time-based entry;
displaying with the computer device a previous or subsequent time-based entry that shares the user-selected property with the displayed time-based entry and allowing the user to navigate to the previous or subsequent time-based entry related to the user-selected property; and
with the computing device and in response to the user selecting the comprehensive control, displaying a list of all time-based entries comprising the user-selected property having at least the tag assigned by the user to each time-based entry of the displayed list of all time-based entries.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-selected property is a property assigned to each time-based entry by a user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-selected property comprises a category of the displayed time-based entry.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-selected property comprises a plurality of tags associated with the displayed time-based entry.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-selected property comprises at least a portion of a title of the displayed time-based entry.

6. A system for chronologically navigating among time-based entries, the system comprising:
a processor;
a display device controlled by the processor;
a memory device accessible to the processor;
a user input device for receiving user input; and
a time-based application to be executed from the memory device by the processor;
wherein, the system, when executing the time-based application performs:
displaying, with the display device, a time-based entry with at least one of a forward control, a comprehensive control and a backward control of a user interface;
with the user input device receiving a user selection of at least one of the forward control and the backward control;
in response to user-selection of at least one of the forward control and the backward control, displaying a list of properties and prompting the user to select a property associated with the displayed time-based entry, wherein the user-selected property comprises at least a tag assigned by a user to indicate a particular property associated with the displayed time-based entry;
displaying, with the display device, a previous or subsequent time-based entry that shares the user-selected property with the displayed time-based entry and allowing the user to navigate to the previous or subsequent time-based entry related to the user-selected property; and
in response to user-selection of the comprehensive control, displaying a list of all time-based entries comprising the user-selected property having at least the tag assigned by the user to each time-based entry of the displayed list of all time-based entries.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user-selected property is a property assigned to each time-based entry by the user.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user-selected property comprises a category of the displayed time-based entry.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user-selected property comprises a plurality of tags associated with the displayed time-based entry.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user-selected property comprises at least a portion of a title of the displayed time-based entry.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to:
display a time-based entry with at least one of a forward control, a comprehensive control, and a backward control;
in response to the user selecting at least one of the forward control and the backward control, display a list of properties and prompt the user to select a property associated with the displayed time-based entry, wherein the user-selected property comprises at least a tag assigned by a user to indicate a particular property associated with the displayed time-based entry;
display with the computer device a previous or subsequent time-based entry that shares the user-selected property with the displayed time-based entry and allowing the user to navigate to the previous or subsequent time-based entry related to the user-selected property; and
in response to the user selecting the comprehensive control, display a list of all time-based entries comprising the user-selected property having at least the tag assigned by the user to each time-based entry of the displayed list of all time-based entries.

12. The product of claim 11 , wherein the user-selected property is a property assigned to each time-based entry by the user.

13. The product of claim 11 , wherein the user-selected property comprises a category of the displayed time-based entry.

14. The product of claim 11 , wherein the user-selected property comprises a plurality of tags associated with the displayed time-based entry.

15. The product of claim 11 , wherein the user-selected property comprises at least a portion of a title of the displayed time-based entry.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Haynes Thomas R
• Sun Lin

Classifications

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q10/1093

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• G06F15/0266

  for time management, e.g. calendars, diaries · CPC title

• G06F16/2477

  Temporal data queries · CPC title