Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Health care management
Patent
1997-10-22
2000-05-16
Voeltz, Emanuel Todd
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Health care management
705 9, 345334, 345431, G06F 1760
Patent
active
060649755
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for highlighting holidays in a calendar software application of a portable intelligent communications device or in a separate computer, including the steps of specifying a geographical location, determining holidays for the geographical location, depicting a calendar on a display screen of such portable intelligent communications device or computer, and depicting holidays in a fashion different from other days on the calendar. The geographical location information is specified by the current location of the portable intelligent communications device or via a graphical user interface. The holiday information is obtained from a database housed in the portable intelligent communications device or via an Internet address connected through communications circuitry of the portable intelligent communications device. The holidays for the geographical location may be depicted in a color different from the other dates on the calendar and each holiday name may be depicted on the appropriate date of the calendar.
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Moon Billy G.
Wooldridge Tammy A.
Ericsson Inc.
Morgan George D.
Todd Voeltz Emanuel
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