An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that comprises a plurality of interactive type work stations (terminals or personal computers) connected directly or indirectly to a host processor. A method assists a calendar owner who receives a notice at his work station requesting his involvement in a future event that is being calendared by another calendar owner on the system, to manually or automatically designate in the reply a temporary replacement to attend the meeting being calendared or a permanant replacement to attend all future meetings without affecting his status in the system as a receipient of the meeting notice.

A calendar chip (20) which is easily attachable to the band (D) of a wrist watch (A), includes a tubular flat body of a plastic film practically shrunk by heat in the widthwise di­rection. The chip (20) has first and second layers (16, 18) contiguous to each other, said first layer (16) including on its surface calendars (26a, 26b) for a plurality of calendar months successive in time and disposed in the lengthwise di­rection in order of time. Such a calendar chip (20) is slipped on a wrist watch band (D) from the end of the band towards a part near the watchcase. Then, the calendar ship (20) is sub­jected to heat treatment and is practically shrunk in the widthwise direction. Thus, the calendar chip (20) is fixed to the watch band (D). In the thermal treatment, a hair dryer is conveniently used. A plurality of calendar chips including a calendar for a single calendar month or calendars for a plura­lity of calendar months successive in time may be united into one strip of calendar chips in advance, so that a required ca­lendar chip can be torn off from the strip in use.

The present invention deals with a variety of advanced perpetual calendars, combined calendars, multiple calendars, etc., using; a) yearly calendars comprising a minimum of two parts one mobile with respect to the other with one representing the weekdays and another representing the months of the year made in rectangular shape, in circular shape, in tubular shape, etc., b) monthly calendars comprising a minimum of two parts, one mobile with respect to the other with one represent­ing the weekdays and another representing the days of the month, c) weekly/daily calendars displaying the 7 days of the week with the sub-divisions of the days into hours, d) short moon calendars with accommodations for the variable months in it, e) combined calendars joining a Gregorian calendar together with a short moon calendar, f) multi calendars comprising a board support­ing two belts, showing a yearly calendar, a monthly calendar, and a weekly/daily calendar, using numbered weekdays, bypassing the language barrier, displayed on mobile belts, rotated yearly and monthly to adjust the calendars, while the main supporting board shows the twelve months of the year on the yearly calendar and the days of the month on the monthly calendar, g) multi calendars using circular, yearly and monthly calendars provided with pulleys and belts or chains and weights resulting in a mechanised joint calendar accommodating as well, a weekly/daily calendar using, waterproof transparent covering to allow the surface to be marked with water soluble ink and wiped out without affecting the calendar board,with a variety or cursors to pin­point the day and its date and with large displays of the day and its date using the One Letter Alphabet system, resulting in a variety of perpetual calendars, wall calendars, desk calendars, pocket calendars, practical to use and easy to produce.

An image element indicating devie for visually distinguishably indicating only a predetermined image element among a plurality of image elements (12, 13, 14, 15) indicated on an image indicating surface (11) of a sheet (16) from other image elements, comprises electro-­optic element (31, 36) forming each image element and printed on or attached to the image indicating surface of the sheet, the element (31, 36), when being driven by an electric signal, changing between a first optical state to a second optical state which is visually distinguishable from the first optical state, and a drive control circuit (20) for electrically bringing only a single or a plurality of image elements, which are variably determined from among the various image elements, to the second optical state, the drive control circuit (20), conductive wiring lines (27x, 27y) and a power battery (28) being mounted on the sheet (16.)

The present invention deals with guided writing and variable displays, for signs, illustrations, etc., using a) guiding points at the main intersections of the lines of a common symbol representing a group of symbols, letters or figures, etc., and display means in between; b) holding means at the said guiding points and tie lines in between; c) grooves, raised tracks, magnetic tracks, stretched strings, etc., in between the said guiding points and fillers, coverings, mark­ings, etc., along the lines of the symbols to be dis­played; d) colorless markings or grooves as in (c) and pen markings over the selected symbols; e) bars, inking elements, etc., in between said guiding points, connected to various command centers to print or dis­play the required symbols; f) series of lights on electric wires in between said guiding points, activ­ated by various command centers; g) light sources located at the guiding points described in (a) and projecting lights in between, along the lines of the characters to be displayed.

An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system having a plurality of interactive type workststions connected to a host processing unit in which the event calendaring process permits the availability of requested event rescouces to be confirmed automatically during the calendaring of certain events such as meetings which involve participation of a plurality of other calendar owners that are designated in a "Names List" unique to that meeting.

An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that comprises a plurality of interactive type work stations connected directly or indirectly to a host processing unit. A method assists a calendar owner to request the system to develop and display a composite calendar comprising entries from a plurality of calendars within a specified time span which have been selected by criteria entered interactively into the system by the calendar owner. The criteria entered are not limited to "free periods" nor system established terminology but can include terms established by the calendar owner community.

An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system in which calendar entries that have been made for the same time span independently on two different copies of the calendar can be automatically and interactively reconciled. A method permits a calendar owner to obtain a machine readable transportable copy of his calendar on a diskette, to update that copy when the master copy is not available to him because of a business trip, for example, and upon his return to automatically and interactively reconcile the updated entries that have been made to both copies so that at least one of them reflects the correct status of calendered events for that owner.

A calendar utilizes an existing relationship binding together all dates, past and future, in relation to any starting date. The constant relationship between days of the week, months of the year, and numbers enables the user of the calendar without resorting to calculation to find and display any other date not known in advance by simple manipulation of moving components of the calendar. For any given date as a reference point, one may determine, for example, the day of the week of any past or future date without prior knowledge or calculation over the full range of dates encompassed by the calendar.

Die den Monatsdaten entsprechenden Zahlen (1) sind auf einer Platte (12) abgedruckt, die unter dem Deckel (3) eines dreiteiligen zusammenklappbaren Uhrenarmbandverschlußes (3, 8, 10) verschiebbar angeordnet ist. Der Deckel (3) weist einen rechteckigen Ausschnitt (15) auf, in welchem jeweils sieben Reihen von den Zahlen (1) sichtbar sind. Am linken Rand des Ausschnitts (15) sind die Wochentagbezeichnungen (2) abedruckt. Eine aus Kerben (16) der Platte (12) und einem Klötzchen (18) bestehende Rastvorrichtung hält die Platte (12) in der jeweils eingestellten Lage fest. Da die Zahl "1" der Platte (12) gegenüber jede Wochentagbezeichnung (2) durch eine geeignete Verschiebung dieser Platte einstellbar ist, kann der in den Armbandverschluß eingebaute Kalender die Daten des laufenden Monats gegenüber den entsprechenden Wochentagbezeichnungen jederzeit anzeigen.

Slide rule-calendar comprising one fixed part (3), two sliding parts (1, 2) and one cursor (4). On the lower part of the fixed part (3), the thirty-one solar days of the longest month are indicated horizontally. The twelve months of the year are indicated on the left vertical area of the fixed part (3) and also on the cursor (4).

By positioning the two sliding parts (1, 2) on predetermined parameters reported on the top and bottom left of the fixed part (3) which correspond as a pair to a series of equivalent years and by moving the cursor (4) to the desired day, one can single out all the days of the week of the equivalent past and future years corresponding to said pair of parameters, with only one position of the two sliding parts (1, 2) (Figure 1).

Adventskalender mit einem ringförmigen Rahmen 4, wobei der Rahmen 4 in 24 Abschnitte gegliedert ist und eine Motivscheibe 2 umfasst, wobei eine Beleuchtungseinrichtung 1, geeignet zur Ausleuchtung der Motivscheibe 2 umfasst ist.

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung mit zumindest einem Zeitdatenstrang (12; 12a, 13a; 1 2b; 12c) und zumindest einem Markierungsmittel (14; 14a, 15a; 14b; 14c), wobei das zumindest eine Markierungsmittel (14; 14a, 15a; 14b; 14c) dazu vorgesehen ist, mit dem zumindest einen Zeitdatenstrang (12; 12a, 13a; 12b; 12c) verbunden zu werden und/oder zumindest ein Zeitdatum (16; 16a, 17a; 16b; 16c) des Zeitdatenstrangs (12; 12a, 13a; 12b; 12c) zu markieren.

An environmentally friendly binder for a calendar has a bar of a suitably biodegradable material. The bar may be of wood, cardboard, fibrous plant material, or a biodegradable synthetic plastics material. It is non-metallic. The bar may be secured directly to a calendar sheet or via securing pieces of a fabric like material. The securing pieces may be strips or tabs. The binders may be supplied in roll form, with the bars fast with a web or ribbons. The bars or securing pieces may be adhesively secured to the calendar sheets. An apparatus for securing the environmentally friendly binders to a calendar sheet has an adhering means for adhesively securing the bars or securing pieces to the calendar sheets.

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Bildkalender mit auswechselbarem Bild- und Kalenderteil und die Verwendung eines magnetischen Wechselrahmens für einen solchen Bildkalender. Hierzu sind Kalendarium und Bild unabhängig voneinander auf der Rückwand eines Passepartouts lösbar befestigt. Das Passepartout weist mindestens zwei Öffnungen auf, verdeckt die Rückwand, spart aber Bild und Kalendarium aus.

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Bildkalender mit auswechselbarem Bild- und Kalenderteil und die Verwendung eines magnetischen Wechselrahmens für einen solchen Bildkalender. Hierzu sind Kalendarium und Bild unabhängig voneinander auf der Rückwand eines Passepartouts lösbar befestigt. Das Passepartout weist mindestens zwei Öffnungen auf, verdeckt die Rückwand, spart aber Bild und Kalendarium aus.