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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999

Filed:

Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:

John M Neil, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395551 ; 345334 ;
Abstract

A system for retrieving and displaying a pictorial user interface on a computer display or other monitor whereby a series of time-lapse pictorial images change, over time, under software control such that the time of day and changes thereof can be visualized both for a user's geographical location or environment, as well as for the geographical location or environment of another person, such as a party telephoning the user from a different geographical location or environment in a different time zone.


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