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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Prasanna R. Chitturi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A linear time display including a first and a second time clock for a first and a second locale of a first and a second time zone is disclosed. In one embodiment, each linear time clock includes a plurality of time unit representations. A first visual indicator is displayed to correlate a first time unit representation in the first linear clock to a corresponding time unit representation in the second linear clock. In one embodiment, the linear time display is a digital device such as a digital watch, or a digital wireless phone. In another embodiment, the linear time display is an electro-mechanical time display, such as a wall mounted time display.