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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Thomas Richard Haynes, Apex, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);
Thomas Richard Haynes, Apex, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
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.