KR20010008081A - A method and system for displaying calendar selected by user - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for displaying country's calendar according to user's selection are provided to transmit a calendar of a country that has been selected by a user, to link each country's holiday informations and schedules and displaying the informations in one screen, and to register, modify, and delete each country's new or adjusted holidays. CONSTITUTION: A method for displaying user selected country's calendar is composed of request, creation, and transmission. A user transmits a calendar reference screen request to a system(S501). and a calendar reference screen that corresponds to the user's request is sent to the user(S503). The user transmits additional reference conditions, such as a personal schedule, and standard reference conditions such as year, month, and country list to the system(S505). The holidays that correspond to the inputted standard reference conditions and additional reference conditions are extracted from a calendar DB(S507). The system determines whether the additional reference conditions include the personal schedule(S509). If the personal schedule is included, the user's schedule that correspond to the inputted year and month information is extracted from a schedule DB(S511). A calendar screen that displays the holidays and schedules is created(S513) and provided to the user(S515).

Description

A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CALENDAR SELECTED BY USER}

The present invention relates to a method of providing a calendar of a user selected country, and more particularly, to provide a calendar of a user selected country that receives a year, month and at least one country from a user and provides a calendar corresponding to the year, month and at least one country. A method and apparatus are disclosed.

Existing calendar is characterized in that only the holiday information for one country is extracted from the calendar database pre-built corresponding to the year, month requested from the user.

The existing calendar has a problem that it is not possible to provide holidays of multiple countries on one screen. For example, if a user residing in the Republic of Korea travels to the United States from November 5 to November 15, he or she needs to obtain a US calendar and obtain the information in order to know the US holiday information during the period. have.

In addition, the existing calendar is inconvenient to see only the holiday information for the country provided in the calendar.

In addition, the existing calendar has a problem that the user can not provide a function to select at least one country.

In addition, the existing calendar has a problem that can not be provided on a single screen in conjunction with the national holiday information and schedule.

In addition, the existing calendar has a problem that the user can not provide a function to register, modify, or delete the holidays added or changed in each country.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing a calendar in a user selected country that receives a year, month and at least one country from a user and transmits a calendar corresponding to the year, month and at least one country.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing a calendar of a user-selected country displayed on one screen by interlocking national holiday information and a schedule.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for providing a calendar in a user selected country in which a user can register, modify, or delete additional or changed national holidays.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a calendar providing module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a calendar inquiry screen of a user selected country according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing the configuration of the holiday management screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a schedule management screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a calendar of a user selected country according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating a process for storing national holidays according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a schedule according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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201; Calendar display screen 203; Calendar inquiry condition input part

205; Year input part 207; Additional query condition input part

209; Selected country list display part

211; Display type selection portion 213; Add country button

219; Country-specific calendar display 221; Quick View by Country

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, in providing a calendar of a country selected by a user, a basic inquiry condition from the user, wherein the basic inquiry condition includes a year, month, at least one country A calendar of a user-selected country that receives a box, extracts calendar information corresponding to the basic inquiry condition from a pre-built calendar database, generates a calendar screen on which the calendar information is displayed, and provides the calendar screen to the user. It is possible to provide a method of providing, an apparatus and a system corresponding to the method.

The method for providing a calendar of the user selected country may include receiving additional query conditions of the user, wherein additional query conditions include whether to query schedules, and if the additional query conditions include schedule queries, the year, month, The method may further include extracting schedule information corresponding to a user from a pre-built schedule database, and including the schedule information on the calendar screen.

The calendar information may be a public holiday corresponding to the at least one country.

Holidays corresponding to the country may be registered, modified, or deleted as calendar information in the calendar database by the user.

The basic inquiry condition may be set in a screen for providing a plurality of countries to the user and selecting at least one of the plurality of countries from the user.

The calendar information may be displayed on the calendar screen in at least one of display forms such as a flag, a figure, a special character, a bold character, a dotted line, and a flicker.

The calendar information may be displayed differently for each country.

The method of providing a calendar in the user-selected country may include at least one of a computer, a clock, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communications services (PCS), a TV, a scheduler, any device providing a calendar, and a website based on a network. Can be applied to one.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a calendar providing module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the calendar providing module 101 includes a transmission unit 103, a reception unit 105, an interface unit 107, a determination unit 109, a memory unit 111, a database processing unit 113, and a calendar database. 115, a schedule database 117 is configured.

The transmission unit 103 transmits the calendar screen provided from the interface unit to the user or transmits the information transmitted from the determination unit to the user.

The receiver 105 receives a basic inquiry condition and an additional inquiry condition input by the user on the calendar inquiry screen 201 of FIG. 2 below.

In addition, the reception unit 105 receives a country, year, month, holiday name, holiday description entered by the user on the holiday management screen 301 of FIG. 3 below.

In addition, the receiver 105 receives a title, a location, a start date, an end date, and contents input by the user on the schedule management screen 401 of FIG. 4 below.

The interface unit 107 generates a screen to appear in the country-specific calendar display portion 219 of FIG. 2 below based on the information provided from the memory unit 111 and the determination unit 109.

The determination unit 109 determines the information extracted from the database processing unit and sends it to the interface unit 107 or transmits it to the receiving unit 105.

In addition, the determination unit 109 determines the information transmitted from the transmission unit 103 and delivers specific information to the database processing unit 113.

The memory 111 stores a processor related to providing a calendar screen, holiday management, and schedule management.

The database processor 113 extracts holidays and schedules from the calendar database 115 and the schedule database 117.

In addition, the database processing unit 113 stores holiday information in the calendar database 115.

In addition, the database processing unit 113 stores the schedule information in the schedule database 117.

The calendar providing module 101 provides national calendars and registered schedules corresponding to a user's request on one calendar screen. Here, when a plurality of countries are selected, national holidays are displayed differently on a calendar screen in a display form such as a flag, a figure, a special character, a bold character, a dotted line, or a flicker.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a calendar inquiry screen of a user selected country according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the calendar inquiry screen 201 includes a calendar inquiry condition input portion 203, a country year month display portion 217, a country calendar display portion 219, a country quick view portion 221, and a schedule. It consists of a management button 225 and a holiday management button 227.

The calendar inquiry condition input portion 203 includes a year month input portion 205, an additional inquiry condition input portion 207, a selected country list display portion 209, a display type selection portion 211, an add country button 213, and an inquiry. It consists of a button 215.

In the year month input portion 205, the year and month of the calendar to be searched by the user are input.

In the additional inquiry condition input unit 207, it is possible to select whether to display the schedule together on the calendar.

In the selected country list display portion 209, a country list to be searched added by clicking the add country button 213 on the add country screen (not shown) is displayed.

In the display form selection portion 211, when a plurality of countries are selected in the selected country list display portion 209, a form for displaying a national holiday differently may be selected. For example, at least one of display forms such as a national flag, a figure, a special character, a bold character, a dotted line, and a flicker may be selected.

When the country add button 213 is clicked on, a country add screen (not shown) for adding a country to the selected country list display portion 209 appears.

When the inquiry button 215 is clicked on, a calendar corresponding to the condition entered in the calendar inquiry condition input portion 203 is displayed in the country-specific calendar display portion 219.

Here, the year, month and the country list of the selected country list display part 209 inputted in the year month input part 205 are basic inquiry conditions. The information selected in the additional query condition input portion 207 is an additional query condition.

When the user inputs each item of the calendar inquiry condition input portion 203 and presses the inquiry button 215, the country month month display portion 217 includes the year month input portion 205 of the calendar inquiry condition input portion 203. The year and month entered in appears.

The country-specific calendar display portion 219 displays national holiday information and personal schedule corresponding to the conditions entered in each item of the calendar inquiry condition input portion 203.

The country-specific quick view portion 221 displays country buttons 223 of major countries. When a user clicks on a country button 223 of a specific country, a calendar in which the national holiday is displayed in the country-specific calendar display unit 219 is displayed on the country-specific calendar display unit 219.

When the schedule management button 225 is clicked on, a schedule management screen (401 below) for registering, modifying, and deleting a daily schedule is displayed.

When the holiday management button 227 is clicked, the holiday management screen 301 of FIG. 3 shown below can register a new holiday of each country or modify information of a previously registered holiday.

3 is a view showing the configuration of the holiday management screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the holiday management screen 301 includes a country selection part 303, a year selection part 305, a month selection part 307, a day selection part 319, a holiday name input part 309, and a public holiday. It consists of a description input part 311, a save button 313, an initialization button 315, and a close button 317. Here, the year selection part 305 inputs the year in which a public holiday to be inputted first is input into the month selection part 307 and the day selection part 319.

When the save button 313 is clicked, the country selection portion 303, the year selection portion 305, the month selection portion 307, the day selection portion 319 and the holiday name input portion 309 of the holiday management screen 301 are displayed. ), The holiday of the item described in the holiday description input portion 311 is newly registered or modified.

When the initialization button 315 is clicked, the country selection portion 303, the year selection portion 305, the month selection portion 307, the day selection portion 319, and the holiday name input portion 309 of the holiday management screen 301 are displayed. ), All items described in the holiday description input portion 311 are erased or initial setting values appear.

When the close button 317 is clicked on, the holiday management screen 301 is closed.

In order for a user to input, modify, or delete a national holiday, a holiday management screen 2 (not shown) may be provided instead of the holiday management screen 301.

In the holiday management screen 2 (not shown), a specific year, month, and day are not managed as a holiday, but a specific day or period is managed as a holiday.

In the holiday management screen 2 (not shown), a specific day input part (not shown) or a specific period input part (not shown) is provided in place of the month selection part 307 and the day selection part 319 of the holiday management screen 301. do. For example, if there is a country in which the third Saturday of March is a public holiday, a holiday may be registered by setting in a specific day input part (not shown) of the holiday management screen 2 (not shown).

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a schedule management screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the schedule management screen 401 includes a title input part 403, a location input part 405, a start date setting part 407, an end date setting part 409, a content input part 411, It consists of a save button 413, an initialization button 415, and a close button 417.

When the save button 413 is clicked, the title input portion 403, the position input portion 405, the start date setting portion 407, the end date setting portion 409, and the content input portion of the schedule management screen 401 The schedule of the item described in 411) is newly registered or modified.

When the initialization button 415 is clicked, the title input portion 403, the position input portion 405, the start date setting portion 407, the end date setting portion 409, and the content input portion of the schedule management screen 401 All items described in 411) are erased or initial setting values appear.

If the close button 417 is clicked on, the schedule management screen 401 is closed.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a calendar of a user selected country according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, when a calendar inquiry screen request is received from a user (S501), a calendar inquiry screen corresponding to a user request is transmitted (S503).

A basic inquiry condition such as a year, a month, a country list, and an additional inquiry condition of whether a personal schedule is included or not are received from the user (S505).

A holiday corresponding to the basic inquiry condition and the additional inquiry condition is extracted from the calendar database 115 (S507).

It is determined whether the additional inquiry condition includes a personal schedule (S509).

If the additional inquiry condition includes the personal schedule as a result of the determination, the schedule of the user corresponding to the year and month is extracted from the schedule database 117 (S511).

A calendar screen on which the holidays and schedules are displayed is generated (S513), and the calendar screen is provided to the user (S515).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing national holidays according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, when a holiday management screen request is received from a user (S601), a holiday management screen corresponding to the request of the user is transmitted to the user (S603).

When receiving a country, year, month, holiday name, holiday description from the user (S605), information corresponding to the country, year, month, holiday name is extracted from the calendar database 115 (S607).

It is determined whether there is the same information as the country, year, month, holiday name (S609).

If the same holiday is found as a result of the determination, a message that the same holiday is already registered to the user is transmitted (S611).

If there is no identical holiday as a result of the determination, the country, year, month, holiday name, and holiday description are stored in the calendar database 115 (S613).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a schedule according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, when a schedule management screen request is received from a user (S701), a schedule management screen corresponding to the user request is transmitted to the user (S703).

When the schedule related title, location, start date, end date, and contents are received from the user (S705), information corresponding to the start date, the end date, and the title is extracted from the schedule database 117 (S707).

It is determined whether there is the same information as the start date, end date, and title (S709).

If there is the same schedule as a result of the determination, a message indicating that the same schedule is already registered to the user is transmitted (S711).

If there is no identical schedule as a result of the determination, the title, location, start date, end date, and contents are stored in the schedule database 117 (S713).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a method and apparatus for providing a calendar in a user selected country that receives a year, month, and at least one country from a user and transmits a calendar corresponding to the year, month, and at least one country. Can be.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and apparatus for providing a calendar of a user-selected country displayed on one screen by interworking schedules with national holiday information.

In addition, the present invention can provide a method and apparatus for providing a calendar in a user selected country in which a user can register, modify, or delete national holidays.

Claims (11)

In a method for providing a calendar of a user selected country, Receiving a basic query condition from a user, wherein the basic query condition includes a year, month, and at least one country; Extracting calendar information corresponding to the basic inquiry condition from a built-in calendar database; Generating a calendar screen on which the calendar information is displayed; Providing the calendar screen to the user Comprising Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The calendar providing method of the user selection country Receiving an additional query condition of the user, wherein the additional query condition includes whether to query a schedule; Extracting schedule information corresponding to the year, month, and user from a pre-established schedule database when the additional inquiry condition includes schedule inquiry; Including the schedule information on the calendar screen Containing more Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The calendar information is A public holiday corresponding to the at least one country Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 3, National holidays corresponding to the above countries Being registered, modified, or deleted as calendar information in the calendar database by the user Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The basic inquiry condition is Providing a plurality of countries to the user, the screen being set on the screen from which the user can select at least one country from the plurality of countries Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The calendar information is Displayed in at least one of a flag, a figure, a special character, a bold character, a dotted line, and a blinking display form on the calendar screen; Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The calendar information is What is different for each country Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The calendar database Where country, year, month, day, holiday name, holiday description is stored Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The calendar providing method of the user selection country Applies to at least one of a computer, a clock, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communications services (PCS), a TV, a scheduler, any device providing a calendar, or a network-based website. Method of providing a calendar of a user-selected country characterized in that. In a device that provides a calendar of a user selected country, Means for receiving a basic lookup condition from a user, wherein the default lookup condition includes a year, month, at least one country; Means for extracting calendar information corresponding to the basic query condition from a built-in calendar database; Means for generating a calendar screen on which the calendar information is displayed; Means for providing the calendar screen to the user Having Device for providing a calendar of the user selection country characterized in that. A memory storing a program; A processor coupled to the memory to execute the program Including but not limited to: The processor by the program, Receiving a basic query condition from a user, wherein the basic query condition includes a year, month, and at least one country; Extracting calendar information corresponding to the basic inquiry condition from a built-in calendar database; Generating a calendar screen on which the calendar information is displayed; Providing the calendar screen to the user Will run A system for providing a calendar of a user selected country, characterized in that.