Alarm interface for a smart watch

US006477117B1

<12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 6,477,117 B1 Narayanaswami et al. (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 5, 2002 (54) ALARM INTERFACE FORA SMART WATCH 5,602,566 A * 2/1997 Motosyuku et al. ...... .. 345/123 5,701,446 A * 12/1997 Abali et al. ............... .. 713/400 Inventgi-S: Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, 5,825,555 A : 10/1998 .......................... .. 568/10 Wilton, CT (US); Mandayam T_ 5,940,076 A * 8/1999 Sommers et al. ......... .. 345/339 Raghunath, Poughkeepsie, NY (US) 6,271,835 B1 8/2001 Hoeksman ................ .. 345/168 _ _ _ _ OTHER PUBLICATIONS (73) Assignee: International Business Machines Cgrpgratign, Armgnk, NY (US) PagerWirter 2000x User’s Guide, Motorla, Inc., 1999.* “The World’s Smallest PDA Computer Watch”, Hammacher ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this Schlemmer Mid Summer 2000 Catalog, p. 3. Mid Summer patent is extended or adjusted under 35 2000. U.S.C.154b b 26 d . ( ) y ays * cited by examiner 21 A l. No.: 09/608,043 Primar Examiner—David S. Martin PP Y A ' E ' —J -M ' G d ' <2» .. (51) Int. CI.’ ....................... .. G04C 21/16; G04G 13/02 Presser; Gail H Zariek, Esq(52) U.S. CI. ..................... .. 368/251; 368/244; 368/246; (57) ABSTRACT 368/248; 368/224; 368/243 (58) Field of Search ........................ .. 368/10, 109, 243, A Wearable mobile computing device/appliance (a Wrist 368/244, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 262, Watch) with a high resolution display that is capable of 263, 267 Wirelessly accessing information from a network and a variety of other devices. The mobile computing device/ (56) References Cited appliance includes a user interface that is used to efficiently ' ' h l d 'fi ' h h. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS interact Wit a arms an noti cations on t e Watc 4,908,784 A * 3/1990 Box et al. ................. .. 368/119 36 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets

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