SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CURRENT TIME IN COLORS ON OUTPUT DEVICE OF WIRED/WIRELESS TERMINAL
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying the current time in colors on the monitor of a wired/wireless terminal.
Background Art
In a prior art, the current time was simply displayed on the output device of a wired/wireless terminal with numbers or needles and marks through a clock program stored in a predetermined recording medium of the wired/wireless terminal or transmitted through the Internet using a system clock signal of the terminal. As the Internet and clock display devices are popularized, however, it is a need for development of a new time display device and method which is superior to the conventional method that simply displays the current time with figures or needles and marks.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for displaying the current time in colors on the monitor of a wired/wireless terminal. In this system and method, a user accesses a main server where a variety of clock programs for displaying the current time in colors are registered, and receives selected clock programs to store them in a predetermined recording medium of his/her wired/wireless terminal. When the user selects one of the
stored clock programs and installs it, the selected program is automatically installed at a start program position of the wire/wireless terminal. The installed clock program is automatically executed when the terminal is booted so that the current time is displayed in colors on a time display part on the output device of the terminal, which is divided into in a one-hour unit, a ten-minute unit and a one-minute unit, using a system clock signal of the terminal.
To accomplish the object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for displaying the current time in colors on an output device of a wired/wireless terminal, the system including: a main server that stores clock programs for displaying the current time in colors on the output device of the wired/wireless terminal in an one-hour unit, a ten-minute unit and an one-minute unit using a system clock signal of the wired/wireless terminal, so that the main server transmits clock programs selected by a user to the user' s wired/wireless terminal when the user accesses the main server via his or her wired/wireless terminal and requests the main server to send the clock programs; and a wired/wireless terminal having a predetermined recording medium and an output device, the recording medium receiving and storing the selected clock programs from the main server, one of the selected clock programs being automatically installed at a start program position of the wired/wireless terminal of the user and being automatically executed when the terminal is booted, the output device displaying the current time in colors on a time display part using a system clock signal of the wired/wireless terminal, the time display part being divided into the one- hour unit, the ten-minute unit and the one-minute unit.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a method for displaying the current time in colors on an output device of a wired/wireless terminal, the method including: a step at which a user drives a web browser of his/her wired/wireless terminal to access a main server, the main server displaying the current time in colors on the output device of the wired/wireless terminal in an one-hour unit of hour, a ten- minute unit and an one-minute unit using a system clock signal of the terminal; a step at which the user requests the main server to transmit selected clock programs and receives the clock programs from the main server through his/her wires/wireless terminal; a step at which the clock programs transmitted from the main server are stored in a predetermined recording medium of the terminal; a step at which the user automatically installs one of the clock programs stored in the recording medium of the wired/wireless terminal at a start program position of the terminal; a step at which the installed clock program is automatically executed when the wired/wireless terminal is booted; and a step at which the installed program is executed so that the current time is displayed in colors on a time display part located at a predetermined position on the output device of the terminal in the one-hour unit, the ten-minute unit and the one-minute unit using a system clock signal of the user's terminal.
Brief Description of the Drawings
Further objects and advantages of the invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows the composition of a system for displaying the current time in colors on the output unit of a wired/wireless terminal according to the present inven ion;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart for showing a method for displaying the current time in colors on the output unit of a wired/wireless terminal according to the present invention; and FIG. 3 shows embodiments of the system and method for displaying the current time in colors on a time display part on the output unit of a wired/wireless terminal, which is divided into a one-hour unit, a ten-minute unit and a one-minute unit, according to the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
The present invention will now be described in detail in connection with preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings .
A system and method for displaying the current time in colors on the output unit of a wired/wireless terminal according to the present invention are explained below in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Referring to FIG. 1, the system for displaying the current time in colors on the output unit of a wired/wireless terminal according to the present invention includes a main server 10 and wired/wireless terminals 20. A variety of clock programs for displaying the current time in colors are registered with the main server 10. When a user accesses the main server through his/her wired/wireless terminal and requests the main server to
transmit selected clock programs, the main server 10 sends the selected clock programs to the wired/wireless terminal of the user.
Each of the wired/wireless terminals includes a web browser and a modem used for connecting the terminal to the Internet, a predetermined recording medium for receiving and storing the clock programs that the user accesses the main server and selects, and an output device. When the user selects one of the stored clock programs to install it, the selected program is automatically installed at a start program position of the wired/wireless terminal. When the terminal is booted, the installed clock program is automatically executed so that the output device displays the current time in colors on a time display part that is divided into three portions consisting of a one-hour unit, a ten-minute unit and a one-minute unit using a system clock signal of the user's terminal.
Referring to FIG. 2, the method for displaying the current time in colors on the output unit of a wired/wireless terminal according to the present invention includes a step S10 at which a user operates the web browser of his/her wired/wireless terminal to access the main server that provides a variety of clock programs for displaying the current time in colors, a step S20 at which the main server transmits clock programs selected by the user to the user's wired/wireless terminal when the user requests the main server to do it, and a step S30 at which the clock programs transmitted from the main server are stored in a predetermined recording medium of the wired/wireless terminal. The method further includes a step S40 at which, when the user selects one of the clock programs stored in the recording medium to install it, the
selected clock program is automatically installed at the start program position of the wired/wireless terminal, a step S50 at which the installed clock program is automatically executed when the user boots the wired/wireless terminal, and a step S60 at which the installed clock program is executed so that the current time is displayed in colors on the time display part divided into three portions consisting of a one hour-unit, a ten-minute unit and a oήe-minute unit using the system clock signal of the wired/wireless terminal of the user.
Each of stages of an algorithm that displays the current time in colors on the time display part of the output device, which is divided into three portions consisting of a one-hour unit, a ten-minute unit and a one- minute unit, using the system clock signal of the terminal when the installed clock program is executed is explained in detail through the following Tables 1, 2 and 3.
Table 1
Time Color
0 o'clock and 24 o' clock White
1 o'clock and 13 o' clock Brown
2 o'clock and 14 o' clock Sky blue
3 o'clock and 15 o' clock Grey
4 o'clock and 16 o' clock Purple
5 o'clock and 17 o' clock Dark blue
6 o'clock and 18 o' clock Blue
7 o'clock and 19 o' clock Green
8 o'clock and 20 o' clock Red
9 o'clock and 21 o' clock Yellow
10 o'clock and 22 o' clock Orange
11 o'clock and 2Ξi o'clock Pink
Table 1 relates to an algorithm that displays the current time in colors in the one hour-unit on the output device through the time display part using the system clock signal of the user's wired/wireless terminal when the installed clock program is executed.
Table 2
Table 2 relates to an algorithm that displays the current time in colors in the unit of ten-minute on the output device through the time display part using the system clock signal of the user's wired/wireless terminal when the installed clock program is executed.
Table 3
Time Color
0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 minutes White
11, 21, 31, 41, 51 minutes Brown
2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 minutes Sky blue
3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53 minutes Grey
4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54 minutes Purple
5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 minutes Dark blue
6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56 minutes Blue
7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57 minutes Green
8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58 minutes Red
9, 19, 29, 39, 9, 59 minutes Yellow
Table 3 relates to an algorithm that displays the current time in colors in the unit of minute on the output device through the time display part using the system clock signal of the user's wired/wireless terminal when the installed clock program is executed.
FIG. 3 shows several embodiments of a system for displaying the time display part that is divided into three portions consisting of a one-hour unit (30, 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30-4), a ten-minute unit (40, 40-1, 40-2, 40-3, 40-4) and a one-minute unit (50, 50-1, 50-2, 50-3, 50-4) and outputs the current time in colors on the output device of a wired/wireless terminal according to the present invention. The time display part means contents composed of figures or characters for representing the current time.
More specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, parts of contents including a character such as an avatar or a figure such as a flower, animal and building are designated as the three portions consisting of the one- hour unit, the ten-minute unit and the one-minute unit. The contents are produced in such a manner that the color of each of the parts is displayed on the output device of a wired/wireless terminal, varying with time, according to the system clock signal of the terminal. Its user selects the contents and receives them from the main server to utilize the contents on his/her wired/wireless terminal.
Industrial Applicability
As described above, the present invention provides a new time display system and method for displaying the current time in colors on the output device of a wired/wireless terminal to meet the trend of the current time when the Internet and color display devices are popularized. The time display system of the present invention is a technique developed from the conventional method that displays the time with figures or needles and marks so it can represent the time beautifully.
Furthermore, the present invention can provide contents composed of figures or characters that represent the current time in colors to a wired/wireless terminal including an output device such as LCD, LED, PDP and monitor to obtain a character varying with time.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.