Communication log for an electronic device
View Patent ↗A user's communication log for an electronic device, comprising: a first visual reference marker representing the current time; a second visual reference marker representing a past communication between the user and a third party; wherein the distance between the first and second visual reference markers increases as time goes by. The first visual reference marker is the origin of the circle about which the second visual reference marker is positioned at different angular positions.
1. A user's communication log for an electronic device, comprising:
a first visual reference marker representing the current time;
a plurality of second visual reference markers representing past communications; and
wherein the first visual reference marker is the origin of a circle about which the second visual reference markers are positioned at different angular positions, each distance between the first and second visual reference markers being dependent on the elapsed time between the past communication relating to each second visual reference marker and the current time.
2. A communication log as in claim 1 , further comprising an alert circle, the radius of which is set by the user, wherein in response to a second visual reference reaching said circle, the user is alerted.
3. A communication log as in claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of log entries, each entry relating to a past communication, and a log controller for calculating the distance between the first and second visual reference markers.
4. A communication log as in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of log entries, each entry relating to the past communication, and a log controller for calculating the distance between the first and second visual reference markers.
5. A system for providing a communication log for a user's devices, comprising: a first table of log entries, each entry relating to a past communication between a first user device and a third party; a first log controller; a second table of log entries, each entry relating to a past communication between a second user device and a third party; and a second log controller, wherein the first log controller is responsive to a command from the second log controller to send the first table of log entries to the first log controller, the first log controller being operable to compile an amalgamated table of log entries based on said first and second tables; means for providing a first visual marker representing the current time; means for providing a plurality of second visual reference markers representing past communications in the amalgamated log entries, wherein the first visual reference marker is the origin of a circle about which the second visual reference markers are positioned at different angular positions, each distance between the first and each of the second visual reference markers being dependent on the elapsed time between the past communication and the current time, wherein the distance between the first and second visual reference markers increases as time goes by.
6. A method of providing a communication log for a user that is synchronized between a plurality of user devices, comprising the steps of: amalgamating a plurality of device tables of log entries, compiled at each device, into a master table, and based on the master table, providing a first visual reference marker representing the current time; and providing a plurality of second visual reference markers representing the amalgamated log entries; wherein the first visual reference marker is the origin of a circle about which the second visual reference markers are positioned at different angular positions, the distance between the first and each of the second visual reference markers being dependent on the elapsed time between the past communication relating to each second visual reference marker and the current time.