US5457904A
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Personalized calendar and system for making
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-10-23
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Granted: 1995-10-17
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Expires: 2011-10-23
Abstract
Abstract A personalized calendar is provided comprising a plurality of pages printed/imaged with a tabular array of calendar units and at least one event reminder printed in an appropriate one of the calendar units. Preferably, the pages are bound together with a cover releasably sealable for mailing. A system and method for producing personalized calendars is also provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard R. Colvin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:19
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D5/00; B42D5/04; G; G09; G09D; G09D3/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
246 words
A Method of producing a customized calendar for a person comprising the steps of: entering and storing in a computer the person's name and address; entering and storing in the computer an item of data pertaining to an event of interest to the person; providing a web of paper; imaging with an imager numerals representing a tabular arrangement of calendar units on the provided web of paper; imaging with an imager the event of interest to the person in an appropriate one of the calendar units; imaging with an imager, on a page of the calendar, an indicia code to the person which is retrieved from a file of persons in the computer; forming a plurality of calendar pages from the provided web of paper by folding and trimming the paper; reading with a scanner the indicia code to the person in order to retrieve from the computer the name and address of the person; printing on a flap of a cover that will be affixed to the plurality of calendar pages, the name and address of the person whose indicia code has been read from a page of the calendar by the scanner and retrieved from the computer; forming the customized calendar by binding the plurality of calendar pages between flaps of the cover that includes the flap printed with the name and address of the person and; sealing the cover together with a releasable adhesive for delivery of the customized calendar to the person.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
246 words
A Method of producing a customized calendar for a person comprising the steps of: entering and storing in a computer the person's name and address; entering and storing in the computer an item of data pertaining to an event of interest to the person; providing a web of paper; imaging with an imager numerals representing a tabular arrangement of calendar units on the provided web of paper; imaging with an imager the event of interest to the person in an appropriate one of the calendar units; imaging with an imager, on a page of the calendar, an indicia code to the person which is retrieved from a file of persons in the computer; forming a plurality of calendar pages from the provided web of paper by folding and trimming the paper; reading with a scanner the indicia code to the person in order to retrieve from the computer the name and address of the person; printing on a flap of a cover that will be affixed to the plurality of calendar pages, the name and address of the person whose indicia code has been read from a page of the calendar by the scanner and retrieved from the computer; forming the customized calendar by binding the plurality of calendar pages between flaps of the cover that includes the flap printed with the name and address of the person and; sealing the cover together with a releasable adhesive for delivery of the customized calendar to the person.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 including the step of entering and storing in a computer an updated item of data pertaining to an event of interest to the person.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 including, before forming, the step of printing a portion of the indicia code to the person that relates to person's name and address stored in a computer on the web of paper.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 3 including, after printing, the steps of reading with a scanner the indicia code of the person from the paper in order to retrieve the person's name and address.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
39 words
The method of 1 comprising entering and storing in the computer a plurality of person's names and addresses, and including the step of storing an indicia code to each person that includes codes indicative of their interests and ID.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
39 words
The method of 1 comprising entering and storing in the computer a plurality of person's names and addresses, and including the step of storing an indicia code to each person that includes codes indicative of their interests and ID.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 5 including the step of entering and storing in the computer the indicia code to each person.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 5 including the step of entering and storing in the computer an updated indicia code to each person.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 5 comprising entering and storing in the computer data pertaining to events of interest to the plurality of persons.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 8 including, before printing an event of interest to a person, the step of finding in the computer's memory the event of interest to the person, for whom a customized calendar is being produced, by comparing the indicia code to the person with the data pertaining to events of interest to the plurality of persons.
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