Setting a reminder that is triggered by a target user device

• US 10,715,380 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2018
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Pai, Raghu, Dickens, Joshua B., Narayanan, Karthik, Frost, Megan M., Gautier, Patrice Olivier
• Primary Examiner(s): Higa, Brendan Y
• Application Number:
  US16/147,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20190273652A1
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for setting a reminder triggered by a target device. A requesting device sends a request to a server to set a reminder triggered by a target device. The request includes parameters, such as a location and a condition that define when the reminder is triggered. The server sends instruction to the target device to set the reminder based on the parameters. When the condition such as arrival is met by the target device in relation to the location the target device sends a message to the server that the reminder has been triggered. The target device can set a geo-fence to determine the position of the target device in relation to the location, and the requesting user can dictate the size of the geo-fence. The server sends a notification to the requesting device that the reminder has been triggered.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a requesting device at a first location, a voice command from a user of the requesting device, the voice command including a request to deliver a notification to a target device, a location parameter identifying a second location where the notification is to be delivered to the target device, and a condition parameter indicating an action that needs to be performed before the notification is delivered to the target device;

creating a notification request on the requesting device in response to the voice command, wherein the notification request is created for transmission to a server and includes information identifying an account associated with the requesting device;

determining, by the target device or the server, whether the target device is at the second location and the action has been completed;

determining, by the server, via an account associated with the target device, whether a user-selectable permission setting on the target device indicates that permission is granted to share the location of the target device with the account associated with the requesting device; and

in accordance with each of the target device being at the second location, the action being completed, and the permission being granted, delivering, by the server, the notification to the target device.

2. The method as in claim 1, wherein the condition parameter of the voice command indicates that the notification is to be triggered when the target device arrives at the second location.

3. The method as in claim 1, wherein the condition parameter of the voice command indicates that the notification is to be triggered when the target device departs from the second location.

4. The method as in claim 1, wherein the requesting device is a mobile electronic device.

5. The method as in claim 1, wherein the location parameter includes a user-specified location identifier or label that uniquely identifies a set of geographic coordinates.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request indicates that the notification is to be repeated.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the server, first information from the target device indicating that the notification has been triggered; and

transmitting, by the server, second information to the requesting device indicating that the notification has been triggered.

8. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a requesting device at a first location, a voice command from a user of the requesting device, the voice command including a request to deliver a notification to a target device, a location parameter identifying a second location where the notification is to be delivered to the target device, and a condition parameter indicating an action that needs to be performed before the notification is delivered to the target device;

creating a notification request on the requesting device in response to the voice command, wherein the notification request is created for transmission to a server and includes information identifying an account associated with the requesting device;

determining, by the target device or the server, whether the target device is at the second location and the action has been completed;

determining, by the server, via an account associated with the target device, whether a user-selectable permission setting on the target device indicates that permission is granted to share the location of the target device with the account associated with the requesting device; and

in accordance with each of the target device being at the second location, the action being completed, and the permission being granted, delivering, by the server, the notification to the target device.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable media as in claim 8, wherein the condition parameter of the voice command indicates that the notification is to be triggered when the target device arrives at the second location.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable media as in claim 8, wherein the condition parameter of the voice command indicates that the notification is to be triggered when the target device departs from the second location.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable media as in claim 8, wherein the requesting device is a mobile electronic device.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable media as in claim 8, wherein the location parameter includes a user-specified location identifier or label that uniquely identifies a set of geographic coordinates.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable media as in claim 8, wherein the request indicates that the notification is to be repeated.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable media as in claim 8, the operations further comprising:

receiving, by the server, first information from the target device indicating that the notification has been triggered; and

transmitting, by the server, second information to the requesting device indicating that the notification has been triggered.

15. A system comprising:

a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions;

one or more processors to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to;

receive, by a requesting device at a first location, a voice command from a user of the requesting device, wherein the voice command includes a request to deliver a notification to a target device, a location parameter identifying a second location where the notification is to be delivered to the target device, and a condition parameter indicating an action that needs to be performed before the notification is delivered to the target device;

create a notification request on the requesting device in response to the voice command, wherein the notification request is to be created for transmission to a server and includes information identifying an account associated with the requesting device, wherein the target device or the server is to determine, whether the target device is at the second location and the action has been completed, the sever, via an account associated with the target device, is to determine whether a user-selectable permission setting on the target device indicates that permission is granted to share the location of the target device with the account associated with the requesting device, and in accordance with each of the target device being at the second location, the action being completed, and the permission being granted, the server is to deliver the notification to the target device.

16. The system as in claim 15, wherein the condition parameter of the voice command is to indicate that the notification is to be triggered when the target device arrives at the second location.

17. The system as in claim 15, wherein the condition parameter of the voice command is to indicate that the notification is to be triggered when the target device departs from the second location.

18. The system as in claim 15, wherein the requesting device is a mobile electronic device.

19. The system as in claim 15, wherein the location parameter includes a user-specified location identifier or label that uniquely identifies a set of geographic coordinates.

20. The system as in claim 15, wherein the request indicates that the notification is to be repeated.

21. The system as in claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by the server, first information from the target device indicating that the notification has been triggered; and

transmit, by the server, second information to the requesting device indicating that the notification has been triggered.