Reminders for a communication terminal

• US 20020024540A1
• Filed: 08/29/2001
• Published: 02/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: McCarthy, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US09/940,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20020024540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/844
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A hand-portable communication terminal includes a control unit, a user interface including a display, text input means, and said user interface is controlled by the control unit, and a clock application controlled by the control unit, and having a clock function and a reminder application which the display can present. The reminder application has a text window in which the user through the user interface enters a reminder text label, and a time entry window in which the user through the user interface enters a date and time for the reminder. An alert unit that alerts when the clock reaches the entered date and time for the reminder.

Claims

1. A method of handling reminders in a handportable communication terminal, comprising

manually entering of character into a text editor window for providing a reminder text,

entering time information into a time entry window for setting a reminder time,

providing real time clock information from a clock application,

comparing said time information with the real time clock information, and

alerting when the real time clock has reached said reminder time.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the alerting comprises display of the reminder text.

3. A handportable communication terminal, including

a control unit,

a user interface including a display, text input means, and said user interface is controlled by the control unit,

a clock application controlled by the control unit, and having a clock function and a reminder application which the display can present,

said reminder application has:

a text editor window in which the user through the user interface enters a reminder text label, and

a time entry window in which the user through the user interface enters a date and time for the reminder,

and an alert unit that alerts when the clock reaches the entered date and time for the reminder.

4. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 3, and comprising a clock application providing real time clock information to the reminder application, and said reminder application displays a reminder note when the real time clock has reached the reminder time.

5. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the reminder application provides the user access to “

Add new”

reminders, “

View all”

existing reminders and “

Erase”

existing reminders.

6. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the reminder application allows the user to transmit a reminder to a remote second communication terminal via a wireless communication network.

7. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the reminder application upon receiving instructions to send a reminder requests the user to enter a phone number on the receiver of the reminder.

8. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the reminder application allows the user to search for the phone number of the receiving terminal in an internal phone number database of the transmitting terminal.

9. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the reminder application allows the user to inspect a reminder received from a remote second communication terminal via a wireless communication network.

10. A handportable communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the reminder application furthermore allows the user to save or discard a reminder received from a remote second communication terminal.

11. A handportable communication terminal according to any of the claims 6-10, wherein the reminders are transferred via the wireless communication network included in a message according to the Smart Messaging Specification.