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Apparatus And Method For Providing A Task Reminder Based On Travel History

  • US 20090191895A1
  • Filed: 03/24/2009
  • Published: 07/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing a reminder of a task to be performed at a task location, the apparatus comprising:

  • a monitoring module configured to monitor a location of a user via a mobile communication device associated with the user at predetermined time intervals for tracking historical travel information of the user;

    a data store for storing the user'"'"'s historical travel information and for storing user specified task information that includes a task and a task location; and

    a reminder module configured to determine a reminder position as a position where an estimated probability of the user traveling from the reminder position at a particular time in a trajectory leading away from the task location exceeds an estimated probability of the user traveling from the reminder position at that same time in a trajectory leading toward the task location by a threshold value, and to generate a reminder for the task when the reminder position is identified.

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