METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMINDING CALENDAR SCHEDULE AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130151143A1
• Filed: 02/07/2013
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Cheng, Lu, Kuang-Rong, Wang, John C., Chin, Peter, Cheng, Chi-Chen
• Granted Patent: US 9,052,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/425
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for reminding a calendar schedule and a recording medium are provided. First, a schedule and a location of an event are set in a calendar, and first positioning information of the location is obtained. Then, second positioning information of a current location of a mobile device is obtained. Next, the current location is determining whether to be within a signal range of a signal source. Once the current location is within the signal range, the time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the first positioning information is calculated. Finally, a reminding time is set according to the transferring time, and a reminding action is taken at the reminding time. Thereby, the reminding time of the event can be dynamically adjusted to avoid delay caused when the mobile device is too far from the event location.

Claims

1. A method for reminding a calendar schedule, suitable for a mobile apparatus, the method comprising:

setting a first schedule and a first location of a first event in a calendar;

obtaining first positioning information of a current location of the mobile apparatus during the first event according to the first schedule, and storing the first positioning information as event positioning information of the first location; and

retrieving the event positioning information for reminding the calendar schedule when the first location is set in a next event.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of setting the first schedule and the first location of the first event in the calendar comprises:

retrieving a notification of the first event; and

recognizing a location name in the notification and setting the location name as the first location of the first event.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of storing the first positioning information as event positioning information of the first location comprises:

comparing the first positioning information with a previously stored event positioning information of the first location;

if the first positioning information matches the previously stored event positioning information, keeping the previously stored event positioning information; and

if the first positioning information does not match the previously stored event positioning information, replacing the previously stored event positioning information with the first positioning information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the first positioning information of the current location of the mobile apparatus during the first event according to the first schedule, and storing the first positioning information as the event positioning information of the first location further comprises:

repeatedly obtaining multiple first positioning information during the first event;

comparing the obtained multiple first positioning information with each others;

concluding the first location information as the event positioning information; and

storing the concluded first positioning information as the event positioning information of the first location.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of storing the first positioning information as the event positioning information of the first location comprises:

transmitting the first positioning information to a remote server and storing the first positioning information in the remote server as the event positioning information of the first location.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving the event positioning information for reminding the calendar schedule when the first location is set in the next event comprises:

setting a second schedule and a second location of a second event in the calendar, and obtaining the event positioning information of the first location if the second location is equal to the first location;

obtaining second positioning information of the current location of the mobile apparatus;

calculating a transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information; and

setting a reminding time of the second event according to the transferring time, and performing a reminding action of the second event at the reminding time, wherein the reminding time is earlier than the schedule for a length of the transferring time and a predetermined time.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of calculating the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information comprises:

calculating the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information by referring to road information in an electronic map or a position information database or by referring to walking pace.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of calculating the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information comprises:

calculating the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information by referring to weather information in a weather information database.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the step of setting the reminding time of the second event according to the transferring time, the method further comprises:

setting a check point at a time point between a current time and the reminding time;

obtaining a third positioning information of the current location of the mobile apparatus at the check point;

re-calculating the transferring time and re-setting the reminding time according to the re-calculated transferring time.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the step of calculating the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information, the method further comprises:

determining whether the transferring time is longer than a rest time from a current time to the second schedule of the second event; and

if the transferring time is longer than the rest time, prompting a message indicating a late arrival for the second event.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein if the transferring time is longer than the rest time, the method further comprises:

retrieving contact information of at least one attendee of the second event; and

sending the message indicating the late arrival for the second event to the attendee according to the retrieved contact information.

12. A recording medium, recording program instructions for executing a method for reminding a calendar schedule, suitable for a mobile apparatus, the method comprising:

setting a first schedule and a first location of a first event in a calendar;

obtaining first positioning information of a current location of the mobile apparatus during the first event according to the first schedule, and storing the first positioning information as event positioning information of the first location; and

retrieving the event positioning information for reminding the calendar schedule when the first location is set in a next event.

13. An apparatus for reminding a calendar schedule, comprising:

a calendar module, configured to set a first schedule and a first location of a first event in a calendar;

a positioning module, configured to obtain first positioning information of a current location during the first event according to the first schedule;

a storage module, configured to store the first positioning information as event positioning information of the first location; and

a reminding module, configured to retrieving the event positioning information for reminding the calendar schedule when the first location is set in a next event.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the calendar module further comprises retrieving a notification of the first event, recognizing a location name in the notification, and setting the location name as the first location of the first event.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the storage module further comprises comparing the first positioning information with a previously stored event positioning information of the first location, keeping the previously stored event positioning information if the first positioning information matches the previously stored event positioning information, and replacing the previously stored event positioning information with the first positioning information if the first positioning information does not match the previously stored event positioning information.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the positioning module comprises repeatedly obtaining multiple first positioning information during the first event, and the storage module comprises comparing the obtained multiple first positioning information with each other, concluding the first location information as the event positioning information, and storing the concluded first positioning information as the event positioning information of the first location.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a data transmitting module, transmitting the first positioning information to a remote server and storing the first positioning information in the remote server as the event positioning information of the first location.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the calendar module comprises setting a second schedule and a second location of a second event and obtaining the event positioning information of the first location if the second location is equal to the first location;

the positioning module comprises obtaining second positioning information of the current location;

a calculation module comprises calculating a transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information; and

the reminding module comprising setting a reminding time of the second event according to the transferring time and performing a reminding action of the second event at the reminding time, wherein the reminding time is earlier than the schedule for a length of the transferring time and a predetermined time.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the calculation module calculates the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information by referring to weather information in a weather information database.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18 further comprising:

a navigation module, for planning a path for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information, wherein the calculation module calculates the transferring time for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information by referring to road speed limit information of one or multiple roads which are passed through by the path.

21. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the calculation module comprises dividing the transferring time into a plurality of time intervals, the positioning module comprises obtaining at least one third positioning information of the current location of the mobile apparatus at each of the plurality of time intervals, and the storage module comprises storing the at least one third positioning information as references to plan a path for moving from the location with the second positioning information to the location with the event positioning information in the next event

22. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reminding module further sets a turn-on time for turning on the positioning module to obtain the second positioning information of the current location of the positioning module and turns on the positioning module to obtain the second positioning information of the current location of the positioning module at the turn-on time.