WEATHER-BASED REMINDERS

• US 20140203940A1
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bonner, Matthew R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,019,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/601
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a reminder application for creating and displaying weather-based reminders. The reminder application provides a set of tools to create a reminder and associate the reminder with a weather condition for a location. To present a weather-based reminder, the reminder application of some embodiments identifies a reminder associated with a weather condition for a location. The application then retrieves weather data for that location. After retrieving the weather data, the application then compares the weather data with the weather condition. When the weather data satisfies the weather condition, the application presents the reminder.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for execution by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

identifying a reminder associated with a weather condition for a location;

retrieving weather data for the location;

determining if the weather data satisfies the weather condition; and

when the weather data satisfies the weather condition, presenting the reminder.

2. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the reminder is associated with a time condition, wherein the program further comprises sets of instructions for:

retrieving time data;

determining if the time data satisfies the time condition; and

when the time data satisfies the time condition, presenting the reminder.

3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, wherein the reminder is presented once when the time data satisfies the time condition or when the weather data satisfies the weather condition.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, wherein the reminder is presented once when the time data satisfies the time condition, and when the weather data satisfies the weather condition.

5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for creating the reminder based on an input of a reminder content and the weather condition.

6. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program executes on a portable device, wherein the program further comprises sets of instructions for:

retrieving location data; and

determining if the device is at or near the location, wherein the reminder is only presented when the device is at or near the location, and the weather data satisfies the weather condition.

7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for creating a new reminder that is associated with a weather condition through voice or other input.

8. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the weather data includes forecasts for a particular number of days, wherein the weather condition is associated with a weather type for the particular number of days, wherein the set of instructions determining if the weather data satisfies the weather condition comprises a set of instructions for determining if the forecasts match the weather type.

9. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the weather condition is associated with a first temperature value, and the weather data includes a second temperature value, wherein the set of instructions determining if the weather data satisfies the weather condition comprises a set of instructions for comparing the first temperature value to the second temperature value.

10. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a reminder application that when executed by at least one processing unit provides a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

), the GUI comprising;

a reminder editing tool for inputting a reminder;

a weather condition tool for associating the reminder with a weather condition for a location; and

a set of notification tools for presenting the reminder when weather data for the location satisfies the weather condition.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the GUI further comprises a time condition tool for associating the reminder with a time condition.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the reminder is presented once when the time data satisfies the time condition, or when the weather data satisfies the weather condition.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the reminder is presented once when the time data satisfies the time condition, and again when the weather data satisfies the weather condition.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the GUI further comprises a condition tool for specifying whether both the weather condition and the time condition for the reminder must be satisfied prior to presenting the reminder, and specifying whether either the weather condition or the time condition for the reminder must be satisfied prior to presenting the reminder.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the GUI further comprises a location condition tool for associating the reminder with a location condition.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the reminder application executes on a portable device, wherein the reminder is only presented when the device is at or near the location.

17. A method for a reminder application that presents reminders on a computing device, the method comprising:

identifying a reminder associated with a weather condition for a location;

retrieving weather data for the location;

determining if the weather data satisfies the weather condition; and

upon the weather data satisfying the weather condition, presenting the reminder.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the reminder is associated with a time condition, the method further comprising:

retrieving time data;

determining if the time data satisfies the time condition; and

when the time data satisfies the time condition, presenting the reminder.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the reminder is presented once when the time data satisfies the time condition or when the weather data satisfies the weather condition.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the reminder is presented once when the time data satisfies the time condition, and when the weather data satisfies the weather condition.