Creating reminder messages/screens, during execution and without ending current display process, for automatically signalling and recalling at a future time
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1. A method of creating a reminder notice file comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of:
- executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen;
generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application;
suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and
executing the second software application, which is said reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request, in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled by the data processing system at a user specified future time.
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Abstract
A software reminder procedure that allows a user to save a display screen displayed by a currently executing process as part of a reminder message for later recall. The reminder message can be saved without exiting or ending the currently executing process. The display (and therefore the reminder) can be text, electronic mail messages, graphic screen displays, single screen displays, or multiple screen displays. Certain types of reminders are automatically updated when the data from which they were created is updated, so that a most current version is always displayed.
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1. A method of creating a reminder notice file comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of:
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executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen; generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application; suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and executing the second software application, which is said reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request, in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled by the data processing system at a user specified future time. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. A method of claim 2, further including the steps of:
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producing at the specified future time a notification that the stored information of the first application is capable of being recalled to the viewing screen; generating a display request to recall the stored information; and
exhibiting the stored information of the first application on a viewing screen in the second application, which is the reminder application, in response to the generated display request. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for creating a file of reminder notices, comprising:
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means for executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen; means for generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application; means for suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and means for executing the second software application, which is the reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled at a user specific future time; and
,means for automatically signalling and recalling the stored information at a user specific future time; - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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