Spatially associated personal reminder system and method
First Claim
1. A spatially associated personal reminder method, comprising:
- receiving current locative sensor data, the locative sensor data identifying a physical location of a user'"'"'s portable computing device;
accessing a reminder database containing a personal reminder, wherein each personal reminder comprises reminder content and a trigger area relationally associated with the personal reminder, the reminder content identifying one or more tasks the user intends to complete in the future;
determining a current entry state of the user with respect to a trigger area that is relationally associated with a personal reminder by comparing the physical location identified within the current locative sensor data with a boundary of the trigger area;
accessing a piece of historical data from a memory of the portable computing device, the historical data being used to determine a previous entry state of the user with respect to the trigger area at a just recently past moment in time;
assessing whether a trigger event associated with the personal reminder has occurred based at least in part upon the current entry state and the previous entry state; and
alerting a user to reminder content relationally associated with the trigger area when a trigger event is determined to have occurred, the alerting being performed via a display of the portable computing device.
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Abstract
Spatially associated reminder systems and methods enable users to create reminders and associate those reminders with entering/exiting particular trigger areas. A user'"'"'s portable computing device triggers an alert/displays a reminder based upon a user entering and/or exiting a trigger area. A user interface supported by the portable computing device allows a user to terminate the reminder so it will not trigger again, to defer the reminder so it triggers again after an elapsed time, to reset the reminder so that it triggers again only if a user leaves the area and then returns, to request a last chance, causing the portable computing device to remind the user again upon exiting the area to ensure the user did not forget to act upon the reminder, or to edit the reminder. The user interface also enables users to graphically define trigger areas within the physical world to be associated with personal digital reminders using geospatial imagery.
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1. A spatially associated personal reminder method, comprising:
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receiving current locative sensor data, the locative sensor data identifying a physical location of a user'"'"'s portable computing device; accessing a reminder database containing a personal reminder, wherein each personal reminder comprises reminder content and a trigger area relationally associated with the personal reminder, the reminder content identifying one or more tasks the user intends to complete in the future; determining a current entry state of the user with respect to a trigger area that is relationally associated with a personal reminder by comparing the physical location identified within the current locative sensor data with a boundary of the trigger area; accessing a piece of historical data from a memory of the portable computing device, the historical data being used to determine a previous entry state of the user with respect to the trigger area at a just recently past moment in time; assessing whether a trigger event associated with the personal reminder has occurred based at least in part upon the current entry state and the previous entry state; and alerting a user to reminder content relationally associated with the trigger area when a trigger event is determined to have occurred, the alerting being performed via a display of the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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