Location based reminders
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1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and
an attention manager coupled to said location based reminder application, said location based reminder application to receive an alarm message indicating that said current location matches said target location, and send an attention request message to said attention manager, said attention manager to provide an attention indicator.
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Abstract
Location based reminders are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item. The location based reminder application may provide a location based reminder for the reminder item when a current location matches the target location. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
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1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and an attention manager coupled to said location based reminder application, said location based reminder application to receive an alarm message indicating that said current location matches said target location, and send an attention request message to said attention manager, said attention manager to provide an attention indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and a user interface coupled to an attention manager, said user interface to receive a user command in response to an attention indicator and provide said user command to said attention manager, said attention manager to send an attention response message to said location based reminder application.
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4. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and said location based reminder application to receive an attention response message, search a reminder database for a reminder items with said target location, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.
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5. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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an antenna; a radio sub-system; a processing sub-system coupled to said radio sub-system, said processing sub-system to include a processor and memory, said memory to store a location based reminder application, said processor to execute said location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and said memory to store an alarm manager, an attention manager, and a user interface, said processor to execute said alarm manager to provide alarms to said location based reminder application when said current location matches said target location, said attention manager to provide an attention indicator in response to an attention request message from said location based reminder application, and said user interface to send a user command in response to said attention indicator to said attention manager, said attention manager to send an attention response message to said location based reminder application. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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setting a target location for a reminder item using map information; providing a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; receiving an alarm message if said current location matches said target location; sending an attention request message; receiving an attention response message; searching said reminder database for a reminder items with said target location; and providing a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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- 12. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location, and receive an alarm message if said current location matches said target location, send an attention request message, receive an attention response message, search said reminder database for reminder items with said target location, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.
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