Location based reminders

• US 8,219,115 B1
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Nelissen, Marco
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajibade Akonai, Olumide T
• Application Number:
  US12/464,650
• Time in Patent Office: 1,155 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/418, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/457, 455/566, 455/567, 707/769, 707/770, 707/771
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A computer-implemented user alert method includes identifying a task for a user, associating a location with the task, monitoring a location of a mobile device associated with the user, and notifying the user about the task when the mobile device comes within a defined proximity of the associated location.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, by a mobile computing device, a task for a user of the mobile computing device;

sending, to a server, location-related terms parsed from text associated with the task;

receiving, from the server, geographic coordinates associated with one or more of the location-related terms;

associating, by the mobile computing device, the geographic coordinates with the task; and

outputting, by the mobile computing device, a notification based on the task when the mobile computing device determines that a current location of the mobile computing device is within a defined proximity of the geographic coordinates.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying a task comprises receiving a user selection of the task from a list of one or more tasks.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein outputting a notification based on the task comprises generating, at the mobile computing device, a map of an area proximate to the geographic coordinates and providing, by the mobile computing device, a visual or audio indication of the task.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining a record of a repeating task based on the task; and

outputting, after an expiration of a determined time since a prior completion of the repeating task, a reminder based on the repeating task.

5. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

identifying, by a mobile device, a task for a user of the mobile device;

sending, to a server, location-related terms parsed from text associated with the task;

receiving, from the server, geographic coordinates associated with one or more of the location-related terms;

associating the geographic coordinates with the task; and

outputting a notification based on the task when a current location of the mobile device is within a defined proximity of the geographic coordinates.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein identifying a task comprises receiving a user selection of the task from a list of one or more tasks.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein outputting a notification based on the task comprises generating a map of an area proximate to the geographic coordinates and providing a visual or audio indication of the task.

8. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

maintaining a record of a repeating task based on the task; and

outputting, after an expiration of a determined time since a prior completion of the repeating task, a reminder based on the repeating task.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

identifying, by a mobile computing device, a task for the user of a mobile computing device;

sending, to a server, location-related terms parsed from text associated with the task;

receiving, from the server, geographic coordinates associated with one or more of the location-related terms;

associating the geographic coordinates with the task; and

outputting a notification based on the task when a current location of the mobile computing device is within a defined proximity of the geographic coordinates.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein identifying a task comprises receiving a user selection of the task from a list of one or more tasks.

11. The medium of claim 9, wherein outputting a notification based on the task comprises generating a map of an area proximate to the geographic coordinates and providing a visual or audio indication of the task.

12. The medium of claim 9, further comprising:

maintaining a record of a repeating task based on the task; and

outputting, after an expiration of a determined time since a prior completion of the repeating task, a reminder based on the repeating task.

13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, by a mobile computing device, a task for a user of the mobile computing device;

parsing, by the mobile computing device, location-related terms from the task and providing the location-related terms over a network to a location analyzer to obtain geographic coordinates for the location-related terms from over the network;

associating, by the mobile computing device, the geographic coordinates with the task;

monitoring, by the mobile computing device, a location of the mobile computing device; and

notifying, by the mobile computing device, the user about the task when the mobile computing device comes within a defined proximity of the associated geographic coordinates.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying a task comprises selecting the task from a list of one or more tasks.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein notifying the user comprises generating, on the mobile computing device, a map around the associated geographic coordinates and providing, by the mobile computing device, a visual or audio indication of the identified task.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising maintaining a repeating task and reminding the user about the task after an expiration of a determined time since a prior completion of the repeating task.