Reminder handling

• US 8,594,641 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2003
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Neilsen, Peter Dam
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPHEN, EMEM O
• Application Number:
  US10/551,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20060195518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,876 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/412.2, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A mobile telephone (1) includes associated with a processor (18) a reminder controller (22). A reminder can be entered either using the phone (1) or using a remote terminal, such as a PC or another phone. Each reminder is associated with an event being the start of a particular application, or an event being an identifier in a software application becoming a preset value. For example, a reminder may be entered to thank a friend or family member for a birthday card the next time that a call handler application (31) is commenced and it is determined that a call is being made to or received from that person. The phone (1) operates to detect an application start event, following which it is determined whether a parameter associated with the reminder matches a parameter associated with the application (for example, the outgoing phone number, or CLI), and announces the reminder as appropriate. In this way, enhanced functionality is provided with the phone, since it is possible to set a reminder to be associated with an event other than the reaching of a particular time and date.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in operating a mobile communications device, receiving a request to create a reminder item;

in response to receiving the request, receiving a selection of a recipient of the reminder item, receiving a note and receiving a selection of a trigger application on a device of the recipient which is to trigger an output of the note at the device of the recipient, where the selected trigger application is one of a plurality of user selectable trigger applications;

generating the reminder item comprising an indication of the trigger application, the note and an indication of the recipient, where the reminder item further comprises at least one application specific parameter; and

sending the reminder item to the recipient where the recipient is remote from the mobile communications device,

where the reminder item is configured to output the note in response to an application start event for a first application,

where the first application is associated with the reminder item,

where the application start event being an event of starting the first application, and

where the note is output in response to a determination that the first application is associated with at least one stored reminder item and in response to a determination that a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying a list of applications which may be selected as the trigger application which is to trigger the output of the note.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising receiving an additional input, and associating the input with the reminder item.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection of the application specific parameter,

where the application specific parameter is one of:

a resource address, a device setting associated with the trigger application and an application sub-routine of the trigger application.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, where the application specific parameter comprises a URL of a website.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, where the application specific parameter comprises a value indicating a number of phonebook entries when a backup copy was made.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, where the trigger application is one of:

a gaming application and a web browsing application.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, where the note comprises at least one of:

text, audio content and image content.

9. A method comprising:

in operating a mobile communications device, receiving, from a remote device, a received reminder item comprising a note, an indication of a trigger application on the mobile communications device which is to trigger an output of the note at the mobile communications device and an indication of the mobile communications device, where the remote device is remote from the mobile communications device and where the indicated trigger application is one of a plurality of selectable trigger applications, where the received reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter;

in response to receiving the received reminder item, determining whether the received reminder item is compatible with capabilities of the mobile communications device;

in response to determining that the received reminder item is compatible, associating the received reminder item with the trigger application and storing the received reminder item in a memory;

in response to an application start event for a first application, determining whether the first application is associated with the received reminder item, where the application start event being an event of starting the first application;

in response to determining that the first application is associated with at least one stored reminder item, determining whether to output the note, where determining whether to output the note comprises determining whether a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter; and

in response to determining to output the note, outputting the note at the mobile communications device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

in response to determining that the received reminder item is compatible, requesting confirmation that the reminder item is to be processed.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

in response to receiving the confirmation, displaying the received reminder item and requesting approval for the received reminder item to be used,

where associating the received reminder item with the trigger application and storing the received reminder item in the memory is only performed in response to the approval being received.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9,

where the application specific parameter is one of:

a resource address, a device setting associated with the trigger application and an application sub-routine of the trigger application.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, where the trigger application is one of:

a gaming application and a web browsing application.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9, where the note comprises at least one of:

text, audio content and image content.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:

receiving, at a mobile communications device, a request to create a reminder item;

in response to receiving the request, receiving a selection of a recipient of the reminder item, receiving a note and receiving a selection of a trigger application on a device of the recipient which is to trigger an output of the note at the device of the recipient, where the selected trigger application is one of a plurality of user selectable trigger applications;

generating the reminder item comprising an indication of the trigger application, the note and an indication of the recipient, where the reminder item further comprises at least one application specific parameter; and

sending the reminder item to the recipient where the recipient is remote from the mobile communications device,

where the reminder item is configured to output the note in response to an application start event for a first application,

where the first application is associated with the reminder item,

where the application start event being an event of starting the first application, and

where the note is output in response to a determination that the first application is associated with at least one stored reminder item and in response to a determination that a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter.

16. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 15, where the actions further comprise displaying a list of applications which may be selected as the trigger application which is to trigger an output of the note.

17. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 15, where the actions further comprise receiving an additional input, and associating the input with the reminder item.

18. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 17, where the note comprises at least one of:

text, audio content and image content.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:

receiving, from a remote device at a mobile communications device, a received reminder item comprising a note and an indication of a trigger application on the mobile communications device which is to trigger an output of the note at the mobile communications device and an indication of the mobile communications device, where the remote device is remote from the mobile communications device and where the trigger application is one of a plurality of selectable trigger applications, where the received reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter;

in response to receiving the received reminder item, determining whether the received reminder item is compatible with capabilities of the mobile communications device;

in response to determining that the received reminder item is compatible, associating the received reminder item with the trigger application and storing the received reminder item in a memory;

in response to an application start event for a first application, determining whether the first application is associated with the received reminder item, where the application start event being an event of starting the first application;

in response to determining that the first application is associated with at least one stored reminder item, determining whether to output the note, where determining whether to output the note comprises determining whether a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter; and

in response to determining to output the note, outputting the note at the mobile communications device.

20. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 19, where the note comprises at least one of:

text, audio content and image content.

21. An apparatus, comprising at least one processor;

and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

to receive a request to create a reminder item;

in response to receiving the request, to receive a selection of a recipient of the reminder item, to receive a note and to receive a selection of a trigger application on a device of the recipient which is to trigger an output of the note at the device of the recipient, where the selected trigger application is one of a plurality of user selectable trigger applications;

to generate the reminder item comprising an indication of the trigger application, the note and an indication of the recipient,

where the reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter; and

to send the reminder item to the recipient where the recipient is remote from the apparatus,

where the reminder item is configured to output the note in response to an application start event for a first application,

where the first application is associated with the reminder item,

where the application start event being an event of starting the first application, and

where the note is output in response to a determination that the first application is associated with at least one stored reminder item and in response to a determination that a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter.

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to cause the apparatus to display a list of applications which may be selected as the trigger application which is to trigger an output of the note.

23. An apparatus, comprising at least one processor;

and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

to receive, from a remote device at a mobile communications device, a received reminder item comprising a note, an indication of a trigger application on the mobile communications device which is to trigger an output of the note at the mobile communications device and an indication of the mobile communications device, where the remote device is remote from the mobile communications device and where the trigger application is one of a plurality of selectable trigger applications, where the received reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter;

in response to receiving the received reminder item, to determine whether the received reminder item is compatible with capabilities of the mobile communications device;

in response to determining that the received reminder item is compatible, to associate the received reminder item with the trigger application and to store the received reminder item in a memory;

in response to an application start event for a first application, to determine whether the first application is associated with the received reminder item, where the application start event being an event of starting the first application;

in response to determining that the first application is associated with at least one stored reminder item, to determine whether to output the note, where determining whether to output the note comprises determining whether a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter; and

in response to determining to output the note, to output the note at the mobile communications device.