Establishing a reminder for an event in a calendar

• US 9,235,830 B1
• Filed: 08/19/2014
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: VanBlon, Russell Speight, Peterson, Nathan J., Mese, John Carl, Weksler, Arnold S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kayes, Sean
• Application Number:
  US14/463,395
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/02 at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/026 acting at a number of different times
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 15/006 for operating at a number of different times cigar or cigarette receptacles or boxes with means for limiting the frequency of smoking A24F15/005
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive information pertaining to an event to occur at a first date and a first time, establish an entry at an electronic calendar for the event based on the first date and first time, determine a second date and a second time at which to provide a reminder for the event based at least in part on an event type to which the event pertains, and set the reminder to be provided at the second date and second time.

Claims

1. A first device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

receive information pertaining to an event to occur at a first date and a first time;

establish an entry at an electronic calendar for the event based on the first date and first time;

determine a second date and a second time at which to provide a reminder for the event based at least in part on an event type to which the event pertains;

determine whether at least the second time is at a time that a user is typically away from the first device;

responsive to a determination that at least the second time is not at a time that a user is typically away from the first device, set the reminder to be provided at the second time;

responsive to a determination that at least the second time is at a time that a user is typically away from the first device, identify at least a third time that is different form the second time and that is a time when the user is typically proximate to the first device; and

set the reminder to be provided at the third time.

2. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

access a data structure comprising data pertaining to past experience of a user;

determine the second date and second time at least in part on the event type and the data.

3. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

access a data structure comprising data pertaining to past event information;

determine the second date and second time at least in part on the event type and the data.

4. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

access a data structure comprising data pertaining to at least one activity associated with the event type;

determine the second date and second time at least in part on the event type and the data.

5. The first device of claim 4, wherein the data pertains to at least one activity to occur before an event of the event type.

6. The first device of claim 5, wherein at least one activity to occur before the event type at least comprises preparation for an event of the event type, wherein the data structure contains data pertaining to an amount of preparation time for an event of the event type, and wherein the second date and second time is a moment that is at least the amount of preparation time before the first date and first time.

7. The first device of claim 4, wherein the data pertains to at least one activity to occur during an event of the event type.

8. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine the event type at the first device.

9. The first device of claim 1, wherein the information is first information, and wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine the event type at least in part based on communication with a server to receive from the server second information pertaining to the event type, the communication with the server comprising providing at least a portion of the first information received at the device to the server.

10. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

parse at least a portion of the information to identify at least one word for use to determine the event type.

11. The first device of claim 10, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

compare the at least one word to at least one entry in a data table of words and respectively associated event types; and

determine the event type at least in part based on a match of the at least one word to at least one entry in the data table.

12. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

at least within a threshold time of the second date and second time, determine that a user with which the event is associated is not at least within a threshold distance of the first device; and

provide the reminder on a second device different from the first device in response to the determination that the user is not at least within the threshold distance.

13. The first device of claim 12, comprising an accelerometer and a camera, wherein the determination that the user is not at least within the threshold distance is based at least on part on data from at least one of the group consisting of:

the accelerometer, the camera.

14. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first date and the second date are the same date.

15. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

access a database of event profiles;

identify an event profile to which the event pertains; and

determine the event type based on the identified event profile.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving first information pertaining to an event to occur at a first date and a first time;

using at least a portion of the first information to identify second information for which to associate with a reminder for the event;

determining a second time to present the reminder for the event;

determining whether at least the second time is at a time that a user is typically away from the first device;

responsive to a determination that at least the second time is not at a time that a user is typically away from the first device, providing the reminder at a second date and the second time, the second time being before the first date and the first time;

responsive to a determination that at least the second time is at a time that a user is typically away from the first device, identifying at least a third time that is different from the second time and that is a time when the user is typically proximate to the first device; and

setting the reminder to be provided at the third time.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising:

parsing at least a portion of the first information to identify at least one word from the first information, and using the at least one word to identify the second information.

18. The method of claim 16, comprising:

based at least in part on the first information, accessing at least one event profile; and

using the event profile to identify the second information.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

comparing at least one word from the first information to at least one entry in a data structure of words and corresponding event types associated with respective words in the data structure; and

identifying, for the event, an event type at least in part by matching the at least one word to at least one entry in the data structure.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

in response to identifying of the event type, using the event type at least in part to identify the second information.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

identifying location information pertaining to a current location of a device; and

determining whether the location information at least in part satisfies a condition from the second information for which the reminder is to be provided upon satisfaction of the condition.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the second date is a current date, and wherein the second time is a current time.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the second information pertains to an action for a person to take at least within a threshold distance of the current location.

24. An apparatus comprising:

a first processor;

a network adapter;

storage bearing instructions executable by a second processor for;

identifying first information pertaining to a first event to occur at a first time;

based at least in part on the first information, identifying second information pertaining to a second time before the first time at which a notification regarding the first event is to be provided;

based at least in part on second information, establishing the notification to be provided at the second time;

determining whether at least the second time is at a time that a user is typically away from the apparatus;

responsive to a determination that at least the second time is not at a time that a user is typically away from the apparatus, setting the reminder to be provided at the second time;

responsive to a determination that at least the second time is at a time that a user is typically away from the apparatus, identifying at least a third time that is different from the second time and that is a time when the user is typically proximate to the apparatus; and

setting the reminder to be provided at the third time;

wherein the first processor transfers the instructions over a network via the network adapter.