Method and apparatus for providing soft reminders
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1. A method comprising:
- retrieving a polymorphic note associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof, wherein the polymorphic note upon receipt is associated with no specific triggering criteria;
determining a subject associated with the polymorphic note and one or more triggering items;
retrieving contextual information from the device;
adding social tools to the polymorphic note, whereby the polymorphic note historically separates objects;
matching the contextual information that relates to the subject to further define the subject; and
generating a reminder of the polymorphic note based, at least in part, on the contextual information and the one or more triggering itemswherein a plurality of polymorphic notes are organized into electronic notebooks, and wherein the polymorphic notes are linked in an explicit relationship to facilitate navigation between them.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for presenting soft reminders (e.g., reminders for notes with no triggering criteria). A reminder manager receives an input, from a user, for specifying a note. The note is not associated with triggering criteria. In response to the request, the reminder manager retrieves contextual information from a device associated with the user, and causes, at least in part, presentation of a reminder of the note based, at least in part, on the contextual information.
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1. A method comprising:
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retrieving a polymorphic note associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof, wherein the polymorphic note upon receipt is associated with no specific triggering criteria; determining a subject associated with the polymorphic note and one or more triggering items; retrieving contextual information from the device; adding social tools to the polymorphic note, whereby the polymorphic note historically separates objects; matching the contextual information that relates to the subject to further define the subject; and generating a reminder of the polymorphic note based, at least in part, on the contextual information and the one or more triggering items wherein a plurality of polymorphic notes are organized into electronic notebooks, and wherein the polymorphic notes are linked in an explicit relationship to facilitate navigation between them. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, 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, retrieve a polymorphic note associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof, wherein the polymorphic note upon receipt is associated with no specific triggering criteria; determine a subject associated with the polymorphic note and one or more triggering items; retrieve contextual information from the device; add social tools to the polymorphic note, whereby the polymorphic note historically separates objects; match the contextual information that relates to the subject to further define the subject; and generate a reminder of the polymorphic note based, at least in part, on the contextual information and the one or more triggering items wherein a plurality of polymorphic notes are organized into electronic notebooks, and wherein the polymorphic notes are linked in an explicit relationship to facilitate navigation between them. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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retrieving a polymorphic note associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof, wherein the polymorphic note upon receipt is associated with no specific triggering criteria; determining a subject associated with the polymorphic note and one or more triggering items; retrieving contextual information from the device; adding social tools to the polymorphic note, whereby the polymorphic note historically separates objects; matching the contextual information that relates to the subject to further define the subject; and generating a reminder of the polymorphic note based, at least in part, on the contextual information and the one or more triggering items wherein a plurality of polymorphic notes are organized into electronic notebooks, and wherein the polymorphic notes are linked in an explicit relationship to facilitate navigation between them. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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