Reminder handling

• US 9,392,428 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2013
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Nielsen, Peter Dam
• Primary Examiner(s): Hua, Quan M
• Application Number:
  US14/049,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20140113597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A mobile telephone includes a reminder controller. A reminder can be entered either using the phone or using a remote terminal. 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. The phone 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, 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 first device, receiving a request to create a reminder item;

in response to receiving the request, receiving a note;

generating the reminder item comprising the note, where the reminder item further comprises at least one application specific parameter; and

sending the reminder item to a second device, where the second device is remote from the first device, where the reminder item is configured to output the note in response to an application event in an application on the second device, where the application is associated with the reminder item, where the application event is not receipt of the reminder item, and where the note is configured to be output for presentation to a user in response to a determination that the application is associated with the reminder item, in response to the application event, and in response to a determination that a parameter associated with the application corresponds with the application specific parameter.

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

3. The 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 application and an application sub-routine of the application.

5. The method of claim 1, where the first device is a mobile communications device which sends the reminder item by a wireless transmission.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a list of a plurality of user selectable trigger applications available for a user to select for the application, and receiving a selection of the application to be a trigger application on a second device which is to trigger an output of the note at the second device.

7. The method of claim 1, where information in the reminder item is not configured to trigger the application event.

8. The method of claim 1, where information in the reminder item does not comprise a specified time or date.

9. A method comprising:

in operating a first device, receiving from a second device a reminder item comprising a note, where the second device is remote from the first device, where the reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter;

associating the reminder item with an application on the first device and storing the reminder item in a memory of the first device;

in response to an application event in the application, determining whether the application is associated with the stored reminder item, where the application event is not receipt of the reminder item;

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

in response to determining to output the note, outputting the note at the first device for presentation to a user.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising in response to determining that the 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 reminder item and requesting approval for the reminder item to be used,

where associating the reminder item with the application and storing the 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 application and an application sub-routine of the application.

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

a gaming application and a web browsing application.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 where the reminder item comprises an indication of the application to function as a trigger application which is to trigger an output of the note, where the first device associates the note with the trigger application.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9, where information in the reminder item does not trigger the application event.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9, where the application event is not triggered by a specific time and/or date information in the reminder item.

17. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising, in response to receiving the reminder item, determining whether the reminder item is compatible with capabilities of the first device;

and in response to determining that the received reminder item is compatible with the capabilities of the first device, then associating the reminder item with an application on the first device.

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

receiving, at a first device, a request to create a reminder item;

in response to receiving the request receiving a note a second device which is to trigger an output of the note at the second device;

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

sending the reminder item to the second device, where the second device is remote from the first device,

where the reminder item is configured to output the note in response to the application event occurring in a first application on the first device,

where the first application is associated with the reminder item, where the application event is not receipt of the reminder item and is not triggered by information in the reminder item, and where the note is output in response to a determination that the first application is associated with the reminder item, in response to the application event occurring, and in response to a determination that a parameter associated with the first application corresponds with the application specific parameter.

19. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 18, where the actions further comprise receiving an additional input, and associating the input with the reminder item.

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. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 18, where the actions further comprise identifying on the first device a plurality of user selectable applications available for a user to select to be the application of the second device.

22. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 18, where sending the reminder item to the second device comprises a wireless radio transmission.

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

receiving at a first device, from a second device, a reminder item comprising a note, an indication of an application event on the first device which is to trigger an output of the note at the first device, where the second device is remote from the first device, where the reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter;

associating the reminder item with the application and storing the reminder item in a memory of the first device;

in response to the application event occurring in the application, determining whether the application is associated with the reminder item, where the application event is not receipt of the reminder item;

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

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

24. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 23, where receiving the reminder item is over a wireless radio communication.

25. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 23, where information in the reminder item does not trigger the application event.

26. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 23, where the application event is not triggered by a specific time and/or date information in the reminder item.

27. An apparatus comprising at least one processor;

and at least one non-transitory 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;

receive a request to create a reminder item;

in response to receiving the request receive a note and receive an indication of an application event on a device which is to trigger an output of the note at the device;

generate the reminder item comprising the indication of the application event and the note, where the reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter; and

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

where the reminder item is configured to output the note in response to the application event in an application on the device, where the application is associated with the reminder item, where the application event is not receipt of the reminder item, and

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

28. The apparatus as claimed in claim 27, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to cause the apparatus to display a list of user selectable trigger applications which may be selected as the application which is to trigger an output of the note.

29. An apparatus comprising at least one processor;

and at least one non-transitory 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;

receive at a first device, from a second device, a reminder item comprising a note, an indication of an application event on the first device which is to trigger an output of the note at the first device, where the second device is remote from the first device, and where the received reminder item further comprises an application specific parameter;

associate the reminder item with the application and store the reminder item in a memory of the first device;

in response to the application event occurring in the application on the first device, determine whether the application is associated with the stored reminder item, where the application event is not receipt of the reminder item;

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

in response to determining to output the note, output the note at the first device.

30. An apparatus as in claim 29 further configured to perform:

in response to receiving the reminder item, determine whether the reminder item is compatible with capabilities of the first device; and

in response to determining that the received reminder item is compatible, then associate the reminder item with the application.