Method and device for reminding user

• US 10,013,675 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Wang, Bin, Zheng, Zhiguang, Ji, Dongfang, Chen, Qiliang, Ou, Jinliang
• Primary Examiner(s): Backer, Firmin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aziz, Adnan
• Application Number:
  US14/582,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20150302724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and a device for reminding a user. The method includes: detecting whether a preset number of terminals in an area have performed a designated operation within a preset time period; inquiring a terminal in the area that has not performed the designated operation if it is detected that the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and sending a reminder to the terminal in the area that has not performed the designated operation, the reminder reminding a user of the terminal to perform the designated operation.

Claims

1. A method for reminding a user, performed at a server, comprising:

detecting whether a preset number of terminals in an area have performed a designated operation within a preset time period;

detecting a terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, if it is detected that the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and

sending a reminder to the terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, the reminder reminding a user of the terminal to perform the designated operation,

wherein detecting whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period comprises;

receiving an operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals in the area having performed the designated operation within the preset time period and saving, in the server, the operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals, the operation record including an operation time of the designated operation and location information of the terminal corresponding to the operation record; and

detecting, in accordance with the saved operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals, whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and

wherein detecting the terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation comprises;

detecting the terminal that does not report an operation record including the designated operation within the preset time period and has the same location information as at least one of the preset number of terminals detected to have performed the designated operation.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving location information provided by the terminal that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, prior to the detecting whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location information of the terminal comprises:

at least one of an identification of a base station accessed by the terminal, a network identification, or geographic position information of the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the location information of the terminal comprises:

at least one of an identification of a base station accessed by the terminal, a network identification, or geographic position information of the terminal.

5. A server, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to;

detect whether a preset number of terminals in an area have performed a designated operation within a preset time period;

detect a terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, if it is detected that the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and

send a reminder to the terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, the reminder reminding a user of the terminal to perform the designated operation,

wherein, in detecting whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period, the processor is further configured to;

receive an operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals in the area having performed the designated operation within the preset time period and save the operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals, the operation record including an operation time of the designated operation and location information of the terminal corresponding to the operation record; and

detect, in accordance with the saved operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals, whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and

wherein, in detecting the terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, the processor is further configured to;

detect the terminal that does not report an operation record including the designated operation within the preset time period and has the same location information as at least one of the preset number of terminals detected to have performed the designated operation.

6. The server according to claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive location information provided by the terminal that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, prior to the detecting whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period.

7. The server according to claim 5, wherein the location information of the terminal comprises:

at least one of an identification of a base station accessed by the terminal, a network identification, or geographic position information of the terminal.

8. The server according to claim 6, wherein the location information of the terminal comprises:

at least one of an identification of a base station accessed by the terminal, a network identification, or geographic position information of the terminal.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor in a server, cause the server to perform a method for reminding a user, the method comprising:

detecting whether a preset number of terminals in an area have performed a designated operation within a preset time period;

detecting a terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, if it is detected that the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and

sending a reminder to the terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation, the reminder reminding a user of the terminal to perform the designated operation,

wherein detecting whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period comprises;

receiving an operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals in the area having performed the designated operation within the preset time period and saving, in the server, the operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals, the operation record including an operation time of the designated operation and location information of the terminal corresponding to the operation record; and

detecting, in accordance with the saved operation record of the designated operation provided by each of the terminals, whether the preset number of terminals in the area have performed the designated operation within the preset time period; and

wherein detecting the terminal in the area that is not one of the terminals having performed the designated operation comprises;

detecting the terminal that does not report an operation record including the designated operation within the preset time period and has the same location information as at least one of the preset number of terminals detected to have performed the designated operation.