Location based reminders

• US 7,583,972 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2006
• Issued: 09/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Clipsham, Andrew Charles Drury
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar; Kamran
• Application Number:
  US11/399,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20070241885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 455418-420, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/567, 455/402, 3405391-53913, 340/825.36, 340/825.49, 701/207, 701/213, 715/850, 370/310, 370/328, 370331-332, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

Location based reminders are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item. The location based reminder application may provide a location based reminder for the reminder item when a current location matches the target location. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and

an attention manager coupled to said location based reminder application, said location based reminder application to receive an alarm message indicating that said current location matches said target location, and send an attention request message to said attention manager, said attention manager to provide an attention indicator.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, said location based reminder comprising a visual reminder, an audible reminder, or a tactile reminder.

3. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and

a user interface coupled to an attention manager, said user interface to receive a user command in response to an attention indicator and provide said user command to said attention manager, said attention manager to send an attention response message to said location based reminder application.

4. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and

said location based reminder application to receive an attention response message, search a reminder database for a reminder items with said target location, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.

5. A mobile computing device, comprising:

an antenna;

a radio sub-system;

a processing sub-system coupled to said radio sub-system, said processing sub-system to include a processor and memory, said memory to store a location based reminder application, said processor to execute said location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location; and

said memory to store an alarm manager, an attention manager, and a user interface, said processor to execute said alarm manager to provide alarms to said location based reminder application when said current location matches said target location, said attention manager to provide an attention indicator in response to an attention request message from said location based reminder application, and said user interface to send a user command in response to said attention indicator to said attention manager, said attention manager to send an attention response message to said location based reminder application.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 5, comprising a location device coupled to said location based reminder application, said location device to determine said current location of said mobile computing device.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 5, comprising a touch screen display coupled to said processing sub-system, said touch screen display to display said attention indicator, receive a user command in response to said attention indicator, and display a list of reminder items with said target location received from said location based reminder application.

8. A method, comprising:

setting a target location for a reminder item using map information;

providing a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location;

receiving an alarm message if said current location matches said target location;

sending an attention request message;

receiving an attention response message;

searching said reminder database for a reminder items with said target location; and

providing a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising storing said reminder item with said target location in a reminder database.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising:

receiving an alarm message if said current location matches said target location;

searching said reminder database for a reminder items with said target location; and

providing a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising displaying a list of reminder items with said target location.

12. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to set a target location for a reminder item using map information, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder item when a current location matches said target location, and receive an alarm message if said current location matches said target location, send an attention request message, receive an attention response message, search said reminder database for reminder items with said target location, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.

13. The article of claim 12, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to store said reminder item with said target location in a reminder database.

14. The article of claim 12, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to receive an alarm message if said current location matches said target location, search a reminder database for reminder items with said target location, and provide a location based reminder for said reminder items with said target location.