Location based to-do list reminders

• US 9,558,475 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2003
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Seligmann, Doree Duncan
• Primary Examiner(s): WINDER, PATRICE L
• Application Number:
  US10/350,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20040230685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 5,122 Days
• Field of Search: 709/228
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining when to remind a user about a task in a to-do list based on the user'"'"'s current geo-location are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment employs a to-do list in which tasks have an associated geo-location, and optionally, a priority and/or a due date. The illustrative embodiment determines whether to remind the user about a task in the to-do list based on information including the following: the user'"'"'s current location; the user'"'"'s speed and direction of travel; the geo-locations of tasks in the to-do list; the priorities of tasks in the to-do list; and the due dates of tasks in the to-do list.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a current geo-location of a device associated with a user and a current speed at which the device associated with the user is traveling;

based on the current speed at which the device associated with the user is traveling, inferring a current mode of transportation associated with the device;

comparing the current geo-location and current speed of the device with a geo-location, a relative priority, and a relative due date of each pending task of a set of pending tasks associated with the user to yield a comparison; and

based on the comparison and the current mode of transportation, determining whether to output a notification reminding the user of a pending task of the set of pending tasks.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable storage device stores additional instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a further operation comprising receiving a current direction in which the device associated with user is traveling, and wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on the current direction.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable storage device stores additional instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a further operation comprising determining to output the notification for a particular pending task based on the comparison and the mode of transportation, wherein a timing of the output of the notification is based on a current speed and direction of travel.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the notification is for the particular pending task, and wherein the notification is selected for the particular pending task based on a determination that the particular pending task has at least one of a closest geo-location, a highest ranking, or a earliest due date.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on the current geo-location'"'"'s proximity to another geo-location associated with another task that the user is to perform in connection with the another geo-location.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein determining whether to output the notification further comprises determining whether the geo-location is within a distance threshold of the current geo-location, wherein the distance threshold is based on the current speed.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on a distance between the current geo-location and the geo-location of each pending task.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the current geo-location and a current speed is received via a global positioning system receiver.

9. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a current geo-location of a device associated with a user and a current direction in which the device associated with the user is traveling;

comparing the current geo-location and current speed of the device with a geo-location, a relative priority, and a relative due date of each pending task associated with the user to yield a comparison;

based on the comparison, generating a notification for a pending task, the notification providing a reminder of the pending task; and

outputting the notification at a particular time determined based on a direction of travel associated with the device and the geo-location associated with the pending task.

10. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein determining whether to output the notification further comprises determining whether the geo-location is within a distance threshold of the current geo-location.

11. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the notification is for the particular pending task, and wherein the notification is selected for the particular pending task based on a determination that the particular pending task has at least one of a closest geo-location, a highest ranking, or a earliest due date.

12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on a distance between the current geo-location and the geo-location.

13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on the current geo-location'"'"'s proximity to another geo-location associated with another task that the user is to perform in connection with the another geo-location.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the pending task comprises one a plurality of pending tasks having a highest priority and an earliest due date.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on a time of a previous notification.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein one of the current geo-location and a current direction is received via a global positioning system receiver.

17. A method comprising:

receiving a current geo-location of a device associated with user and a current speed at which the device associated with user is traveling;

based on the current speed at which the device associated with the user is traveling, inferring a current mode of transportation associated with the device;

comparing the current geo-location and current speed of the device with a geo-location, a relative priority, and a relative due date of each pending task of a set of pending tasks associated with the user to yield a comparison; and

based on the comparison and the current mode of transportation, determining whether to output a notification reminding the user of a pending task of the set of pending tasks.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving a current direction in which the device associated with the user is traveling, and wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on the current direction.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein determining whether to output the notification further comprises determining whether the geo-location is within a distance threshold of the current geo-location, and wherein the notification is based on the pending task.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the distance threshold is based on the current speed.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on a distance between the current geo-location and the geo-location associated with the pending task.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the pending task comprises one a plurality of pending tasks having a highest priority and an earliest due date.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein determining whether to output the notification is further based on a time of a previous notification.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein one of the current geo-location and a current speed is received via a global positioning system receiver.