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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2009
John Jeffrey Martin, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Steve Hales, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Vierra, Hayward, CA (US);
Eugene Han, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alberto Moriondo, Barrington, IL (US);
John Jeffrey Martin, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Steve Hales, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Vierra, Hayward, CA (US);
Eugene Han, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alberto Moriondo, Barrington, IL (US);
Tribal Technologies, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for processing location-based reminders. For example, a system according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: a location database to store a plurality of different locations including event facilities, points of interest, and one or more personal locations specified by an end user, the location database associating each of the different locations with a Global Positioning System (GPS) location or range of GPS locations; a location-based reminder application to receive user input related to one or more location-based reminders, each location-based reminder associating a particular location from the location database with reminder data input by the user; and wherein, in response to detecting the user's mobile device arriving within a particular location associated with the reminder data, the location-based reminder application triggering the reminder using a visual and/or audible notification on the user's mobile device.