Location-based reminding method, indication device, reminding device, and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10278012-B2
Application number	US-201515744950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2015
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A location-based reminding method includes obtaining, by an indication device, reminding information and at least one reminding account that are set by a user, where each of the at least one reminding account is corresponding to at least one reminding device; generating, by the indication device, first information that includes the reminding information; and sending, by the indication device, the first information to a reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account, so that the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account obtains second information according to the first information, where the second information includes the reminding information and a target geographic area, each reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account issues the reminding information when determining that the reminding device meets a preset reminding condition, and the preset reminding condition includes entering the target geographic area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A location-based reminding method, the method comprising:
obtaining, by an indication device, reminding information and at least one reminding account that are set by a user, each of the at least one reminding account corresponding to at least one reminding device;
searching, by the indication device, a preset electronic map for a target location related to a keyword of the reminding information;
determining, by the indication device, a target geographic area related to the reminding information that comprises the target location on the preset electronic map;
generating, by the indication device, first information that comprises the reminding information and the target geographic area;
sending, by the indication device, the first information to a reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account so that the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account obtains second information according to the first information, the second information comprising the reminding information and the target geographic area, each reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account issuing the reminding information when determining that the reminding device meets a preset reminding condition, and the preset reminding condition comprising entering the target geographic area;
receiving, by the indication device, a message that is from the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account and that indicates that the reminding information is confirmed; and
clearing, by the indication device, a record about the reminding information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the indication device, the target geographic area that comprises the target location on the preset electronic map comprises determining, by the indication device, at least two target geographic areas on the preset electronic map when the indication device finds, on the preset electronic map, at least two target locations that have a same attribute, the attribute being related to the keyword of the reminding information, and each target geographic area comprising one target location.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after sending, by the indication device, the first information to the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account, the method comprises:
receiving, by the indication device, a message from the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account and indicating that the reminding device enters the target geographic area; and
issuing, by the indication device, the reminding information.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein after receiving, by the indication device, the message from the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account and indicating that the reminding device enters the target geographic area, the method further comprises:
determining, by the indication device, whether reminding devices corresponding to at least two reminding accounts enter the target geographic area;
learning, by the indication device, a target reminding account selected by the user from the at least two reminding accounts when reminding devices corresponding to at least two reminding accounts enter the target geographic area; and
sending, by the indication device, a notification message to a reminding device corresponding to the target reminding account, the preset reminding condition further comprising receiving the notification message.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication device corresponds to one indication account, after obtaining, by the indication device, the reminding information and the at least one reminding account that are set by a user, the method further comprising sending, by the indication device, the indication account and the at least one reminding account to a cloud server, and sending, by the indication device, the first information to the reminding device corresponding to the at least one reminding account comprising sending, by the indication device, the first information to the cloud server.

6. A location-based reminding method, comprising:
receiving, by a reminding device, first information from an indication device, the first information comprising reminding information;
obtaining, by the reminding device, second information according to the first information by:
obtaining, by the reminding device, the reminding information from the first information;
searching, by the reminding device, a preset electronic map for a target location related to a keyword of the reminding information:
determining, by the reminding device, a target geographic area related to the reminding information that comprises the target location on the preset electronic map; and
obtaining, by the reminding device, the second information comprising the reminding information and the target geographic area;

determining, by the reminding device, whether the reminding device meets a preset reminding condition, the preset reminding condition comprising entering the target geographic area;
issuing, by the reminding device, the reminding information when the reminding device meets the preset reminding condition;
determining, by the reminding device when detecting that the reminding device leaves the target geographic area, whether the reminding information is confirmed by a user; and
sending, by the reminding device to the indication device when the reminding information is confirmed by the user, a message indicating that the reminding information is confirmed.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first information further comprises the target geographic area.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein determining, by the reminding device, the target geographic area that comprises the target location on the preset electronic map comprises determining, by the reminding device, at least two target geographic areas on the preset electronic map when the reminding device finds, on the preset electronic map, at least two target locations that have a same attribute, the attribute being related to the keyword of the reminding information, and each target geographic area comprising one target location.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein before determining, by the reminding device, whether the reminding device meets the preset reminding condition, the method further comprises sending, by the reminding device to the indication device when detecting that the reminding device enters the target geographic area, a message indicating that the reminding device enters the target geographic area.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein after sending, by the reminding device to the indication device when detecting that the reminding device enters the target geographic area, the message indicating that the reminding device enters the target geographic area, the method further comprises receiving, by the reminding device, a notification message from the indication device, and the preset reminding condition further comprising receiving the notification message.

11. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the indication device corresponds to one indication account, the reminding device corresponding to one reminding account, receiving, by the reminding device, the first information from the indication device comprising receiving, by the reminding device, the first information that is from the indication device by using a cloud server, the first information being forwarded by the cloud server according to a mapping relationship between the indication account and at least one reminding account, and the at least one reminding account c

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Chan
• Lu Henghui
• Wu Huangwei

Classifications

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• G06Q10/109 Primary

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title

• H04M1/72572

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W68/00

  User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like · CPC title

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic