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Creating reminder messages/screens, during execution and without ending current display process, for automatically signalling and recalling at a future time
Assignee: Infor Global Solutions Ann Arbor Holdings Inc
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Filing: 1989-10-17
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Granted: 1992-11-17
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Expires: 2009-10-17
Abstract
Abstract A software reminder procedure that allows a user to save a display screen displayed by a currently executing process as part of a reminder message for later recall. The reminder message can be saved without exiting or ending the currently executing process. The display (and therefore the reminder) can be text, electronic mail messages, graphic screen displays, single screen displays, or multiple screen displays. Certain types of reminders are automatically updated when the data from which they were created is updated, so that a most current version is always displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard L. Crandall
- 👤 Dorothy A. Lieffers
- 👤 Thomas P. Beyer
- 👤 Paul E. Hansknecht
- 👤 James K. Eschman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 17:33
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/109
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A method of creating a reminder notice file comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of: executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen; generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application; suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and executing the second software application, which is said reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request, in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled by the data processing system at a user specified future time.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
145 words
A method of creating a reminder notice file comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of: executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen; generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application; suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and executing the second software application, which is said reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request, in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled by the data processing system at a user specified future time.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
73 words
A method of claim 2, further including the steps of: producing at the specified future time a notification that the stored information of the first application is capable of being recalled to the viewing screen; generating a display request to recall the stored information; and exhibiting the stored information of the first application on a viewing screen in the second application, which is the reminder application, in response to the generated display request.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
A method of claim 1, wherein the step of executing the first application includes the step of exhibiting on the viewing screen one page of multiple pages of information that are capable of being exhibited one page at a time, and wherein the step of executing a second application, which is the reminder application, further includes the substep of: storing information that will allow the multiple pages of information, including the displayed page, to be recalled at the specified future time in the second application, which is the reminder application.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of claim 1, wherein the step of executing the second application, which is the reminder application, includes the step of saving additional user-generated comments in association with the saved information in the reminder notice file.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method of claim 1, wherein the step of executing the second application, which is the reminder application, includes the step of: storing information in the reminder notice file that will allow an electronic mail message to be recalled at the specified time.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of executing the first application includes the step of displaying at least a portion of the information as a mixed text and graphics display on the viewing screen, and wherein the step of executing the second application includes the step of executing the second application, which is the reminder application, to store information that will allow the mixed text and graphics display to be recalled at a future time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a reminder request includes the substep of generating, during the execution of the second application which is the reminder application, a reminder request to present, at more than one specified future time, all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
114 words
A method of claim 2, wherein the first application generates and stores in the reminder notice file updatable information capable of being updated at a future time, wherein the step of executing the second application, which is the reminder application, further includes the substep of storing pointer information in the reminder notice file that points to the updatable information stored by the first application; wherein the stored information is updated by the first application; and wherein the step of exhibiting the stored information in response to the generated display request further includes the step of exhibiting, by the second application, the stored updated information in accordance with the pointers in the reminder notice file.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
A method of claim 2, wherein the first application generates information capable of being updated at a future time, and wherein the step of exhibiting information on the viewing screen, in the second application, which is the reminder application, in response to the generated display request further includes the step of: exhibiting the information as it was when the step of executing the first application was originally executed without subsequent updating.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
111 words
A method of claim 2, wherein the step of exhibiting the information in the second application, which is the reminder application, includes the substeps of: displaying a list of reminder items which have not been read, using a first color, wherein each one of the reminder items refers to different information stored in the reminder file; generating a display request indicating a selection of one of the list of displayed reminder items; exhibiting on the viewing screen at least a portion of the stored information referred to by the selected reminder item; and changing the selected reminder item to a second color to indicate that the exhibited information has been read.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of claim 10, further including the step of deleting the stored information corresponding to the selected reminder item in response to a request to delete such information.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
112 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the step of executing the first application includes the step of displaying the information as a graphics display on the viewing screen; wherein the step of executing the second application, which is the reminder application, includes the step of executing the reminder procedure to store information that will allow the graphics display to be recalled at a future time in the second application, which is the reminder application; and further including the step of printing the redisplayed graphics display in the second application, which is the reminder application, so that the printed graphics display is substantially the same as the graphics display of the first application.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 2, further including the step of sending the information recalled in the second application, which is the reminder application, at least a portion of which is exhibited on the viewing screen, to a user of the system via electronic mail in response to an externally generated send request.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
156 words
An apparatus for creating a file of reminder notices, comprising: means for executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen; means for generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application; means for suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and means for executing the second software application, which is the reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled at a user specific future time; and, means for automatically signalling and recalling the stored information at a user specific future time;
Claim 16
Independent Claim
156 words
An apparatus for creating a file of reminder notices, comprising: means for executing a first software application in the data processing system, the first application generating information, at least some of which is displayed on a viewing screen; means for generating, during the execution of the first application, a reminder request to execute a second application, which is a reminder application; means for suspending execution of the first application in response to the reminder request; and means for executing the second software application, which is the reminder application and which is not part of the first application, in response to the reminder request in order to store in the reminder notice file all or a portion of the information generated by the first application, including the displayed information, to be automatically signalled and recalled at a user specific future time; and, means for automatically signalling and recalling the stored information at a user specific future time;
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
70 words
An apparatus of claim 14, further including: means for producing at the specified future time a notification that the stored information of the first application may be recalled to the viewing screen; means for generating a display request to recall the stored information; and means for exhibiting the stored information on a viewing screen, in the second application, which is the reminder application, in response to the generated display request.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
79 words
An apparatus of claim 14, wherein the means for executing the first application includes means for exhibiting on the viewing screen one page of multiple pages of information that are capable of being exhibited one page at a time, and wherein the means for executing the second application, which is the reminder application, further includes: means for storing information that will allow the multiple pages of information, including the displayed page to be recalled at the specified future time.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus of claim 14, wherein the means for executing the second application includes means for saving additional user-generated comments in association with the saved information in the reminder notice file.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus of claim 14, wherein the means for executing the second application includes: means for storing information that will allow an electronic mail message to be recalled at the specified time.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first application generates and stores in the reminder notice file information capable of being updated at a future time, and wherein the means for exhibiting further includes: means for exhibiting updated information.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first application generates information capable of being updated at a future time, and wherein the means for exhibiting further includes: means for exhibiting the information as it was when it was first stored.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
82 words
An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the means for exhibiting on the viewing screen includes: means for displaying a list of reminder items which have not been read, using a first color, wherein each one of the reminder items refers to different information stored in the reminder file; means for generating a display request indicating a selection of one of the list of displayed reminder items; and means for exhibiting on the viewing screen the selected reminder item in a second color.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus of claim 21, further including: means for deleting the stored information corresponding to the selected reminder item in response to a request to delete such information.
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