Appeal 2007-2347
Application 10/122,743
A. INVENTION
Previous systems for reminding a user of an event, such as a television
broadcast, required a user to be present at a specified computer at the time
the reminder was due. (Spec. 1). In addition, the user needed to be logged
into the server while entering a reminder request. (Id.)
By contrast, the invention at issue involves a system for reminding a
person of an event, such as a television program broadcast, such that a
reminder message is sent from a television set to a server, then sent to
another device, such as the user’s telephone. The message is sent to the
other device at a specified time. (Id.) The television is capable of
connecting to the server and transferring a reminder request to the server
without the need for the user to be logged into the system at the time of
transfer. (Id.)
B. ILLUSTRATIVE CLAIM
Claim 11, which further illustrates the invention, follows.
11. A processor-readable medium embodying a program of
instructions, the program of instructions being loadable onto a
programmable device selected from a television and a hi-fi, to provide
it with functionality to remind a person of an event, wherein the
computer program of instructions causes execution of the steps
comprising:
entering a reminder message;
storing the entered reminder message at the television or the hi-
fi; and
automatically transferring the reminder message to a service
station.
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