Patent ID: 9558507
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method of reminding a user of content, where the user has access to a computing device with a larger display, after the user has requested a reminder using a mobile device having a smaller display while away from home, the method comprising: sending, from a content engine, to a mobile device, data describing a plurality of content items; receiving, with the content engine, from the mobile device, a reminder request, the reminder request identifying a content item among the plurality of content items and indicating that the user wishes to be reminded of the content item when at or near a geolocation; storing the reminder request in a reminder data store; after receiving the reminder request, receiving an indication from the mobile device that the user is at the geolocation, the indication being provided by a native mobile application executing on the mobile device that either detects that the mobile device has crossed a geofence associated with the geolocation or that the mobile device is receiving a wireless signal from a wireless network of the geolocation; in response to the indication, by one or more processors of the content engine, determining that the user has requested a reminder based on the reminder request stored in the reminder data store; in response to the determination,