Patent ID: 7304563
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G04G,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a clock configured to maintain an indication of the current time; a memory configured to store a definition of an alert time; and an alerting unit configured to issue an alert when the current time matches the alert time, the alerting unit being configured to issue the alert by initiating a connection to another communication terminal over a network so as to cause that other terminal to locally signal the incidence of the connection incoming thereto, wherein the alerting unit comprises a signaling unit configured to locally signal to a user, and the alerting unit is configured to issue the alert by causing the signaling unit to locally signal to the user, wherein the memory is configured to store an indication of whether the alerting unit is configured to issue the alert using the signaling unit, and the alerting unit is configured to issue the alert using the signaling unit in accordance with that indication, and wherein the alerting unit is configured to issue the alert by initiating the connection to the other communication terminal at a predetermined time offset from signaling the user using the signaling unit.