Patent ID: 7424291
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A personal digital assistant comprising: a processor; a memory unit to store instructions for the processor; a wireless communications device to wirelessly transmit a control signal; an internal clock integrated within said personal digital assistant; a display device; and a bus coupled to the processor, the memory unit, the wireless communications device, and the display device to communicate information, wherein: the personal digital assistant is configured to: display a device schedule menu, via the display device, to permit a user to directly select an external device via the device schedule menu for which operation of the external device is to be controlled in accordance with time data directly entered via the device schedule menu; notify said user via alarm of an impending action at a first time corresponding to the time data; and wirelessly transmit via the wireless communications device, at said first time corresponding to the time data, a control signal to cause the device to perform a first action, said first time indicated by said internal clock.