Patent ID: 8306989

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: at least one output device for emitting a plurality of different signals; a microcomputer for processing a plurality of calendar appointments within a calendar application; said microcomputer further configured for processing a plurality of applications; said microcomputer configured to maintain a plurality of profiles; each of said calendar appointments configured to have a different profile associated therewith; each of said profiles associated with all of said applications; each of said applications within each of said profiles having a notification behaviour; each of said notification behaviours having an identical set of parameters for each of said applications; each of said notification behaviours uniquely configurable for each of said applications and each of said profiles; said microcomputer configured to maintain a profile settings application; said profile settings application configured to receive user input for setting said notification behaviours for each of said applications for each said profile; said profile settings application including a profile string matcher; said profile string matcher configured to comprise a string of text, received independently from said calendar appointments, and an identifier of one of said profiles for associating said string of text with said one of said profiles; wherein at least one of said calendar appointments is configured to have a profile associated therewith based on a match between a description of said at least one calendar appointment and said string of text within said profile string matcher; said microcomputer configured to derive one of said notification behaviours when one of said applications executes during one of said plurality of calendar appointments; said notification behaviour derived from said associated profile; said microcomputer configured to cause said output device to emit one of said signals corresponding to said notification behaviour derived from said associated profile.