Patent ID: 7480537

Claim:
A method in a data processing system for indicating an end of a session, the method comprising: receiving an identification of the session and a duration of the session from a data structure containing a schedule of a date and time for each of a plurality of user sessions, wherein the data structure is a file for a calendar program that is installed on the data processing system and operable for calendaring the plurality of user sessions; and responsive to receiving the identification of the session and the duration of the session, creating an audio file on a storage medium, wherein the audio file has a length equal to the duration of the session, wherein the audio file includes a silent segment followed by an audio segment and wherein the audio segment provides an indication of the end of the session when encountered during playing of the audio file, wherein a plurality of audio files are created on the storage medium in which each audio file corresponds to a given user session for a particular user according to the schedule of the plurality of user sessions.