Patent ID: 8014794

Claim:
A schedule management method for use in a mobile terminal, comprising: (a) inputting a current schedule that includes one or more of an alarm time, planned event time, planned event, destination, and indicator of a transportation means by which a user travels to a destination of the current schedule; (b) receiving location information of the input destination of the schedule input in step (a) from a map search feature; (c) determining, at an alarm time of the current schedule of the schedules input in step (a), a current location of the mobile terminal using global positioning system (GPS) satellite signals; (d) providing a first estimated travel time from the current location of the mobile terminal to a destination of the current schedule by calculating a distance from the current location of the mobile terminal to the destination of the current schedule, and dividing the calculated distance by an average speed of a transportation means for the current schedule; and (e) outputting an alarm, and displaying the first estimated travel time in step (d) and the current schedule in step (a).