Patent ID: 8462591

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising a notification system, the device comprising: a database storing information comprising: a list of prayer times and Rakha numbers, the prayer times and the Rakha numbers associated with a selected location and date; exercise data comprising an exercise goal and an exercise total; a display; an electronic compass; a memory; an alarm; a pedometer; a location module, wherein the location module is programmed to determine the system location; a processor programmed to execute a program comprising a notification system, wherein the notification system comprises a scheduling function and an exercise function; wherein the scheduling function is configured to: convert from current local time to Azan time; determine the direction of Qibla using an output from the electronic compass and the location module; update the display to show the current local time, Azan time, and direction of Qibla; compare the current local time to the prayer times for the current date and location as stored in the database, such that: if a next prayer time is within a duration of time less than an amount of time specified by a predetermined Wudo threshold, issuing a notification via the alarm and/or updating the display to show a Wudo icon; if the next prayer time is within a duration of time less than an amount of time specified by a predetermined prayer threshold, issuing a notification via the alarm and/or updating the display to show a prayer icon and/or the Rakha number of the next prayer time, where the prayer threshold consists of a shorter duration of time then the Wudo threshold; and if the current local time is equal to the next prayer time, issuing a notification via the alarm and/or updating the display; wherein the exercise function is configured to: retrieve pedometer exercise data from the pedometer; update the exercise total; and compare the exercise total to the exercise goal and update the display to indicate a relationship between the exercise total and the exercise goal.