Patent ID: 8222994

Claim:
A mobile computing device, comprising: a memo database; a memo application coupled with said memo database, said memo application to set a memo reminder value for a memo indicating whether said memo has been reviewed, store said memo with said memo reminder value in said memo database, and provide a memo reminder for said memo; an alarm manager coupled with said memo application, said memo application to schedule an alarm for said memo with said alarm manager: wherein said alarm is scheduled a predetermined time period from a creation time of said memo, said alarm is canceled by the memo application when a memo reminder value indicates that said memo has been reviewed prior to said scheduled alarm; and an attention manager coupled with said memo application, said memo application to receive an alarm message indicating said predetermined time has expired from said alarm manager and send an attention request message to said attention manager, said attention manager to provide an attention indicator; said memo reminder comprising information to remind a user that the associated memo has been stored and not reviewed, said memo including content different from a content of said memo reminder.