Patent ID: 8290479

Claim:
A device-implemented method, for managing a future appointment, comprising: receiving, by a wireless device, scheduling data for the future appointment, the scheduling data including a time and a location associated with the future appointment and contact information for at least one person associated with the future appointment; determining, by the wireless device, a current location of the wireless device; providing, by the wireless device, a reminder for the future appointment at a time sufficiently prior to the time of the future appointment to allow for attendance of the future appointment based on the current location, wherein the time at which the reminder is provided dynamically varies based on the current location of the wireless device relative to the location associated with the future appointment; determining that a user of the wireless device will be late for the future appointment based on the current location of the wireless device, the location of the future appointment, and the time associated with the future appointment; and automatically initiating using the contact information and responsive to determining that the user will be late, display at the wireless device, for viewing by the user, of a prompt for the user to initiate a communication between the wireless device and at least one electronic device associated with the at least one person.