Patent ID: 7746730

Claim:
A reminder system comprising: a user interface having a microphone, display and at least one manually operable control; and a processor coupled to said user interface and having a memory and a user accessible input for uploading and storing in said memory a plurality of user uploaded images including at least one predetermined image for storage in said memory, said plurality of user uploaded images having spatially varying information, said processor being operable to display simultaneously on said display a calendar image and the predetermined image based on the image information in said memory, said user interface and said microphone being operable to store in said memory at least one pair of a spoken message and a scheduled time, said processor being operable to make said spoken message automatically available at said scheduled time, said calendar image comprising a current one of a plurality of monthly images stored in said memory, said plurality of monthly images being individually paired with one of the plurality of user uploaded images stored in said memory, said user interface being operable to manage pairing between the plurality of monthly images and the plurality of user uploaded images, said user interface being operable to select pairs by allowing user selection of any one of said plurality of monthly images and any one of said plurality of user uploaded images, said processor being selectively operable to display simultaneously on said display one of (a) the calendar image overlaying and partially obscuring one of the plurality of user uploaded images stored in said memory from said input, and (b) the calendar image adjacent to one of the plurality of user uploaded images stored in said memory from said input.