Patent ID: 7596382

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a storage unit to store schedule notification information including at least one notification time information assigned to each of a plurality of priority levels; and a control unit to receive information of an event from a user and to control execution of a notification operation of the event according to the at least one notification time information assigned to one of the priority levels that corresponds to the information of the event, wherein a notification interval corresponding to a number of times the user is notified about the event is varied according to the priority levels, wherein the user is notified a different number of times based on the priority levels, in which the user is notified a greater number of times for a higher priority level than for a lower priority level, wherein a time interval between successive notifications continues to decrease until a last notification on a day of the event, wherein the schedule notification information further includes a list of scheduled events grouped together in which each scheduled group of events is assigned to one of the plurality of priority levels, and wherein a first notification occurs only “X” amount of days before the scheduled group of events, and a second successive notification occurs only “Y” amount of days before the scheduled group of events, where Y=INT(X/2) days.