Patent ID: 8626553

Claim:
A method for updating an electronic calendar in a vehicle, comprising: uploading an appointment to the electronic calendar, the appointment including a description of an event, a time block for the event, and a travel time preceding the time block; setting an alert in a telematics unit of the vehicle, the alert notifying a vehicle occupant of the appointment, wherein the alert is configured to be activated in response to a trigger that is stored in the telematics unit and is linked to the electronic calendar; and at a time subsequent to the time block of the event, the method further comprises one of: i) by a processor operatively associated with the telematics unit, the processor executing computer readable code embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, automatically generating and uploading a memo to the electronic calendar indicating that the alert was activated; or ii) by a processor operatively associated with the telematics unit, the processor executing computer readable code embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, automatically generating and uploading an other memo to the electronic calendar indicating that the alert was not activated.