Personal information management with location functionality

摘要

A method is provided for prompting a user to perform PIM-related acts based on dynamic location data. The user's current location is received and a PIM item is selected from the user's PIM system. The user's current location is compared to the location of the selected PIM item. Based on the comparison, a suggested user fulfillment action for the PIM item is suggested to the user.

主权项

1. A method of identifying location-relevant information in a PIM system of a user, the method comprising:
receiving a selection of a calendar item in the PIM system, wherein the calendar item includes a null value entered for a location; automatically identifying, by the PIM system, location-relevant information for the calendar item in the PIM system, said automatically identifying including:
applying a search filter to an incoming message to the user from a participant associated with the calendar item; andidentifying, based on output from the search filter, location-relevant information associated with the calendar item; and providing a notification to the user, the notification indicating the location-relevant information.