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Location-Based Reminders:
Initial Implementations & Future Advances
In June, 2011, Apple announced that Location-Based Reminders would be a new feature of iOS5 on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. Location-based reminders have been implemented previously by mobile apps, but until now were never released by a major industry company. Grizzly Analytics sees the Apple announcement as a tipping point that is likely to propel location-based reminders into the mass-market.
Location-based reminders have the power to revolutionize how users manage and remember tasks. Advances in location-based reminders, currently in research, can transform how users manage their schedules and how they find stores & businesses that they need.
In this report, Grizzly Analytics reviews research underway at major mobile industry companies that addresses shortcomings in early implementations,
surveys mobile apps already available, and identifies information being gathered in the local search and e-commerce markets that will facilitate more powerful location-based reminders.
Grizzly Analytics’ in-depth analysis provides equipment manufacturers, software companies, investors and enterprises critical industry intelligence.
Published: June 20, 2011
Price: $800
Pages: 54
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Grizzly Analytics Predictions for Location-Based Reminders
Technology Opportunities Identified by Grizzly Analytics
Broader Implications of Location-Based Alerts
Table of Contents
Apple’s WWDC Announcement of Location-Based Reminders
 Apple’s WWDC ’11 iOS Announcement
iOS5’s New Reminders System
Location-Based Features in iOS Reminders
Open Challenges in Location-Based Reminders
What Can’t be Done with Basic Location-Based Reminders
Missing Capabilities of Location-Based Reminders
Other Technological Challenges
Information Challenges
Ongoing Research in Location-Based Reminders
Location-Based Alerts
Not Only Identifying Locations, but Reasoning about them
WHERE.COM’s Broad Granted Patent on Location Alerting
Palm (HP) Research on Location-Based Notifications
Combining GPS & Cell Data for Efficient Location-Based Alerts
Previous Palm/HP Research in Location-Based Reminders
Integrating Location into Calendar Items & Reminders
Location-Based Reminders Calculating Travel Time
Nokia Research on Managing Sets of Location Triggers
Promoting Businesses Along a Navigation Route
Navigating to Gas Stations When Car’s Fuel Level is Low
Early Research by Phillips: Location Alarm Device
Early Research by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
BellSouth: Server-Based Location Alerts
Other Relevant Patent Applications
Location-Based Triggers in Symbian Roadmap
Related University Research
Other Implementations of Location-Based Reminders
Nokia Situations – Trial Implementation
3rd-Party Applications for Location-Based Notifications
WakeUp (Symbian)
Location Alarm Plus (Java)
Location Alarm (Android)
Tasker (Android)
newGEO Alert (iPhone)
LocationNotes (iPhone)
Wake Me Up (iPhone)
Remember the Milk
Local Search Information for Location-Based Reminders
Existing Local Business and Point-of-Interest Search
New Mega-Trend in Local Search: Product Information
LOCAL.COM Acquires Krillion
EBay: From Online Products to Local Products
Google Place Pages
Six Other Local Product Search Companies
Bing and Yahoo! Local Search
Summary of Local Search Info for Location-Based Reminders
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