Automated callback reminder

An electronic device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a user interface (UI) configured to support making and receiving telephone calls;
• and
• one or more memories storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors implement a method for setting a callback reminder, comprising:
• listening for an occurrence of a qualifying call event, in which the qualifying call event includes one or more incoming communications to the electronic device;
• on the occurrence of the qualifying call event at the electronic device, providing a notification to create the callback reminder at a set time for returning a received call to a calling party;
• placing the callback reminder as a task in a to-do list supported on the electronic device associated with a unique user, the to-do list including callback reminders and other tasks or reminders other than callback reminders, in which the callback reminder in the to-do list is synchronized across one or more additional electronic devices associated with the user and further includes an option on the UI to prioritize the callback reminder relative to the other tasks or reminders in the to-do list;
• displaying the callback reminder including i) data associated with the received call, the data including at least an identification of the calling party, and ii) a user-selectable control for placing a callback to the calling party;
• and
• wherein the callback reminder is displayed on the UI at the set time.

A method for setting a callback reminder on an electronic device having a user interface (UI) and capabilities for making and receiving telephone calls, the method comprising:

• listening for an occurrence of a qualifying call event, in which the qualifying call event includes one or more incoming communications to the electronic device;
• upon the occurrence of the qualifying call event at the electronic device, providing a notification to create a callback reminder at a set time for returning a call to a calling party;
• placing the callback reminder as a task in a to-do list supported on the electronic device associated with a unique user, in which the callback reminder in the to-do list is synchronized across one or more additional electronic devices associated with the user, the to-do list including callback reminders and other tasks or reminders other than call-back reminders, and the to-do list further including an option to prioritize the callback reminder relative to the other callback reminders, tasks, or reminders in the to-do list;
• and
• exposing the callback reminder on the UI at the set time, wherein the UI displays i) data including at least an identification of the calling party, ii) the set time, and (iii) a user-selectable control for placing a callback to the calling party.