Creation of reminders using activity state of an application

A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed control a computing device to create and providing a reminder to a user of the computing device, the instructions comprising:

• receiving a request from the user to create the reminder;
• after receiving the request to create the reminder, receiving request commands from the user to create a first reminder entry, the request commands including:
• a reminder command for invoking an application to execute on the computing device, wherein the application is a map application;
• one or more trigger criteria for providing the reminder to the user;
• and
• a first activity state of the application to execute on the computing device as part of the reminder, wherein the first activity state comprises a plurality of properties input by the user to obtain a selected view,
• wherein execution of the first activity state when the first reminder entry is triggered causes the application to use the plurality of properties in order to launch to the selected view within the application,
• wherein the selected view is a view within the application that is designated by the user at a time the user sends the request command to create the first reminder entry,
• and wherein the execution of the first activity state when the first reminder entry is triggered causes the application to use a first portion of a sequence of the plurality of properties to change a state of the application to an intermediate application state and causes the application to use a second portion of the sequence of the plurality of properties to change the state of the application to the first activity state;
• creating a first activity definition corresponding to the first activity state, the first activity definition operable to allow the application to provide the first activity state to the user;
• in response to receiving the request commands to create the first reminder entry, generating the first reminder entry, including the first activity definition and the one or more trigger criteria;
• detecting that the one or more trigger criteria are satisfied;
• and
• responsive to detecting that the one or more trigger criteria are satisfied, triggering the first reminder entry, wherein triggering the first reminder entry comprises:
• launching the application;
• and
• using the first activity definition in the first reminder entry to open the application to the selected view within the application.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory for storing reminders;
• one or more sensors;
• one or more processors configured to:
• receiving a request from a user to create the reminder;
• after receiving the request to create the reminder, receive request commands from the user to create a first reminder entry, the request commands including:
• a reminder command for invoking an application to execute on the computing device, wherein the application is a map application;
• one or more trigger criteria for providing the reminder to the user;
• and
• a first activity state of the application to execute on the computing device as part of the reminder, wherein the first activity state comprises a plurality of properties input by the user to obtain a selected view,
• wherein execution of the first activity state when the first reminder entry is triggered causes the application to use the plurality of properties in order to launch to the selected view within the application,
• wherein the selected view is a view within the application that is designated by the user at a time the user sends the request command to create the first reminder entry,
• and wherein the execution of the first activity state when the first reminder entry is triggered causes the application to use a first portion of a sequence of the plurality of properties to change a state of the application to an intermediate application state and causes the application to use a second portion of the sequence of the plurality of properties to change the state of the application to the first activity state;
• create a first activity definition corresponding to the first activity state, the first activity definition operable to allow the application to provide the first activity state to the user;
• in response to receiving the request commands to create the first reminder entry, generate the first reminder entry, including the first activity definition and the one or more trigger criteria;
• detect that the one or more trigger criteria are satisfied;
• and
• responsive to detecting that the one or more trigger criteria are satisfied, trigger the first reminder entry, wherein triggering the first reminder entry causes one or more processors to:
• launch the application;
• and
• use the first activity definition in the first reminder entry to open the application to the selected view within the application.