Action based to-do list

A personal management device for implementing an action-based to-do list comprising:

• a user interface for interfacing a user with a to-do list application;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the to-do list application;
• in which the to-do list application, when executed, causes the processor to:
• generate a task definition file based on a history of a user's actions performed within an environment;
• access a listing in the task definition file, the listing comprising a list of external applications in which a to-do task on the action-based to-do list is to be performed;
• automatically open the external application within the user's computing environment to facilitate the user accomplishing the to-do task;
• monitor user actions within the external application and compare the user actions to completion criteria in the task definition file;
• determine when the user actions within the external application fulfill a completion criterion within the task definition file;
• and
• modify the to-do list based on the fulfilled completion criterion by marking the to-do task as complete.

A method for implementing an action-based to-do list comprises:

• generating a task definition file comprising a listing of an external computer application in which the task is to be performed and a location of files related to a to-do task;
• monitoring, with a personal management device, a history of repetitive actions of a user;
• determining context and time sequence of the repetitive actions;
• generating a prompt to add an entry to the task definition file based on the history of repetitive actions;
• adding an entry to the task definition file based on input received responsive to the prompt;
• presenting, with a personal management device, a user with the task definition file for inspection and modification of completion criteria for the task, the user selecting a completion criteria for the task;
• automatically configuring the external application within the user's computing environment to facilitate the user accomplishing the to-do task by automatically:
• opening the external application in the computing environment;
• and
• directing the external application to files related to the task;
• using an intelligent agent to autonomously monitor a user's actions within a computing environment to fulfill the task, in which autonomously monitoring a user's actions comprises analyzing keystroke information, camera data, voice data, or combinations thereof;
• comparing, with the personal management device, the user actions with a computing environment to the task definition file associated with the task;
• determining, with the personal management device, when the user actions fulfill a condition within the task definition file;
• modifying, with the personal management device, the to-do list based on the fulfilled condition;
• exporting the to-do list to an external calendaring application;
• reserving time within the calendaring application to accomplish a task within the to-do list;
• and
• displaying the tasks in the to-do list based on at least one parameter, in which the parameter is a priority of a task.