Auto Task - automate task executions on your phone
What is it?
Auto Task automates the task execution by combining an innovative
automation design and rich functions provided by Calendars.
By using this application, the events you scheduled in the Calendar are not just
simple reminders any more, they become commands to instruct the phone to automatically
perform tasks when scheduled time comes.
Auto Task provides you a way to fully explore the power of a phone system,
and adds more intelligence to the phone so that it is now truly "smart".
Features
Automate the tasks according to your calendar events
Monitor changes to phone calendar and web calendar in the background
Support single or recurring calendar events
Monitor multiple calendars at the same time
Support not only Google Calendar but also popular Exchange Calendars
Handle calendar event cancellation and changes
Support user defined profiles and action set
Support multiple actions under a single profile
Enable you to specify *, ? wildcard in keyword
Provide scheduling details, on phone's notification area, as well
as inside the application
Schedule meetings in your calendar, Auto Task will
automatically mute the phone when meeting starts, and restore the ringer
volume when meeting ends.
Put flight schedule in your calendar, Auto Task will
automatically put the phone in Air Plane mode at the flight departure
time, and return to normal operation mode at the flight arrival time.
Build your own “In Class” profile; add the “Mute Phone” and “Reply
with SMS” actions to the profile. Add your class schedules to Calendar,
Auto Task will automatically mute the phone when class
starts, and restore the ringer volume when class ends, and will also
reply to any incoming phone calls during class with a pre-defined text
message.
Build your own “Birthday Reminder” profile; add the “Send SMS” action
to the profile. Put Birthday date in the Calendar, Auto Task
will automatically send the text message when the date comes.
Install the application on your children's phone, build a “Where are
you” profile; add the “Send Location” action to the profile. Include
your children's Calendar in your calendar list, and schedule “Send Location”
event on the web Google Calendar. Auto Task running
on your Children's phone will automatically send their locations to
you when scheduled time comes. (Send Location action is not yet available).
User
Operation Instructions
Application Setup Menu
After download and install the application, please open the “Settings”
page to configure the application with options best fit your need.
Press on the “Menu” key on your phone to bring up the Menu, and
press on the “Setting” to access the “Setting” Page.
Add New Profiles
Press the “+” button to start building your own profile.
A Profile should contain a “Name”, a “Keyword”, and a set of “Actions”.
“Name” should provide a simple and easy understanding of the
purpose of this profile
“Keyword” is what you will use in Calendar when scheduling events,
Calendar event title should contain the keyword so that Auto Task
can use it to match the event to a profile, the “Keyword” must
be unique in each profile
“Actions” are the tasks you would like your phone to perform
when this profile is matched to a Calendar event. You can add
multiple actions to one profile.
New profile needs to be “Enabled” so it can be used by Auto Task
to match with Calendar events.
Schedule Events in Google Calendar
Locate your Google Calendar (Note: Google Calendar is provided
by Android platform, not by Auto Task application)
Every Android based phone will come with a built in Google Calendar;
you don't need to download it.
Schedule an event in Google Calendar. The event title should
contain the “Keyword” in the profile you want to match. The “Keyword”
is NOT case sensitive. In this example, the event title “Math Class”
contains the Keyword “Class”, which was defined for the profile
“in class profile”.
Auto Task detects the change in Calendar, and start to match the
profiles with the event scheduled.
Notification bar icon changed to indicate there is a profile currently
“Running”. Pull down the Notification bar will display more details.
Schedule Multiple Events
Auto Task handles all combinations of Google Calendar events,
single or recurring events, current or future events, individual
events or multiple overlapping events. It also handles events from
multiple Calendars at the same time.
Schedule Events Using Web Based Google Calendar
Note: To use Web based Google Calendar, you need to have a Google
account and Internet access. This is not automatically provided
when you install this application.
The event you scheduled on the Web based Google Calendar will be
synced to your Android phone, Auto Task is also monitoring this
change and reacts to it.
not restore the
volume or airplane settings in some cases.
2.87 - released on Jul. 24, 2010
option to hide the notification is removed
for 2.x device, notification is required by Android system for all
background services or it will be killed.
add the feature to support schedule calendar
event directly from the app, automatically include the profile keyword
in the event title.
2.86 - released on Jul. 8, 2010
fixed: still show
the notification icon even you selected the "never" option.
2.85 - released on Jul. 6, 2010
Support Japanese language
2.84 - released on Jun. 30, 2010
New "Send Location" action
New "Sound & Vibrate" action.
It enables you to change the volume of ringtone, media, alarm and
notification
Add a new option to hide the Auto Task
notification icon
2.83 - released on May 25, 2010
Enable user to specify a white list for
mute action. "White List" numbers will still trigger an
audible ring tone even when the phone is muted
Support the calendar event's "private/public"
and "free/busy" settings
2.82 - released on May 13, 2010
Add the step by step setup wizard to help
you complete the settings
Enable you to specify *, ? wildcard in
keyword
Fixed: enable one
event to match against multiple profiles
2.81 - released on May 5, 2010
add "pick contact" button for
the "send SMS" action window
won't reply with
SMS if callee answer the phone
2.80 - released on Apr. 27, 2010
support popular Exchange calendar apps.
We now support HTC Exchange Calendar, Moto Corporate Calendar, RoadSync
Calendar and Moxier Calendar
show current running
event/profile in green color
show date if the
date of event begin time is different from the date of event end
time
not update the matched
events list in some cases
2.71 - released on Apr. 20, 2010
auto disable free version
detect if the free version installed and
pop up a dialog for users to uninstall the free version
What is it?
fixed: crash problems.
add Android paid
app license control, uses app license verification.