The summary is further wrong in that the "article" they are associating with the message specifically is referring to a physical article (e.g., a sweater). When you read the decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that essentially allowed this patent, it is clear that the "article" is "descriptive of an article to be procured, and [that] the article is associated with an event." A better summary of the claims would be to state that it is a reminder system that allows a person to scan in information from a product after an event has already been created, associate the article information (e.g., product description) with the event, and then send a reminder that includes event data and the article information. This may have been known in the art, but lets at least avoid the handwaving that is overly broad and not accurate that leads to the quick condemnation of the patent system.