Alternate alarm notifications based on battery condition

• US 10,097,019 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Boss, Gregory J., Jagannathan, Harini, McConnell, Kevin C., Pham, Minh Q.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, QUANG
• Application Number:
  US15/820,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20180097384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 321 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00306 Overdischarge protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]

Abstract

Systems and methods for smart alarms are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an input including a set alarm time; determining, by the computing device, a battery drain condition of the computing device; and based on the determining the battery drain condition, performing a step including one of: sounding the alarm prior to the set alarm time based on determining that a user-defined condition is met at a time of the battery drain condition; displaying a message on the computing device indicating the battery drain condition; and providing an alternate alert based on a detected sleep stage of a user corresponding to a predefined acceptable sleep stage.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a set alarm time of the a user device;

determining, by the computing device, an alert from the user device indicates that a battery drain condition of the user device will result in a failed alarm at the set alarm time at the user device;

based on receiving the alert, determining, by the computing device, a ranked list of members of a backup alarm group, wherein each member of the members is ranked based on a proximity of each member of the members to the user device and an alertness state of each member of the members, wherein the alertness state is whether a member is awake or asleep; and

sending, by the computing device, a message via a user device associated with the ranked member in the ranked list to provide an alternate alert to a user associated with the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the computing device comprises a server; and

the user device comprises one of a smartphone, a smart watch, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the battery drain condition of the user device is based on at least one of:

a battery charge level of the user device being less than or equal to a predefined level; and

the battery charge level of the user device being insufficient to maintain the user device in a powered on state until the set alarm time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device includes software provided as a service in a cloud environment.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying a system for providing a backup alarm, comprising providing a computer infrastructure operable to perform the steps of claim 1.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein steps of claim 1 are provided by a service provider on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

8. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive, by a computing device, a set alarm time of the a user device;

program instructions to determine, by the computing device, an alert from the user devices indicates that a battery drain condition of the user device will result in a failed alarm at the set alarm time at the user device;

based on receiving the alert, program instructions to determine, by the computing device, a ranked list of members of a backup alarm group, wherein each member of the members is ranked based on a proximity of each member of the members to the user device and an alertness state of each member of the members, wherein the alertness state is whether a member is awake or asleep; and

program instructions to send, by the computing device, a message via a user device associated with the highest ranked member in the ranked list to provide an alternate alert to a user associated with the user device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein:

the computing device comprises a server; and

the user device comprises one of a smartphone, a smart watch, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the battery drain condition of the user device is based on at least one of:

a battery charge level of the user device being less than or equal to a predefined level; and

the battery charge level of the user device being insufficient to maintain the user device in a powered on state until the set alarm time.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computing device includes software provided as a service in a cloud environment.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to deploy a system for providing a backup alarm, comprising providing a computer infrastructure operable to perform the steps of claim 8.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein steps of claim 8 are provided by a service provider on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

15. A computer system, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive, by a computing device, a set alarm time of the a user device;

program instructions to determine, by the computing device, an alert from the user devices indicates that a battery drain condition of the user device will result in a failed alarm at the set alarm time at the user device;

based on receiving the alert, program instructions to determine, by the computing device, a ranked list of members of a backup alarm group, wherein each member of the members is ranked based on a proximity of each member of the members to the user device and an alertness state of each member of the members, wherein the alertness state is whether a member is awake or asleep; and

program instructions to send, by the computing device, a message via a user device associated with the highest ranked member in the ranked list to provide an alternate alert to a user associated with the user device.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein:

the computing device comprises a server; and

the user device comprises one of a smartphone, a smart watch, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the battery drain condition of the user device is based on at least one of:

a battery charge level of the user device being less than or equal to a predefined level; and

the battery charge level of the user device being insufficient to maintain the user device in a powered on state until the set alarm time.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the computing device includes software provided as a service in a cloud environment.

19. The computer system of claim 8, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to deploy a system for providing a backup alarm, comprising providing a computer infrastructure operable to perform the steps of claim 15.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computing device.