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Apparatus and method for changing alarm information in accordance with weather

  • US 10,296,838 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2014
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for changing alarm information based on weather, comprising:

  • a path information generator configured to generate path information about a path routinely used by a user;

    a data collector configured to;

    check a location of the user and a time of a moment that the user is in a certain location during a period from an alarm time set by the user until the user is at a destination at predetermined intervals of a data collection period;

    determine that the user is not at the destination when the user stays for a predetermined amount of time corresponding to a threshold value of an arrival counter that is greater than a number of the data collection period;

    determine that the user is at the destination when the user stays for the predetermined amount of time corresponding to the threshold value of the arrival counter that is less than the number of the data collection period; and

    check the location of the user and the time of the user when the user is determined not to be at the destination;

    a weather information receiver configured to;

    collect weather information utilizing weather forecasts corresponding to the location of the user and the destination;

    collect the weather information at a time corresponding to the alarm time and at a time corresponding to an estimated time that the user is at the destination; and

    collect the weather information when the user is determined to be at the destination;

    a weather database configured to;

    calculate an average movement time for each weather condition of a plurality of weather conditions by storing and analyzing the location of the user, the time and the weather information; and

    an alarm updater configured to;

    calculate a change in the alarm time based on the weather information and the average movement time for each weather condition of the plurality of weather conditions; and

    adjust the alarm time by applying the change in the alarm time.

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