System and method for creating an adjusted alarm time
First Claim
1. A method for providing an adjustable alarm system, the method comprising:
- receiving user related and configuration information, the user related information including at least one of a user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
connecting to a content provider to gather present unexpected condition information relevant to the user;
determining an adjusted alarm time, wherein the adjusted alarm time factors in the user related and configuration information and the unexpected condition information; and
providing an alarm signal when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time.
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Abstract
A system and method for adjusting an alarm/reminder activation time that takes into account a user-requested alarm/reminder time and unexpected conditions that are unknown to the user, or are realized after the user has entered the user-requested alarm time, is provided. User related information is used to gather present unexpected condition information relevant to the user from a content provider periodically. Based on the user related and configuration information and the unexpected condition information, an adjusted alarm time is determined periodically. An alarm signal is activated when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for providing an adjustable alarm system, the method comprising:
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receiving user related and configuration information, the user related information including at least one of a user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
connecting to a content provider to gather present unexpected condition information relevant to the user;
determining an adjusted alarm time, wherein the adjusted alarm time factors in the user related and configuration information and the unexpected condition information; and
providing an alarm signal when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51)
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14. A computer readable medium for use in conjunction with an alarm system for providing an adjustable alarm signal, the computer readable medium including computer readable instructions encoded thereon for:
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receiving user related and configuration information, the user related information including at least one of a user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
connecting to a content provider to gather present unexpected condition information relevant to the user;
determining an adjusted alarm time, wherein the adjusted alarm time factors in the user related and configuration information and the unexpected condition information; and
providing an alarm signal when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time.
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27. An enhanced alarm signal generating system, comprising:
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an alarm signal generator that receives user related and configuration information and create an alarm signal, the user related information including at least one of user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
a content provider that gather present unexpected condition information relevant to the user; and
a communications link the connects the alarm signal generator with the content provider, wherein user related information is sent to the content provider via the communications link to gather the unexpected condition information, an adjusted alarm time being determined on the basis of the user related and configuration information and the unexpected condition information, and an alarm signal being created when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time.
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38. A call back style alarm system, comprising:
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a call back service that receives user related and configuration information, and determines an adjusted alarm time, the user related information including at least one of user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
a content updater coupled to the call back service, the content updater gathering present unexpected condition information relevant to the user;
a telecommunication device that receives a call from the call back service; and
a communications link that connects the call back service with the telecommunication device during a call, wherein user related and configuration information of a user is received at the call back service, which uses the user related information to obtain unexpected condition information pertinent to the user from the content updater, the adjusted alarm time being determined on the basis of the user related and configuration information and the unexpected condition information, a call being made to the telecommunication device when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time.
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48. An intelligent alarm signal generator, comprising:
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a user interface device for inputting user related and configuration information, the user related information including at least one of user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
communication equipment that allows communication to be established between the intelligent alarm signal generator and a content provider;
a first logic that retrieves or accepts unexpected condition information relevant to the user from the content provider;
a second logic that determines an adjusted alarm time based on the user related and configuration information and the retrieved unexpected condition information;
a clock that has the actual time;
an alarm that creates an alarm signal when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time.
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52. A call back service, comprising:
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first communication equipment that receives user related and configuration information, the user related information including at least one of user-requested alarm time and user login information, the user login information allowing the retrieval of the user-requested time;
second communication equipment that allows unexpected condition information relevant to the user to be retrieved;
a first logic that retrieves or accepts the unexpected condition information from a content updater;
a second logic that determines an adjusted alarm time based on the user related and configuration information and the retrieved unexpected condition information;
a clock that has the actual time;
a calling device that makes a call to telecommunication equipment when the actual time reaches the adjusted alarm time. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54)
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