Method for setting alarm in mobile communication terminal

• US 20070008827A1
• Filed: 07/10/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Byeong-Cheol, Shin, Hyun-Kyung, Oh, Jung-Yeob
• Granted Patent: US 7,573,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/109
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/02 at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A method for setting an alarm in a mobile communication terminal. Different alarm times can be set for different alarm days according to an alarm time and an alarm day set in each of a plurality of alarm setting formats. An alarm setting table including the plurality of alarm setting formats is displayed and edited on a screen, thereby simplifying an alarm setting process and allowing a user to conveniently check entire alarm information.

Claims

1. A method for setting an alarm of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an alarm setting table including a plurality of alarm setting formats in an alarm setting mode;

activating an alarm setting format selected from the plurality of alarm setting formats by a user; and

setting an alarm in the activated alarm setting format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the activated alarm setting format includes an alarm time and an alarm day.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the alarm time and the alarm day of the activated alarm setting format are set according to a user'"'"'s input.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a plurality of alarm times may be set for one alarm day according to a user'"'"'s input.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the alarm time and the alarm day of the activated alarm setting format have default values, and when an alarm setting format in which an alarm time and an alarm day are not set by the user is initially activated, the default values are set.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the default value of the alarm day includes all the days-of-the-week.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting an alarm in the activated alarm setting format comprises:

setting a time input by the user as an alarm time;

checking if a day-of-the-week selected by the user is already set as an alarm day;

setting the selected day-of-the-week as the alarm day if the selected day-of-the-week is not yet set as an alarm day; and

canceling the alarm day setting if the selected day-of-the-week is already an set as an alarm day by the activated alarm setting format that is currently being edited.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of setting an alarm in the activated alarm setting format further comprises:

if the selected day-of-the-week is set as the alarm day by another setting format, then canceling an alarm time set by the other setting format for the selected day-of-the-week and setting an alarm time set by the currently edited alarm setting format as an alarm time for the selected day-of-the-week, thereby setting the selected day-of-the-week as an alarm day.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of setting an alarm sound type, whether to repeat an alarm, a number of repetitions of the alarm, and an alarm repetition interval according to a user input in the activated alarm setting format.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein when the alarm setting table is displayed, detailed information of the plurality of alarm setting formats is also displayed.

11. A method for setting an alarm of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an alarm setting table comprised of a plurality of alarm setting formats in an alarm setting mode, each alarm setting format including an alarm time display region, an alarm day display region having sub-regions corresponding to days-of-the-week to indicate whether a corresponding day-of-the-week is set as an alarm day, and an activation state display region;

activating an alarm setting format selected from the plurality of alarm setting formats by a user and setting an alarm according to set values of the activated alarm setting format;

selecting an activated alarm format according to a user'"'"'s request;

setting a time input by the user as an alarm time of the selected activated alarm format;

setting a day-of-the-week selected by the user as an alarm day of the selected activated alarm setting format if the selected day-of-the-week is not yet set as an alarm day by the selected activated alarm setting format or another alarm setting format;

canceling the alarm day setting if the selected day-of-the-week is already set as an alarm day by the activated alarm setting format that is currently being edited, canceling an alarm time set by another setting format for the selected day-of-the-week if the selected day-of-the-week is set as an alarm day by another setting format; and

setting an alarm time set by the currently edited alarm setting format as an alarm time for the selected day-of-the-week if the selected day-of-the-week is not yet set as an alarm day by another setting format, thereby setting the selected day-of-the-week as an alarm day.