Alarm-integration-management-enabled mobile terminal

• US 20070080807A1
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kang, Byoung-Jae
• Granted Patent: US 7,701,333 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals

Abstract

A mobile terminal including an output unit configured to output an alarm, a memory configured to store an expandable alarm-integrated database, and a controller configured to expand the alarm-integrated database to include alarm information corresponding to an alarm feature of content added after the mobile terminal was manufactured.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an output unit configured to output an alarm;

a memory configured to store an expandable alarm-integrated database; and

a controller configured to expand the alarm-integrated database to include alarm information corresponding to an alarm feature of content added after the mobile terminal was manufactured.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature includes an alert type field indicating whether the alarm feature is a personal or system alarm feature.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature further includes output information corresponding to when the alarm is to be output, and a necessary alarm field indicating whether or not the alarm should always be output at the output information.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the output information comprises date and time information indicating when the alarm is to be output.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the output information comprises event information identifying an event at which time the alarm is to be output.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature further includes an alarm identification field indicating an identification value corresponding to the alarm feature, an alarm name field indicating a name of the alarm feature, an alarm sound recurrence type field indicating how often the alarm is to be output, an alarm sound type field indicating a sound type of the alarm, a vibration ON/OFF field indicating whether the mobile terminal is to be vibrated when the alarm is output, a priority field indicating a priority of the alarm feature, and a comment field indicating comments related to the alarm feature.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the output unit comprises at least one from a speaker and a vibration unit configured to output the alarm.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit a synchronization signal and receive a signal containing time information; and

a display configured to display an alarm message when the alarm it output.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the content corresponds to a file downloaded onto the mobile terminal, and wherein the date and time information indicates when the downloaded file will expire such that a user of the mobile terminal can not again access the downloaded file.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the content corresponds to one of an MP3 file, a video file or an advertisement.

11. A method of managing contents on a mobile terminal, comprising:

adding the contents onto a memory of the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal has been manufactured;

expanding an alarm-integrated database included in the memory of the mobile terminal to include alarm information corresponding to an alarm feature of the contents added after the mobile terminal was manufactured; and

outputting an alarm based on the alarm information in the alarm-integrated database.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature includes an alert type field indicating whether the alarm feature is a personal or system alarm feature.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature further includes output information corresponding to when the alarm is to be output, and a necessary alarm field indicating whether or not the alarm should always be output at the output information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the output information comprises date and time information indicating when the alarm is to be output.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the output information comprises event information identifying an event at which time the alarm is to be output.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature further includes an alarm identification field indicating an identification value corresponding to the alarm feature, an alarm name field indicating a name of the alarm feature, an alarm sound recurrence type field indicating how often the alarm is to be output, an alarm sound type field indicating a sound type of the alarm, a vibration ON/OFF field indicating whether the mobile terminal is to be vibrated when the alarm is output, a priority field indicating a priority of the alarm feature, and a comment field indicating comments related to the alarm feature.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the outputting step comprises outputting the alarm via at least one from a speaker and a vibration unit.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting a synchronization signal and receiving a signal containing time information; and

displaying an alarm message when the alarm it output.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the content corresponds to a file downloaded onto the mobile terminal, and wherein the date and time information indicates when the downloaded file will expire such that a user of the mobile terminal can not again access the downloaded file.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the content corresponds to one of an MP3 file, a video file or an advertisement.