DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING RESERVED FUNCTION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20080153475A1
• Filed: 11/28/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hyun Woo, LEE, Chung Kyu, JUNG, Young Jun, SONG, Ho Kwon, SEO, Jeong Wook
• Granted Patent: US 8,594,644 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 15/006 for operating at a number of different times cigar or cigarette receptacles or boxes with means for limiting the frequency of smoking A24F15/005
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/14 the radio signal being a telecommunication standard signal, e.g. GSM
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A device and method for executing a reserved function using time information extracted from a broadcasting data that provides a correct time in asynchronous mobile communication terminal are provided. The method of executing a reserved function in a mobile communication terminal includes: when a broadcasting function is executed, performing (1) extracting a time information from received broadcasting data, (2) calculating a time difference between a time of the extracted time information and a corresponding operating time of the mobile communication terminal, and (3) storing the calculated time difference as a time difference information; and if a reservation time for executing a specific function is set and when the operating time reaches the set reservation time based on the stored time difference information, executing the specific function.

Claims

1. A method of executing a reserved function in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

when a broadcasting function is executed, extracting a time information from a received broadcasting data;

calculating a time difference between a time of the extracted time information and a corresponding operating time of the mobile communication terminal, and storing the calculated time difference as a time difference information; and

if a reservation time for executing a specific function is set and when the operating time reaches the set reservation time based on the stored calculated time difference information, executing the specific function.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received broadcasting data are at least one Transport Stream (TS) packet.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the time information is extracted from Program Specific Information (PSI)/System Information (SI) data of the broadcasting data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the specific function further comprises:

calculating a reserved function execution time by;

adjusting the set reservation time to reflect the stored time difference information, and storing the adjusted set reservation time as a calculated reserved function execution time; and

when the operating time reaches the stored calculated reserved function execution time, executing the specific function.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the calculating the time difference of the time difference information further comprises subtracting the time of the extracted time information from the corresponding operating time.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the adjusting step further comprises adding the time difference of the time difference information to the set reservation time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific function is a broadcasting reservation recording function.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific function is a specific time notification function including a morning call function and a schedule alarm function.

9. A method of executing a reserved function in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

when a broadcasting function is executed, extracting time information from received broadcasting data, adding a clock function based on the extracted time information, and executing the clock function; and

if a reservation time for executing a specific function is set and when an operating time of the clock function reaches the set reservation time, executing the specific function.

10. A device for executing a reserved function in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

an input unit for user manipulation input;

a controller for executing a clock function based on time information that is set by a user through the input unit; and

a broadcasting reception unit for receiving broadcasting data,

wherein the controller extracts time information from a broadcasting data received by the broadcasting reception unit and when a reservation time for executing a specific function is set by the user through the input unit, the controller executes the specific function according to a real time calculated using the extracted time information.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the broadcasting reception unit further comprises:

a tuner for tuning to a broadcasting frequency; and

a demodulator for demodulation of the broadcasting data from a radio signal received through the tuner.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the broadcasting data are at least one TS packet.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the TS packet is received when a broadcasting function is executed.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the time information extracted from the broadcasting data is included in a PSI/SI data of the TS packet.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller further comprises at least one oscillator for generation of a clock to execute the clock function.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller extracts time information by analysis of the broadcasting data received in the broadcasting reception unit, calculate a time difference between a time of the extracted time information and a corresponding operating time of the clock function, and store the calculated time difference as a time difference information.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the controller executes, when a reservation time for executing a specific function is set, the specific function according to a real time obtained using the stored calculated time difference information.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller notifies a user of a time difference between a time of the extracted time information and a corresponding operating time of the clock function, adjusts, when a signal to adjust the operating time is input by the user, the operating time of the clock function to a time based on the received broadcasting data, and to execute the clock function according to the adjusted operating time.

19. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller adds a clock function based on the extracted time information and executes the added clock function.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the controller executes, if a reservation time for executing a specific function is set, the specific function according to an operating time of the added clock function.