CLOCK PROVIDED WITH FUNCTION OF RAISING ALARM AT MORE THAN ONE TIME AND ALARMING METHOD

• US 20080239881A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: KOKURYU, Mineto
• Granted Patent: US 8,023,361 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/73
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/026 acting at a number of different times
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

In order to make it possible to set up an alarm method which is rich in variation, a mobile phone is configured so that a plurality of alarm times are related to the same group, the group to which a plurality of alarm times are related is set to activation or cancellation, and when there comes any one of a plurality of alarm times which are related to the group being set to activation, an alarm is raised. Since setting to raise an alarm at a plurality of alarm times, or cancellation of the setting can be made, an alarm method rich in variation can be configured.

Claims

1. A clock comprising:

a grouping portion to relate a plurality of alarm times to the same group;

a setting portion to set up activation or cancellation for said group to which said plurality of alarm times are related by said grouping portion; and

an alarming portion to raise an alarm when there comes any one of said plurality of alarm times which are related to said group being set up to be activated.

2. The clock according to claim 1, further comprising:

a group-halt-instruction accepting portion to accept a group halt instruction; and

a state switching portion to, when said group has been set to activation, set to a first state and to, when said group halt instruction has been accepted after the earliest alarm time among said plurality of alarm times being related to said group being set to activation, switch from said first state to a second state,

wherein said alarming portion raises an alarm on condition that said first state is set.

3. The clock according to claim 2, wherein, said state switching portion switches to said first state when said second state is set after the current time passed said alarm time.

4. The clock according to claim 1, further comprising a halt-instruction accepting portion to accept an alarming halt instruction for halting the alarm,

wherein said alarming portion halts the alarm in response to acceptance of said alarming halt instruction.

5. A clock comprising:

a grouping portion to relate a plurality of alarm times to the same group;

a group-halt-instruction accepting portion to accept a group halt instruction;

a state switching portion to switch from a first state to a second state when said group halt instruction is accepted after the earliest alarm time among said plurality of alarm times which are related to said group by said grouping portion; and

an alarming portion to, when there comes any one of said plurality of alarm times which are related to said group, raise an alarm on condition that said first state is set.

6. The clock according to claim 5, further comprising a setting portion to set up activation or cancellation on said group to which said plurality of alarm times are related by said grouping portion,

wherein when there comes any one of said plurality of alarm times which are related to said group, said alarming portion to raise an alarm on condition that said group is set to activation.

7. The clock according to claim 6,

wherein when said second state is set after the current time passed said alarm time, said state switching portion switches to said first state.

8. The clock according to claim 5, further comprising an alarming-halt-instruction accepting portion to accept an alarming halt instruction to halt the alarm,

wherein said alarming portion halts the alarm in response to acceptance of said alarming halt instruction.

9. An alarming method comprising the steps of:

relating a plurality of alarm times to the same group;

setting up activation or cancellation on said group to which said plurality of alarm times are related; and

raising an alarm when there strikes any one of said plurality of alarm times which are related to said group being set to activation.

10. The alarming method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

accepting a group halt instruction;

setting to a first state when said group is set to activation; and

switching from said first state to a second state upon acceptance of said group halt instruction after the earliest alarm time among said plurality of alarm times being related to said group being set to activation,

wherein said step of raising an alarm includes the step of raising an alarm on condition that said first state is configured.

11. The alarming method according to claim 10, wherein said step of switching the state includes the step of switching to said first state when said second state is set after the current time passed said alarm time.

12. The alarming method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of accepting an alarming halt instruction for halting the alarm,

wherein said alarming step includes the step of halting the alarm in response to acceptance of said alarming halt instruction.

13. An alarming method comprising the steps of:

relating a plurality of alarm times to the same group;

accepting a group halt instruction;

switching from a first state to a second state when said group halt instruction is accepted after the earliest alarm time among said plurality of alarm times being related to the group; and

when there comes any one of said plurality of alarm times being related to the group, raising an alarm on condition that said first state is set.

14. The alarming method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of setting activation or cancellation on said group to which said plurality of alarm times are related,

wherein when there comes any one of said plurality of alarm times, said step of raising the alarm includes the step of raising the alarm on condition that said group is set to activation.

15. The alarming method according to claim 14, wherein said step of switching the state includes the step of switching to said first state when said second state is set after said alarm time passed.

16. The alarming method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of accepting an alarming halt instruction to halt the alarm,

wherein said step of raising the alarm includes the step of halting the alarm in response to acceptance of said alarming halt instruction.