ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR SETTING AN ALARM FUNCTION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130051182A1
• Filed: 07/29/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: QU, Kai-Bo
• Application Number:
  US13/561,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20130051182A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/29
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A method sets an alarm function of an electronic device. The method obtains dates and indicators corresponding to the dates from a database after the electronic device logs into the database of a server, and determines whether the alarm function needs to be set according to the indicators corresponding to the dates. If the set alarm function of the date is in accordance with a default rule, a date of the electronic device does not need to update the alarm function. If the set alarm function of the date is not in accordance with the default rule, a date of the electronic device needs to update the alarm function.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for setting an alarm function of an electronic device, the method comprising:

logging into a database of a server;

obtaining dates and indicators corresponding to the dates from the database;

comparing the dates with a calendar of the electronic device to determine whether each of the dates is a weekday;

determining whether the alarm function needs to be set according to the indicators corresponding to the dates;

determining a date of the electronic device that does not update the alarm function when the set alarm function of the date is in accordance with a default rule, wherein the default rule is a rule that defines one or more dates that set the alarm function, and one or more dates that do not set the alarm function; and

determining a date of the electronic device that updates the alarm function when the set alarm function of the date is not in accordance with the default rule.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

marking the dates that update the alarm function with a symbol, and displaying the dates that update the alarm function with the symbol on the calendar of the electronic device on a display screen.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a database update time and a clock data update time from the server, wherein the database update time is a time that data of the database changes, and the clock data update time is a time that the dates including the alarm function change according to the change data of the database;

determining whether the database update time is before the clock data update time;

determining that the data of the database needs to be analyzed if the database update time is before the clock data update time; and

determining that the data of the database does not need to be analyzed if the database update time is not before the clock data update time.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the indicator of the database distinguishes whether a user goes to work or has a rest corresponding to the date.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the default rule is used to set the alarm function of the electronic device on weekdays, and is not used to set the alarm function of the electronic device on weekends.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the date of the electronic device does not need to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date does not need to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekend and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user has a rest in the date;

determining that the date of the electronic device does not need to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date needs to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekday and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user has a rest in the date;

determining that the date of the electronic device needs to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date needs to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekend and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user goes to work in the date; and

determining the date of the electronic device needs to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date does not need to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekday and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user goes to work in the date.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for setting an alarm function of the electronic device, the method comprising:

logging into a database of a server;

obtaining dates and indicators corresponding to the dates from the database;

comparing the dates with a calendar of the electronic device to determine whether each of the dates is a weekday;

determining whether the alarm function needs to be set according to the indicators corresponding to the dates;

determining a date of the electronic device that does not update the alarm function when the set alarm function of the date is in accordance with a default rule, wherein the default rule is a rule that defines one or more dates that set the alarm function, and one or more dates that do not set the alarm function; and

determining a date of the electronic device that updates the alarm function when the set alarm function of the date is not in accordance with the default rule.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

marking the dates that update the alarm function with a symbol, and displaying the dates that update the alarm function with the symbol on the calendar of the electronic device on a display screen.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining a database update time and a clock data update time from the server, wherein the database update time is a time that data of the database changes, and the clock data update time is a time that the dates including the alarm function change according to the change data of the database;

determining whether the database update time is before the clock data update time;

determining that the data of the database needs to be analyzed if the database update time is before the clock data update time; and

determining that the data of the database does not need to be analyzed if the database update time is not before the clock data update time.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the indicator of the database distinguishes whether a user goes to work or has a rest corresponding to the date.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the default rule is used to set the alarm function of the electronic device on weekdays, and is not used to set the alarm function of the electronic device on weekends.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that the date of the electronic device does not need to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date does not need to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekend and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user has a rest in the date;

determining that the date of the electronic device does not need to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date needs to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekday and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user has a rest in the date;

determining that the date of the electronic device needs to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date needs to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekend and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user goes to work in the date; and

determining the date of the electronic device needs to set the alarm function and determining that the alarm function of the date does not need to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekday and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user goes to work in the date.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage device;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs that are stored in the storage device and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

an obtaining module that logs into a database of a server and obtains dates and indicators corresponding to the dates from the database; and

an analyzing module that compares the dates with a calendar of the electronic device to determine whether each of the dates is a weekday, determines whether the alarm function needs to be set according to the indicators corresponding to the dates, determines a date of the electronic device that does not update the alarm function when the set alarm function of the date is in accordance with a default rule, and determines a date of the electronic device that updates the alarm function when the set alarm function of the date is not in accordance with the default rule, wherein the default rule is a rule that defines one or more dates that set the alarm function, and one or more dates that do not set the alarm function.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprise a displaying module that marks the dates that update the alarm function with a symbol, and displays the dates that update the alarm function with the symbol on the calendar of the electronic device on a display screen.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprises a contrasting module that obtains a database update time and a clock data update time from the server, determines whether the database update time is before the clock data update time;

determines that data of the database needs to be analyzed if the database update time is before the clock data update time; and

determines that the data of the database does not need to be analyzed if the database update time is not before the clock data update time.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the database update time is a time that the data of the database changes, and the clock data update time is a time that the dates including the alarm function change according to the change data of the database.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the indicator of the database distinguishes whether a user goes to work or has a rest corresponding to the date.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the default rule is to used set the alarm function of the electronic device on weekdays, and is not used to set the alarm function of the electronic device on weekends.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the analyzing module further:

determines that the date of the electronic device does not need to set the alarm function and determines that the alarm function of the date does not need to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekend and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user has a rest in the date;

determines that the date of the electronic device does not need to set the alarm function and determines that the alarm function of the date needs to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekday and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user has a rest in the date;

determines that the date of the electronic device needs to set the alarm function and determines that the alarm function of the date needs to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekend and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user goes to work in the date; and

determines that the date of the electronic device needs to set the alarm function and determines that the alarm function of the date does not need to be updated when the date of the electronic device is a weekday and the indicator corresponding to the date corresponds to when the user goes to work in the date.