Method for setting alarm in mobile communication terminal

• US 7,573,783 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2006
• Issued: 08/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Hyun-Kyung, Oh, Jung-Yeob, Hwang, Byeong-Cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska; Vit W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kayes; Sean
• Application Number:
  US11/483,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20070008827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,128 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/12, 368/72, 368/73, 368/13, 368/41, 368/74, 368/250, 368/251, 368/261, 700 14- 18
• US Class Current: 368/73
• 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 at least one alarm setting format selected from the plurality of alarm setting formats by a users,

wherein each alarm setting format is a user-interface including one alarm time display region displaying one user-selectable alarm time and an alarm day display region displaying at least one alarm day, and

wherein the alarm day display region has respective regions corresponding to a plurality of user-selectable days-of-the-week corresponding to the one alarm time; and

setting the alarm time and an alarm day in the activated alarm setting format in response to input from the user and setting the alarm in response to the alarm setting format;

wherein the step of setting an alarm time and an alarm day in the activated alarm setting format comprises;

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

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

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

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 the alarm day setting; and

if the selected day-of-the-week is set as the alarm day by another setting format, 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of alarm times may be set for one alarm day according to a user'"'"'s input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the alarm table is displayed, the alarm time display region and the alarm day display region are visibly displayed.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 time setting formats in an alarm setting mode, each alarm time setting format is a user-interface including one alarm time display region displaying one user-selectable alarm time, an alarm day display region having sub-regions corresponding to days-of-the-week, each day-of-the-week corresponding to the one alarm time to indicate whether a corresponding day-of-the-week is set as an alarm day corresponding to the one alarm time, and an activation state display region;

activating at least one alarm setting format selected from the plurality of alarm setting formats by a user;

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

setting a time input by the user as the 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 activated 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 activated setting format;

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; and

setting an alarm corresponding to the activated alarm time setting format.