Alarm-integration-management-enabled mobile terminal

• US 7,701,333 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kang, Byoung-Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hung T.
• Application Number:
  US11/540,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20070080807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,296 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.11, 340/539.19, 340/457, 340/473, 340/7.58, 340/7.59, 340/7.61, 340/7.62, 340/309.4, 340/309.7, 455/567, 455/412.1, 455/414, 455/417
• US Class Current: 340/539.11
• 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 download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243

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,

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,

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, and

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.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the output information comprises date and time information indicating when the system or personal alarm is to be output.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the content added 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.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the output information comprises event information identifying an event at which time the system or personal alarm is to be output.

5. 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 system or personal alarm.

6. 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 system or personal alarm is output.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the content added corresponds to one of an MP3 file, a video file or an advertisement.

8. A method of managing contents on a mobile terminal, the method 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,

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,

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, and

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.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the output information comprises date and time information indicating when the system or personal alarm is to be output.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the contents added 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.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the contents added corresponds to one of an MP3 file, a video file or an advertisement.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the output information comprises event information identifying an event at which time the system or personal alarm is to be output.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the outputting step comprises outputting the system or personal alarm via at least one from a speaker and a vibration unit.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

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

displaying an alarm message when the system or personal alarm is output.