Method and apparatus for executing alarm with respect to missed received call for mobile communication terminal

• US 9,338,620 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Jeong-Gwan, Ryu, Jong-Hyun, Chae, Han-Joo, Kim, Nam-Hoon, Hong, Hyun-Su, Ra, Jin, Park, Yong-Gook, Choi, Won-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Mapa, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/182,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4122, 455/414.1, 4554561-457, 379/88.12, 379/100.06
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method of executing an alarm with respect to a missed received call for a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes determining whether the mobile communication terminal is moving, and determining whether a missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving, and executing an alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time if it is determined that the missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving.

Claims

1. A method of executing an alarm with respect to a missed received call for a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

determining whether a mobile received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving;

executing an alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time when it is determined that the missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving;

stopping the alarm with respect to the missed received call after an alarm operation time;

determining whether the mobile communication terminal moves after the stopping of the alarm with respect to the missed received call;

identifying a frequency of execution of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal moves after stopping of the alarm with respect to the missed received call;

determining again whether a movement of the mobile communication terminal stops, when the frequency is smaller than a predetermined frequency; and

executing another alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for the period of time, after the determining that the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops, based on the determining again whether the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

sending a user circumstance reporting message, the user circumstance message being configured in advance, to a corresponding sender of the missed received call.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending the user circumstance reporting message to the corresponding sender of the missed received call when a phone number of the corresponding sender is stored in the mobile communication terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, before the executing of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, the method further comprises:

determining whether a phone number of a corresponding sender of the missed received call is included in an execution list of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, the execution list of the alarm being configured in advance; and

not proceeding with a process of executing the alarm with respect to the missed received call when the phone number of a corresponding sender of the missed received call is not included in an execution list of the alarm with respect to the missed received call.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the alarm with respect to the missed received call comprises at least one of an operation of visually displaying an alarm on a screen of the mobile communication terminal, an operation of providing a vibration, an operation of outputting a voice, and an operation of outputting a sound.

6. An apparatus for executing an alarm with respect to a missed received call for a mobile communication terminal the apparatus comprising:

a communication hardware module configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and

a controller configured to;

determine whether a missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving,

execute an alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time when it is determined that the missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving,

stop the alarm with respect to the missed received call, after an alarm operation time,

determine whether the mobile communication terminal moves after the stopping of the alarm with respect to the missed received call,

identify a frequency of execution of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal moves after stopping of the alarm with respect to the missed received call,

determine again whether a movement of the mobile communication terminal stops, when the frequency is smaller than a predetermined frequency, and execute another alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time after the determining that the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops, based on the determining again whether the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to send a user circumstance reporting message, the user circumstance message being configured in advance, to a corresponding sender of the missed received call.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, when a phone number of the corresponding sender is stored in the mobile communication terminal, the controller is configured to send the user circumstance reporting message to the corresponding sender of the missed received call.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein, before the controller executes the alarm with respect to the missed received call, the controller is further configured to:

determine whether a phone number of a corresponding sender of the missed received call is included in an execution list of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, the execution list of the alarm being configured in advance; and

not to proceed with the alarm with respect to the messed received call when the phone number of a corresponding sender of the missed received call is not included in an execution list of the alarm with respect to the missed received call.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the alarm with respect to the missed received call includes at least one of an operation of visually displaying an alarm on a screen of the mobile communication terminal, an operation of providing a vibration, an operation of outputting a voice, and an operation of outputting a sound.

11. A method of executing an alarm with respect to a missed received call for a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

determining a received call of the mobile communication terminal to be a missed received call when the received call is received while it is determined that the mobile communication terminal is moving;

executing an alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time after the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops;

stopping the alarm with respect to the missed received call after an alarm operation time;

determining whether the mobile communication terminal moves after the stopping of the alarm with respect to the missed received call;

identifying a frequency of execution of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal moves after stopping of the alarm with respect to the missed received call;

determining again whether a movement of the mobile communication terminal stops, when the frequency is smaller than a predetermined frequency; and

executing another alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for the period of time after the determining that the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops, based on the determining again whether the movement of the mobile communication terminal stops.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining of the received call of the mobile communication terminal to be the missed received call comprises:

determining whether the mobile communication terminal receives a call; and

determining whether the received call is received by the mobile communication terminal while it is determined that the mobile communication terminal is moving.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sending a user circumstance reporting message, the user circumstance message being configured in advance, to a corresponding sender of the missed received call.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sending the user circumstance reporting message to the corresponding sender of the missed received call when a phone number of the corresponding sender is stored in the mobile communication terminal.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein, before the executing of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, the method further comprises:

determining whether a phone number of a corresponding sender of the missed received call is included in an execution list of the alarm with respect to the missed received call, the execution list of the alarm being configured in advance; and

not proceeding with a process of executing the alarm with respect to the missed received call when the phone number of a corresponding sender of the missed received call is not included in an execution list of the alarm with respect to the missed received call.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the alarm with respect to the missed received call comprises at least one of an operation of visually displaying an alarm on a screen of the mobile communication terminal, an operation of providing a vibration, an operation of outputting a voice, and an operation of outputting a sound.