Method and apparatus for controlling alarm operation in a terminal

• US 9,405,560 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Moon, Kyung-Chun, Kim, Joon-Woo, Ji, Dae-Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Vincent
• Application Number:
  US13/954,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 713/320, 713/100
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/026 acting at a number of different times
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method and apparatus for controlling an alarm operation in a terminal, by which a plurality of alarms are terminated in the terminal. The method includes setting at least one of multiple alarm groups, each alarm group including multiple alarms, in which the setting of the at least one alarm groups includes automatically setting termination of the plurality of alarms associated with the alarm group to correspond to termination of the alarm group.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an alarm operation in a terminal, the method comprising:

setting, using one or more processors in the terminal, at least one of a plurality of alarm groups, each alarm group comprising a plurality of alarms and setting termination of the plurality of alarms to correspond to termination of the alarm group;

when the alarm group termination is selected during generation of an alarm in the terminal, determining, using the one or more processors in the terminal, whether an alarm sub-group exists in an alarm group including the generated alarm; and

when the alarm sub-group does not exist in the alarm group, terminating, using the one or more processors in the terminal, all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the at least one alarm groups comprises automatically setting termination of at least one alarm to be generated after termination of alarm group, together with termination of a currently generated alarm, when the alarm group termination is generated during sequential generation of the plurality of alarms.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the at least one alarm group comprises:

adding a new alarm to a corresponding alarm group when alarm group setting is selected in an alarm mode; and

when an alarm sub-group of the corresponding alarm group is selected, adding a new alarm to the alarm sub-group and setting whether to delete the alarm sub-group upon selection of alarm group termination as an operation corresponding to alarm generation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the at least one alarm group comprises:

displaying at least one separate alarm which is separately set in an alarm mode;

when manual alarm group setting is selected, switching to a manual alarm group setting mode; and

in the manual alarm group setting mode, setting at least one alarm selected from among the displayed at least one separate alarm as alarms of a corresponding alarm group or alarms of an alarm sub-group comprising the selected alarms.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the at least one alarm group comprises:

displaying at least one separate alarm which is separately set in an alarm mode;

when automatic alarm group setting is selected, switching to an automatic alarm group setting mode;

in the automatic alarm group setting mode, searching for information recorded in each of the displayed at least one separate alarm;

searching for an alarm group corresponding to at least one character included in the recorded information; and

automatically setting the alarm as an alarm of the alarm group corresponding to the at least one character included in the recorded information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising, when an alarm, which is not set as an alarm of the alarm group, exists among the displayed at least one separate alarm, manually setting the alarm in a corresponding alarm group or in a new alarm group.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the alarm group termination is selected during generation of an alarm in the terminal, terminating at least one alarm to be generated after generation of the alarm group termination among a plurality of alarms included in the alarm group, together with termination of the currently generated alarm.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the terminating of the at least one alarm comprises:

when the alarm group termination is selected during generation of the alarm, determining whether an alarm sub-group exists in an alarm group including the generated alarm;

determining a termination setting of the alarm sub-group when the alarm sub-group exists; and

when a termination exception is set for the alarm sub-group, terminating all alarms of the alarm group except for alarms included in the alarm sub-group.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, when the alarm sub-group does not exist in the alarm group, terminating all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising, when the termination exception is not set for the alarm sub-group, terminating all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

when alarm termination is selected during generation of the alarm, terminating the generated alarm; and

when a snooze is selected during generation of the alarm, setting a snooze function of terminating the generated alarm and generating alarms a specified number of times at specified intervals.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

when the alarm is terminated, determining a repetition period which is set for the terminated alarm;

when an alarm whose repetition period is set to occur one time exists among terminated alarms, moving the alarm to an one-time alarm group; and

when an alarm whose repetition period is set to occur multiple times exists among the terminated alarms, releasing the termination of the alarm on the next day.

13. A terminal comprising:

a controller configured to;

set at least one alarm group, each alarm group comprising a plurality of alarms and

set termination of the plurality of alarms to correspond to termination of the alarm group;

when the alarm group termination is selected during generation of an alarm in the terminal, determine whether an alarm sub-group exists in an alarm group including the generated alarm, and

when the alarm sub-group does not exist in the alarm group, terminate all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to automatically set termination of at least one alarm to be generated after generation of alarm group termination, together with termination of a currently generated alarm, when the alarm group termination is generated during sequential generation of the plurality of alarms.

15. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to add a new alarm to a corresponding alarm group when alarm group setting is selected in an alarm mode, and when an alarm sub-group of the corresponding alarm group is selected, add a new alarm to the alarm sub-group and set whether to delete the alarm sub-group upon selection of alarm group termination as an operation corresponding to alarm generation.

16. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to display at least one separate alarm which is separately set in an alarm mode, switch to a manual alarm group setting mode when manual alarm group setting is selected, and in the manual alarm group setting mode, set at least one alarm selected from among the displayed at least one separate alarm as alarms of a corresponding alarm group or alarms of an alarm sub-group comprising the selected alarms.

17. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to display at least one separate alarm which is separately set in an alarm mode, switch to an automatic alarm group setting mode when automatic alarm group setting is selected, search for information recorded in each of the displayed at least one separate alarms in the automatic alarm group setting mode, search for an alarm group corresponding to at least one character included in the recorded information, and automatically set the alarm as an alarm of the alarm group corresponding to the at least one character included in the recorded information.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein when an alarm, which is not set as an alarm of the alarm group, exists among the displayed at least one separate alarm, the controller is configured to manually set the alarm as an alarm of a corresponding alarm group or as an alarm of a new alarm group.

19. The terminal of claim 13, wherein when alarm group termination is selected during generation of an alarm in the terminal, the controller is configured to terminate at least one alarm to be generated after generation of the alarm group termination among a plurality of alarms included in the alarm group, together with termination of the currently generated alarm.

20. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether an alarm sub-group exists in an alarm group including the generated alarm when the alarm group termination is selected during generation of the alarm, determine termination setting of the alarm sub-group when the alarm sub-group exists, and terminate all alarms of the alarm group except for alarms included in the alarm sub-group when the termination exception is set for the alarm sub-group.

21. The terminal of claim 20, wherein when the alarm sub-group does not exist in the alarm group, the controller is configured to terminate all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.

22. The terminal of claim 20, wherein when the termination exception is not set for the alarm sub-group, the controller is configured to terminate all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.

23. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to terminate the generated alarm when alarm termination is selected during generation of the alarm, and set a snooze function for terminating the generated alarm and generating alarms a specified number of times at specified intervals when the snooze function is selected during generation of the alarm.

24. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to move one alarm whose repetition period is set to occur one time among the terminated alarms to a one-time alarm group and release the termination of another alarm whose repetition period is set to occur multiple times among the terminated alarms on the next day.

25. A non-transitory processor-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, that when executed by a processor, the program configured to perform at least the following:

set at least one of a plurality of alarm groups, each alarm group comprising a plurality of alarms and set termination of the plurality of alarms to correspond to termination of the alarm group;

when the alarm group termination is selected during generation of an alarm in the terminal, determine whether an alarm sub-group exists in an alarm group including the generated alarm; and

when the alarm sub-group does not exist in the alarm group, terminate all alarms of an alarm group including the generated alarm.