Electronic device and method for changing alarm mode

• US 9,510,167 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2015
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Myeong Lo
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US14/752,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20150381800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/550.1, 455/404.2, 455/432.1, 455/412.1, 455/415, 455/458, 455/566, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/567, 455/414.2, 710/1, 707/769, 340/636.1, 340/539.11, 340/691.1, 340/825.49, 340/539.12, 709/204, 715/835, 715/769, 715/764, 715/771
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

An electronic device that includes a control module configured to extract schedule related information from text data, change an alarm mode of the electronic device according to extracted schedule related information and create a triggering message for triggering the change of an alarm mode of at least another electronic device associated with the schedule related information; and a communication interface configured to transmit the triggering message to the at least another electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a control module configured to extract schedule related information from text data, change an alarm mode of the electronic device according to extracted schedule related information and create a triggering message for triggering the change of an alarm mode of at least another electronic device associated with the schedule related information; and

a communication interface configured to transmit the triggering message to the at least another electronic device.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the schedule related information includes date information, time information, and place information.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further configured to check state information that includes a current date, a current time and a current location.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the control module is further configured to change the alarm mode of the electronic device when the current date is equal to the date information, the current time is equal to the time information or within a user-defined time, and the current location is equal to the place information or within a user-defined range.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further configured to extract the schedule related information from a message transmitted to, and received from, the at least another electronic device via a chatting application, a message application, and an e-mail application.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the control module is further configured to check information on the at least another electronic device.

7. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further configured to extract the schedule related information from data input via an application that includes a scheduler, a diary and a note pad.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control module is further configured to check information on the at least another electronic device that is tagged to the data.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor module configured to sense external environment information that includes location information, an illumination level, and a decibel level.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the control module is further configured to return to the previous alarm mode of the electronic device according to the external environment information after a change of the alarm mode of the electronic device.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the communication interface is further configured to communicate with another electronic device, and

wherein the control module is further configured to change the alarm mode of the electronic device to be equal to the alarm mode of the at least another electronic device according to an alarm-mode-change-triggering message received from the at least another electronic device.

12. A method of changing an alarm mode, the method comprising:

extracting schedule related information from text data;

changing an alarm mode of an electronic device according to the schedule related information; and

generating a triggering message for triggering a change of an alarm mode of at least another electronic device included in the schedule related information, and transmitting the triggering message to the at least another electronic device.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein extracting schedule related information from text data comprises extracting the schedule related information from a message transmitted to, and received from, the at least another electronic device via a chatting application, a message application, and an e-mail application.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein extracting schedule related information from text data further comprises checking information on the at least another electronic device that transmits and receives the message.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein extracting schedule related information from text data comprises extracting the schedule related information from data input via an application that includes a scheduler, a diary and a note pad.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein extracting schedule related information from text data further comprises checking information on the at least another electronic device that is tagged to the data.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising, after transmitting the message to the at least another electronic device:

sensing external environment information including location information, an illumination level, and a decibel level; and

returning to the previous alarm mode of the electronic device according to the external environment information.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising,

receiving an alarm-mode-change-triggering message from the at least another electronic device;

and

changing the alarm mode of the electronic device to be equal to the alarm mode of the at least another electronic device according to the alarm-mode-change-triggering message.