US 12,627,756 B2 · Adaptive alarm management in an electronic device

Abstract

An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for managing alarms. The method includes detecting, via a processor of an electronic device configured with alarm functionality, activation of a first alarm. The first alarm set to trigger at a first time. The method includes monitoring for receipt of incoming communications that are not attended to by a user of the electronic device and identifying that an incoming communication contains information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm. In response to identifying that the incoming communication contains the information that warrants performing an alarm modification, the method includes determining a time adjustment period based on the at least one information message. The method includes adjusting the first time, by the time adjustment period, to generate a second time and updating the first alarm to be triggered at the second time.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a memory having stored thereon an adaptive alarm management (AAM) module for managing at least one alarm of the electronic device;
and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor executing program code of the adaptive alarm management module, which enables the electronic device to:
detect activation of a first alarm, the first alarm set to trigger at a first time;
monitor for receipt of incoming communications that are not attended to by a user of the electronic device;
identify that an incoming communication contains at least one information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm;
and
in response to identifying that the incoming communication contains the at least one information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm:
determine a time adjustment period based on the at least one information;
adjust the first time, by the time adjustment period, to generate a second time;
and
update the first alarm to be triggered at the second time.

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A method comprising:

detecting, via at least one processor of an electronic device configured with alarm functionality, activation of a first alarm, the first alarm set to trigger at a first time;
monitoring for receipt of incoming communications that are not attended to by a user of the electronic device;
identifying that an incoming communication contains at least one information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm;
and
in response to identifying that the incoming communication contains the at least one information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm:
determining a time adjustment period based on the at least one information message;
adjusting the first time, by the time adjustment period, to generate a second time;
and
updating the first alarm to be triggered at the second time.

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A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device having stored thereon program code which, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device having a memory, enables the electronic device to complete the functionality of:
detecting activation of a first alarm, the first alarm set to trigger at a first time;
monitoring for receipt of incoming communications that are not attended to by a user of the electronic device;
identifying that an incoming communication contains at least one information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm;
and
in response to identifying that the incoming communication contains the at least one information that warrants performing the alarm modification corresponding to modify the first alarm:
determining a time adjustment period based on the at least one information;
adjusting the first time, by the time adjustment period, to generate a second time;
and
updating the first alarm to be triggered at the second time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adaptive alarm management in an electronic device

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