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US 8,508,358 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for controlling alarm in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeok-Weon Seo, Nam-Hoon Kim
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Abstract
A portable terminal includes an alarm control. A method for controlling an alarm includes determining whether an input fact to analyze an exceptional situation of an alarm operation is generated; analyzing the exceptional situation by rule using at least one fact; and when there is an alarm which is placed in the exceptional situation, cancelling the alarm.
Claims17
A method for controlling an alarm in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- determining whether an input fact to analyze an exceptional situation of an alarm operation is generated, wherein the exceptional situation is defined as a status where the alarm does not ring although the alarm is set;
- analyzing the exceptional situation by rule using at least one fact;
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- cancelling at least one alarm setting when the at least one alarm setting is placed in the exceptional situation.
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An apparatus for a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a rule engine configured to analyze an exceptional situation of an alarm operation, when an input fact is generated to analyze the exceptional situation, the rule engine configured to analyze the exception situation by a rule using at least one fact, wherein the exceptional situation is defined as a status where the alarm does not ring although the alarm is set;
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- an alarm manager configured to cancel at least one alarm setting when the at least one alarm setting is placed in the exceptional situation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.