KR20160106028A - Terminal and method for providing alarm - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal and a method for providing alarm. The method for providing alarm includes the steps of: setting one or more alarm times; providing an image list stored in a cloud server; receiving the selection of one or more pieces of information of one or more pieces of information included in the image list; and, in the case of the coming of the one or more alarm times, receiving the one or more selected pieces of information from the cloud server through streaming and playing the same. The terminal for providing alarm shares the set one or more alarm times and the one or more selected pieces of image information with one or more different terminals.

Description

[0001] TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ALARM [0002]

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for providing an alarm using a terminal.

Generally, the portable terminal has a function of notifying the user that the desired time such as the appointed time, the weather time, and the like has been implemented. This function is called an alarm function. That is, if the user specifies a time desired to generate an alarm, the portable terminal generates an alarm in a predetermined format at that time.

There are various methods of providing an alarm using the portable terminal. For example, there is a method of playing a ringing tone or a music file stored in the portable terminal at a preset alarm time or vibrating the portable terminal at a set alarm time.

A smart device capable of transmitting / receiving data while moving through mobile communication among mobile terminals can basically provide various alarm functions in addition to the alarm mounted. For example, a smart device can set a plurality of alarms, can control to repeatedly reproduce alarms, and has basic functions such as selecting sound such as music to be played back.

Since the built-in alarms are limited in their functions and selectable sounds, users of smart devices want to receive more various alarms by downloading, installing and executing various alarm applications.

In recent years, there has been a need for an alarm providing method satisfying the demand for the alarm providing service of the portable terminal user.

An embodiment of the present invention aims to provide content provided through a cloud server as an alarm.

One embodiment of the present invention is to provide an alarm through another terminal based on DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

An embodiment of the present invention aims to share an alarm to another portable terminal of another person based on a sharing function.

An alarm providing terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an alarm control unit for setting at least one alarm time, an image providing unit for providing an image list, at least one image information among at least one image information included in the image list An image selecting unit, an image receiving unit for streaming the selected one or more pieces of image information from the cloud server when the at least one alarm time arrives, and an image reproducing unit for reproducing the received image information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the image list may be information stored in the cloud server.

The alarm providing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention may further include a storage unit for storing an alarm list including the at least one alarm time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the image selecting unit may match one or more pieces of image information reproduced by the set one or more alarm times.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the alarm control unit may set the at least one alarm time for each of the at least one selected image information.

The alarm providing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention may further include a network managing unit communicatively connecting with an external reproducing device capable of mutual data transmission / reception through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

According to an aspect of the present invention, the alarm control unit may push the received image information to the connected external playback apparatus through the cloud server.

The alarm providing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention may further include an information sharing unit for sharing the set one or more alarm times and the selected one or more pieces of image information with each other.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an alarm providing method comprising: setting at least one alarm time, providing an image list, receiving at least one image information from at least one image information included in the image list, Streaming the selected one or more pieces of image information from the cloud server when the image information arrives at one or more alarm times, and reproducing the received image information.

The alarm providing method according to an aspect of the present invention may further include storing an alarm list including the at least one alarm time.

The alarm providing method according to an aspect of the present invention may further include matching at least one piece of image information reproduced for each of the at least one alarm time.

The alarm providing method according to an aspect of the present invention may further comprise setting the at least one alarm time for each selected one or more pieces of image information.

The alarm providing method according to an aspect of the present invention may further include the step of communicatively connecting with an external reproducing apparatus capable of mutual data transmission / reception through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

The alarm providing method according to an aspect of the present invention may further include pushing the received image information to the connected external playback device through the cloud server.

The alarm providing method according to an aspect of the present invention may further include sharing the set one or more alarm times and the selected one or more pieces of image information with each other.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, content provided through a cloud server can be provided as an alarm.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an alarm can be provided through another terminal based on DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an alarm can be shared with other portable terminals of other people based on a sharing function.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an alarm providing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting an alarm time using an alarm providing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a video list according to an embodiment of the present invention and an example of selecting video information.
FIG. 4 shows an example of image information reproduced when an alarm time arrives according to one aspect of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing image information through an external playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention as an alarm.
6 to 8 illustrate an example of sharing alarm time and image information preset in another alarm providing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The terminology used herein is a term used for appropriately expressing an embodiment of the present invention, which may vary depending on the user, the intent of the operator, or the practice of the field to which the present invention belongs. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

An alarm providing terminal and method according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide contents provided through a cloud server as an alarm, and can provide an alarm through another terminal based on DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance). In addition, the alarm providing terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention can share alarms with other portable terminals of others based on a sharing function.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the alarm providing terminal may be a portable terminal that can be used by the user. However, the alarm providing terminal may include all terminals capable of providing an alarm to the user.

The term "portable terminal" refers to a terminal to which a mobile communication terminal control device can be applied, for example, a mobile communication terminal, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , A smart phone, an IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000) terminal, a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) terminal and a UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service) It will be obvious that the present invention can be applied to applications.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an alarm providing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an alarm providing terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an alarm control unit 110, an image providing unit 120, a storage unit 130, an image selecting unit 140, 150, and an image reproducing unit 160.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the alarm providing terminal 100 may include a central control unit 170, and the central control unit 170 controls the overall operation of the alarm providing terminal 100. For example, the central control unit 170 may transmit and receive data between the respective modules and transmit the data to the other modules, or may generate control data to control the respective modules. Each of the modules may be driven under the control of the central control unit 170 or independently of the central control unit 170.

The alarm control unit 110 sets one or more alarm times.

For example, the user can set one or more alarm times using the input means of the alarm providing terminal 100, and the alarm control unit 110 receives the alarm setting signal of the user received through the input means, You can set the time.

The alarm control unit 110 may set one or more alarm times at which the selected image is reproduced. For example, the alarm control unit 110 may set one or more alarm times for each selected one or more pieces of image information. How to set the specific alarm time will be explained below again.

The video data providing unit 120 provides a video list.

At this time, the image list may be information stored in the cloud server.

For example, the image providing unit 120 may receive the image list stored in the cloud server from the cloud server and control to output the received image list using the display unit (not shown) of the alarm providing terminal 100 have. The method of providing a specific image list will be described below again.

For example, when the alarm providing terminal is in the alarm setting mode, the display unit displays a UI (User Interface) related to an alarm or an alarm GUI (Graphic User Interface) can be displayed.

In addition, if the touch pad has a mutual layer structure and is configured as a touch screen, the display unit may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. For example, the display unit may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display 3D display), and the like, and some of the displays may be configured to be transparent so as to view the outside.

The storage unit 130 stores an alarm list including one or more alarm times.

For example, the storage unit 130 can sequentially list up and store one or more alarm times set by the user.

For reference, the storage unit 130 may be a memory unit built in the alarm-providing terminal 100, or may be a means for storing information by being attached to the alarm-providing terminal 100 as an external memory unit. For example, the storage unit 130 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD Memory, etc.), a random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), and an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) .

In addition, the storage unit 130 may be alternatively operated by a web storage that performs a data storage function on the internet such as a cloud server.

Throughout the present specification, a cloud computing environment including a cloud server is a computing environment that provides a server capable of storing and providing a large amount of data resources, and moves data to be stored to a cloud server , And the user refers to an environment in which a simple type of terminal is used to connect to a cloud server and perform work if necessary.

In the cloud computing environment, an individual user can connect using an inexpensive PC and a portable terminal because the terminal is simple, and it is unnecessary to manage PCs and portable terminals such as individual program purchase and data storage, It is possible to utilize the most suitable server computing environment for the program to be driven without worrying about specifications such as capacity and auxiliary devices.

The image selection unit 140 selects one or more pieces of image information from one or more pieces of image information included in the image list.

For example, the user can select the desired image information by searching the list of images output on the display unit. In case of the touch screen, the user can touch and select the desired image information, or if the input means is a keypad, Information can be selected through keypad operation.

The image selection unit 140 may receive a selection signal for the image information selected by the user and select at least one image information from the image list.

In addition, the image selecting unit 160 may set one or more images to be reproduced at each alarm time. For example, the image selecting unit 160 may match one or more pieces of image information reproduced by one or more alarm times. A detailed method of selecting image information will be described below.

When the image receiving unit 150 arrives at one or more alarm times, the image receiving unit 150 streams the at least one image information selected from the cloud server.

For example, when the image receiving unit 150 arrives at the alarm time set by the user, the cloud server transmits a request signal for the selected image information to the cloud server, and the cloud server transmits the image information corresponding to the request signal to the image receiving unit 150). The image receiving unit 150 may receive corresponding image information from the cloud server in response to the request signal.

The image reproducing unit 160 reproduces the received image information.

The image reproducing unit 160 may correspond to the display unit or may be a unit for controlling the display unit to reproduce the image information.

For example, the image reproducing unit 160 may transmit and reproduce the received image information to the display unit. The specific image reproduction method will be described below again.

Referring to FIG. 1, an alarm providing terminal 100 according to an aspect of the present invention may further include a network management unit 180 and an information sharing unit 190. The alarm providing terminal 100 may synchronously communicate with the external reproducing apparatus to reproduce the image information through the external reproducing apparatus.

The network management unit 180 may be communicatively connected to an external playback apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving data through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

The alarm providing terminal 100 can provide an alarm by an external reproducing apparatus connected through DLNA. For example, the alarm control unit 110 pushes the image information received by the external playback apparatus connected through the cloud server, and when the cloud server arrives at the alarm time, the image information received by the external playback apparatus is reproduced .

Pushing the image information from the alarm control unit 110 to the external playback apparatus means that the image information stored in the storage unit 130 or the image information stored in the cloud server is transmitted to the external playback apparatus through the cloud server it means.

At this time, when pushing the video information to the external playback device, the cloud server processes the video information into a format that can be reproduced by the external playback device, or transmits the processed video information to the format corresponding to the wireless communication environment of the external playback device It is possible.

In addition, the alarm providing terminal 100 may provide an alarm through another alarm providing terminal capable of sharing information.

For example, the information sharing unit 190 may share the at least one alarm time and at least one selected video information with another one or more terminals, and may be configured to reproduce image information received from one or more other terminals by the cloud server Can be controlled.

A method of communicating with a specific external reproducing apparatus in a communication manner and reproducing the image information through the external reproducing apparatus will be described below.

Hereinafter, an alarm time setting method according to one aspect of the present invention will be described.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting an alarm time using an alarm providing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 (a), the alarm providing terminal can output a video alarm setting menu through the display unit according to the operation of the user's terminal.

The user can add the alarm time by clicking the add button 210 in the video alarm setting menu, and delete the already set alarm time.

When the alarm providing terminal receives the alarm time addition request signal according to the addition of the alarm time by the user, the alarm providing terminal can be switched to the detailed setting screen capable of setting the alarm setting time as shown in FIG. 2 (b).

The user can set a desired alarm time by operating the alarm time window and day of the week selection window 220 on the detail setting screen. The alarm providing terminal can receive the alarm time and the day of the week set by the user, and set the alarm time.

Hereinafter, an image list providing method and an image information selecting method according to an aspect of the present invention will be described.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a video list according to an embodiment of the present invention and an example of selecting video information.

3A, when an alarm time is set by a user, the alarm providing terminal outputs an image list including one or more pieces of image information through a display unit so that the user can select image information to be reproduced at the set alarm time .

For example, the alarm providing terminal may receive the image list stored in the cloud server from the cloud server, and output the received image list using the display unit.

As another example, the alarm providing terminal may call up an image list including one or more pieces of image information stored in a built-in storage unit, and output the loaded image list using a display unit.

The user can check the image list outputted to the alarm providing terminal and select the image information to be reproduced at the alarm time.

For example, the user selects an image list 310 of image information stored in a cloud server and an image list 320 of image information stored in a storage unit of the terminal, It is possible to select the video information 330 to be displayed.

When the selection signal for the image information selected by the user is received, the alarm providing terminal again outputs a menu for setting the selected image information as a playback alarm, The user can set the video information to be reproduced at the finally set alarm time by clicking the button 340.

FIG. 4 shows an example of image information reproduced when an alarm time arrives according to one aspect of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the alarm providing terminal can reproduce the selected image information when it arrives at the set alarm time.

In addition, the alarm providing terminal can set one or more alarm times for each of the selected one or more pieces of image information.

For example, the user can set a plurality of alarm times and set the selected video information to be reproduced for each of the plurality of alarm times. The alarm providing terminal can reproduce the selected image information at a plurality of alarm times according to the setting of the user.

In addition, the alarm providing terminal may match one or more pieces of image information reproduced by the set one or more alarm times.

For example, the user can select a plurality of pieces of image information, and can set the plurality of pieces of image information to be continuously reproduced or randomly reproduced at the set alarm time. The alarm providing terminal may match a plurality of pieces of image information according to an alarm time according to a user's setting, and continuously reproduce a plurality of pieces of image information selected when the set alarm time comes, or may randomly reproduce the pieces of image information.

Hereinafter, a method of communicating with an external playback apparatus and reproducing video information through an external playback apparatus will be described.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing image information through an external playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention as an alarm.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) capable of searching the external playback apparatus 530 through the network equipment 520 can be constructed.

The network device 520 can search for an external playback device 530 capable of mutual data transmission and reception at a location where the alarm providing terminal 510 is located and the alarm providing terminal 510 can be connected to the network device 520 The external reproducing apparatus 530 can be grasped.

The alarm providing terminal 510 can communicate with the searched external reproducing device through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

The alarm providing terminal 510 pushes the image information to the connected external reproducing apparatus 530 when the alarming terminal 510 arrives at the set alarm time and the cloud server can control the external reproducing apparatus 530 to reproduce the image information have.

The alarm providing terminal can provide an alarm through another alarm providing terminal capable of sharing information.

6 to 8 illustrate an example of sharing alarm time and image information preset in another alarm providing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the alarm providing terminal selects another user to share an alarm through a shared application capable of sharing information such as an SMS application, an instant messenger application, and an SNS application, and shares an alarm with another user selected in the shared application The user can click the alarm sharing button 610 to share the alarm.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the alarm providing terminal 710 is set to share the alarm set through the shared application as described above, when the alarm time arrives at the set alarm time, the alarm server 710 Information can be controlled to be reproduced.

8, an alarm providing terminal 810 provides an alarm using an external reproducing apparatus 840 communicatively connected to another alarm providing terminal 820 via DLNA established by the network equipment 830 It is possible.

For example, when the alarm providing terminal 810 is set to share the alarm set through the shared application as described above, the alarm server 810 can receive the image information from the alarm providing terminal 820 by the cloud server It can be controlled to be reproduced.

At this time, the network device 830 may search for an external playback device 840 capable of mutual data transmission and reception at a location where the other alarm providing terminal 820 is located, and the other alarm providing terminal 820 may search for the network device 830 It is possible to grasp the external playback device 840 that can be connected.

The other alarm providing terminal 820 can communicate with the searched external reproducing apparatus through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

The other alarm providing terminal 820 pushes image information to the connected external reproducing apparatus 840 when the alarm time arrives at the set alarm time, and the cloud server controls the external reproducing apparatus 840 to reproduce the image information .

Hereinafter, an alarm providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The alarm providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed by the alarm providing terminal described above.

9 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the alarm providing terminal sets at least one alarm time (910). At this time, the image list may be information stored in the cloud server, and the alarm providing terminal may store an alarm list including the at least one alarm time.

The alarm providing terminal provides an image list (920), and selects one or more image information among at least one image information included in the image list (930).

The alarm-providing terminal can reproduce a plurality of pieces of image information for each alarm time by matching one or more pieces of image information reproduced by the set one or more alarm times.

The alarm providing terminal may set the at least one alarm time for each of the at least one selected image information and reproduce the selected image at a plurality of times.

When the alarm providing terminal arrives at the one or more alarm times, the alarm providing terminal streams the selected one or more pieces of image information from the cloud server (940) and reproduces the received image information (950).

The alarm providing terminal can communicate with the external reproducing apparatus in a communicative manner and reproduce the image information through the external reproducing apparatus.

The alarm providing terminal can be communicatively connected to an external reproducing apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving data through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance).

The alarm providing terminal can push the received image information to the connected external reproducing apparatus through the cloud server and control the received external image information to be reproduced by the external server through the cloud server have.

Also, the alarm providing terminal may share the set one or more alarm times and the selected one or more pieces of image information with another one or more terminals.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

100: an alarm providing terminal 110: an alarm control unit
120: storage unit 130:
140: image selector 150: image receiver
160: image reproducing unit 170:
180: network management unit 190: information sharing unit

Claims (15)

An alarm control unit for setting one or more alarm times;
An image providing unit for providing a video list;
An image selection unit that receives at least one image information from at least one image information included in the image list;
An image receiving unit for streaming the selected at least one image information from the cloud server when the at least one alarm time arrives;
An image reproducing unit for reproducing the received image information; And
An information sharing unit for sharing the at least one alarm time and the selected one or more pieces of image information with each other,
The alarm providing terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The image list includes:
Information stored in the cloud server,
Alarm providing terminal. The method according to claim 1,
A storage unit for storing an alarm list including the at least one alarm time;
Further comprising an alarm providing terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the image selection unit comprises:
And one or more pieces of image information to be reproduced according to the set one or more alarm times
Alarm providing terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The alarm control unit,
And setting the one or more alarm times for the selected one or more pieces of image information
Alarm providing terminal. The method according to claim 1,
A network management unit communicatively connecting with an external playback apparatus capable of mutual data transmission / reception through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)
Further comprising an alarm providing terminal. The method according to claim 6,
The alarm control unit,
And pushing the received video information to the connected external playback device through the cloud server,
Alarm providing terminal. An alarm providing method using an alarm providing terminal,
Setting one or more alarm times;
Providing a video list;
Receiving at least one image information from at least one image information included in the image list;
Streaming the selected one or more pieces of image information from the cloud server when the one or more alarm times come;
Reproducing the received video information; And
Sharing one or more terminals with the set one or more alarm times and the selected one or more pieces of video information with each other
Lt; / RTI > 9. The method of claim 8,
The image list includes:
Information stored in the cloud server,
How to provide alarm. 9. The method of claim 8,
Storing an alarm list including the one or more alarm times
Further comprising the steps of: 9. The method of claim 8,
A step of matching at least one piece of image information reproduced by the set one or more alarm times
Further comprising the steps of: 9. The method of claim 8,
Setting at least one alarm time for each of the at least one selected image information
Further comprising the steps of: 9. The method of claim 8,
Communicating with an external playback device capable of transmitting and receiving data through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)
Further comprising the steps of: 14. The method of claim 13,
Pushing the received video information to the connected external playback device through the cloud server
Further comprising the steps of: A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for performing the method of any one of claims 8 to 14.

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