KR20060039502A - A method for control alarm time and a system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling an alarm time. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling an alarm time so that a subscriber can efficiently use an alarm function by changing and outputting an alarm time according to the weather. It is about.

A mobile communication terminal for controlling an alarm time according to the weather according to the present invention comprises: a user input unit for receiving an alarm time, a change alarm time according to weather information, and information on whether to use a change alarm service from a subscriber; A storage unit for recording information on the set alarm time, change alarm time and change alarm service; A message receiver configured to receive a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; A determination unit determining whether to provide a change alarm service by referring to information on whether to use the change alarm service; An extraction unit configured to extract the change alarm time from the storage unit when the determination result change alarm service is provided; And an output unit configured to output an alarm at the extracted change alarm time.

According to the present invention, there is an effect of providing convenience to a mobile communication terminal subscriber by providing an alarm by fluidly changing an alarm time according to the weather.

Mobile terminal, weather information server, alarm time control, weather information message

Description

A METHOD FOR CONTROL ALARM TIME AND A SYSTEM THEREOF

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of an alarm time control system according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the internal configuration of the weather information providing server according to the present invention.

4A and 4B illustrate a database of a weather information providing server according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling an alarm time in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

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210: user input unit

220: storage unit

230: message receiving unit

240: judgment unit

250: message determination unit

260: extraction unit

270: output unit

The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling an alarm time. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling an alarm time so that a subscriber can efficiently use an alarm function by changing and outputting an alarm time according to the weather. It is about.

Today, mobile communication terminals are becoming more and more common by using them in a wide age group regardless of age or sex. Therefore, the mobile communication terminal is able to provide more services than the conventional necessities necessary for modern people. Among the services provided by the mobile communication terminal, functions such as Internet access, storage, and calculation that were available on a computer, and alarm functions provided by a watch are also provided.

The alarm function has evolved from simply setting an alarm time to allowing a subscriber to set whether or not a holiday alarm, the number of repetitions, a time interval, etc., to maximize the convenience of the subscriber.

The subscriber can use the alarm function as a way to wake up in the morning. However, even if the subscriber happens at the alarm time, bad weather often arrives at the destination later than the intended time because the traffic conditions on the way to work change very fluidly according to the weather of the day. This is because, in the case of rain or snow, traffic jams are worse than in other days. If the alarm time is set earlier for this purpose, there is a problem that the subscriber always wakes up too early than the desired time.

Therefore, there is a demand for a method in which the mobile terminal automatically changes the alarm time according to the weather so that the subscriber can use the alarm function more usefully. That is, in the present invention, it is possible to provide an alarm to the mobile communication terminal subscriber by providing an alarm by changing the alarm time in accordance with the weather.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and provides an alarm time control method and system that enables the subscriber to efficiently use the alarm function by changing the alarm time according to the weather and outputting to the mobile terminal subscribers. It aims to provide.

Because the traffic conditions on the way to work are very different depending on the weather, it is sometimes difficult to meet the time when the alarm is output at the same time. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing a more convenient alarm function to the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal by changing the alarm time in accordance with the daily weather in preparation for the bad traffic conditions according to the weather. do.

The present invention provides a method and system for outputting an alarm earlier than the alarm time set by the subscriber when the traffic conditions are bad due to bad weather such as rain or snow so that the mobile terminal subscriber is not late due to the weather at the destination place. It aims to provide.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, the mobile communication terminal for controlling the alarm time according to the weather according to the present invention, the alarm time, the change alarm time according to the weather information and whether or not to use the change alarm service A user input unit for receiving information; A storage unit for recording information on the set alarm time, change alarm time and change alarm service; A message receiver configured to receive a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; A determination unit determining whether to provide a change alarm service by referring to information on whether to use the change alarm service; An extraction unit configured to extract the change alarm time from the storage unit when the determination result change alarm service is provided; And an output unit configured to output an alarm at the extracted change alarm time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a server for providing weather information includes a weather information database including weather information for each time period; A subscriber information database including an alarm time associated with a subscriber and a number of said subscriber's mobile communication terminal; A message generator for generating a weather information message including weather information by referring to the weather information database; And a message transmitter for transmitting the weather information message to the mobile communication terminal using the number before the alarm time associated with the subscriber.

Hereinafter, an alarm time control method and system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of an alarm time control system according to the present invention.

The alarm time control system is changed according to the received weather information message from the weather information providing server 120 and the weather information providing server 120 for transmitting a weather information message including the weather information to the mobile communication terminal 110. It includes a mobile communication terminal 110 for controlling to output an alarm in time.

The mobile communication terminal 110 receives an alarm time, a change alarm time according to weather information, and information on whether to use a change alarm service from a subscriber, and records the information in a storage unit. The mobile communication terminal 110 receives a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server 120 before the alarm time. When the weather information message is received, the mobile communication terminal 110 determines whether to provide a change alarm service with reference to information on whether to use the change alarm service, and when the change result provides the change alarm service, the storage unit from the storage unit. Extract alarm time and output alarm.

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 100 has an advantage of outputting an alarm earlier than the alarm time set by the subscriber according to the weather so that the subscriber can cope with the traffic situation affected by the weather in advance.

The weather information providing server 120 maintains a weather information database including weather information for each hour, and maintains it in a subscriber information database including an alarm time associated with a subscriber and the number of the mobile communication terminal of the subscriber. In addition, the weather information providing server 120 may generate a weather information message including weather information with reference to the weather information database. The weather information providing server 120 identifies the alarm time set by the predetermined subscriber and the number of the mobile communication terminal of the subscriber with reference to the subscriber information database, and moves the subscriber by using the number before the alarm time. The weather information message may be transmitted to the communication terminal.

2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 200 includes a user input unit 210, a storage unit 220, a message receiving unit 230, a determination unit 240, a message determination unit 250, an extraction unit 260, and an output unit 270. Include.

The user input unit 210 receives information on an alarm time, a change alarm time according to weather information, and whether to use a change alarm service. The change alarm time is a time set to output an alarm earlier than usual when it is expected that the traffic conditions on the way to work are not good when it rains or snows considering the daily weather. Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber may receive a period for calculating the change alarm time, not the change alarm time itself.

The change alarm time is earlier than the alarm time and can be set to a time desired by the subscriber. In addition, when a period is input, a time before the period may be calculated as a change alarm time from the alarm time.

In addition, the information on whether or not to use the change alarm service is information on whether or not the alarm should sound at the set or calculated change alarm time. The subscriber who has set up to use the change alarm service will change the alarm time according to the weather, and the subscriber who has not set up to use the change alarm service will output an alarm at the alarm time regardless of the weather.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, when the user input unit 210 receives a change alarm time other than the alarm time from the subscriber, even if the subscriber does not separately set the use of the change alarm service, depending on the weather An alarm can also be output at the changed change alarm time.

The user input unit 210 transmits the input information to the storage unit 220. The storage unit 220 stores information on an alarm time, a change alarm time, or whether a change alarm service is used through the user input unit 210.

The message receiver 230 receives a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server 120 before the alarm time or before the change alarm time. The weather information message may include distinguishing information for distinguishing from a short message message generally used as a predetermined short message service (SMS). That is, the weather information message may include a TI value distinguished from weather information and other short text messages.

Therefore, the message determining unit 250 may read the weather information message received through the message receiving unit 230 to distinguish it from other short text messages. If the received short message includes the TI value, the message determination unit 250 determines the received short message as a weather information message.

The determination unit 240 determines whether to provide a change alarm service with reference to the information on whether to use the change alarm service stored in the storage unit 220. The determination unit 240 notifies the extraction unit 260 when the change alarm service is provided.

The extraction unit 260 receives a notification that the change alarm service is provided by the determination unit 240, and extracts the change alarm time from the storage unit 220. The output unit 270 outputs an alarm at the change alarm time extracted through the extraction unit 260.

In addition, when storing the period as in the above-described embodiment, the extraction unit 260 extracts the alarm time and the period from the storage unit 220. In addition, the output unit 270 calculates a time before the extracted period from the extracted alarm time as a change alarm time, and outputs an alarm at the calculated change alarm time.

3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an internal configuration of a weather information providing server according to the present invention.

The weather information providing server 300 includes a message generator 310, a message transmitter 320, a weather information database 330, and a subscriber information database 340. Detailed description of the database will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

4A is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an internal configuration of a weather information database according to the present invention. The weather information database 330 includes hourly weather information. Although the drawings show that the weather information is updated and stored every hour, the update time may be different, such as updating in real time or updating weather information only when the weather changes.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 4A, since the weather may vary from region to region, the region set by the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal 200 including the hourly weather information for each region, or the area where the mobile communication terminal 200 is located. Provide weather information for The location of the mobile communication terminal 200 may be determined based on, for example, a base station with which the mobile communication terminal 200 communicates or by using a GPS module built in the mobile communication terminal 200.

4B is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an internal configuration of a subscriber information database according to the present invention. The subscriber information database 340 includes an alarm time associated with a subscriber or the number of the subscriber's mobile communication terminal. The subscriber information database 340 stores the alarm time 420 or the number 430 of the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the name or identifier of the subscriber 410 using the change alarm service.

In addition, the weather information providing server 300 manages the information on the subscriber 410 to provide the weather information for the region to which the subscriber 410 belongs. In addition, when the subscriber 410 sets the notification time of the mobile communication terminal 200, the alarm time 420 may be stored by receiving the alarm time from the mobile communication terminal 200.

The message generator 410 generates a weather information message including weather information with reference to the weather information database 330. The message generator 410 may include weather information of a region to which the subscriber 410 belongs and may indicate that the message is a weather information message by including a TI value distinguished from other text messages.

The message transmitter 420 transmits a weather information message to the mobile communication terminal 200 using the number before the alarm time associated with the subscriber 410.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber information database may not include an alarm time. At this time, the weather information providing server 300, when the weather information that has a transmission value is updated, for example, the weather information including the weather information whenever the weather information such as "heavy advisory", "heavy rain", etc. is obtained The message may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 200. In this case, when the weather information message is input before the alarm time and the change alarm service is set, the mobile communication terminal 200 may determine whether to output an alarm at the change alarm time.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm time control method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

First, in step S510, the mobile communication terminal 200 receives information about an alarm time, a change alarm time according to weather information, and whether to use a change alarm service from a subscriber.

In operation S520, the mobile communication terminal 200 records the information on the set alarm time, the change alarm time, and whether to use the change alarm service in the storage 220 of the mobile communication terminal.

In step S540, the mobile communication terminal 200 receives a weather information message including the weather information before the alarm time from the weather information providing server 300.

In operation S550, the mobile communication terminal 200 determines whether to provide a change alarm service with reference to the information on whether to use the change alarm service. In operation S560, when the mobile terminal 200 provides the change result alarm service, the mobile communication terminal 200 extracts the change alarm time from the storage unit.

In step S570, the mobile communication terminal 200 outputs an alarm at the extracted change alarm time in the mobile communication terminal.

The alarm time control method according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, 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. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the present invention, there is provided an alarm time control method and system which enables a subscriber to efficiently use an alarm function by changing and outputting an alarm time according to the weather to a mobile communication terminal subscriber.

In addition, since traffic conditions on the way to work are very different depending on the weather, it is sometimes difficult to meet the time when the alarm is output at the same time. Therefore, the present invention provides a more convenient alarm function to the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal by changing the alarm time in accordance with the daily weather in preparation for the bad traffic conditions according to the weather.

In addition, according to the present invention, if the traffic conditions are bad due to bad weather such as rain or snow, an alarm is output earlier than the alarm time set by the subscriber so that the mobile terminal subscriber is not late due to the weather at the destination place. Provide a method and system.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

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In the mobile communication terminal for controlling the alarm time according to the weather, A user input unit configured to receive information about a change alarm time according to an alarm time, weather information, and whether to use a change alarm service from a subscriber; A storage unit for recording information on the set alarm time, change alarm time and change alarm service; A message receiver configured to receive a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; A determination unit determining whether to provide a change alarm service by referring to information on whether to use the change alarm service; An extraction unit configured to extract the change alarm time from the storage unit when the determination result change alarm service is provided; And An output unit for outputting an alarm at the extracted change alarm time Mobile communication terminal comprising a. In the mobile communication terminal for controlling the alarm time according to the weather, Receiving a period for determining an alarm time and a change alarm time from a subscriber; A storage unit which records the set alarm time and the period; A message receiver configured to receive a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; An extraction unit for extracting the period from the storage unit when the weather information message is received; And An output unit configured to calculate a change alarm time using the alarm time and the period and output an alarm at the calculated change alarm time Mobile communication terminal comprising a. In the mobile communication terminal for controlling the alarm time according to the weather, A user input unit for receiving a change alarm time according to an alarm time and weather information from a subscriber; A storage unit for recording the set alarm time and the changed alarm time; A message receiver configured to receive a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; An extraction unit for extracting the change alarm time from the storage unit when the weather information message is received; And An output unit for outputting an alarm at the extracted change alarm time Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the weather information message is a predetermined short text message (SMS). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And a message determining unit which reads the received weather information message and distinguishes it from other short text messages. In the server for providing weather information, A weather information database including weather information for each time period; A subscriber information database including an alarm time associated with a subscriber or a number of said subscriber's mobile communication terminal; A message generator for generating a weather information message including a discriminator for identifying a weather information and a weather information message by referring to the weather information database; And Message transmission unit for transmitting the weather information message to the mobile communication terminal using the number before the alarm time associated with the subscriber Weather information providing server comprising a. A control system for controlling an alarm time of a mobile communication terminal, A weather information providing server including weather information, an alarm time for each subscriber and a number of a mobile communication terminal, and transmitting a weather information message including the weather information to the mobile communication terminal before an alarm time set by the subscriber; And A mobile communication terminal which receives a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server and outputs an alarm at a changed time according to the received weather information message. Including, The mobile communication terminal, A storage unit which records information on an alarm time, a change alarm time, and whether a change alarm service is used; A message receiver configured to receive a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; A determination unit determining whether to provide a change alarm service by referring to information on whether to use the change alarm service; An extraction unit configured to extract the change alarm time from the storage unit when the determination result change alarm service is provided; And An output unit for outputting an alarm at the extracted change alarm time Alarm control system in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. In the alarm control method of a mobile communication terminal, Receiving information on an alarm time, a change alarm time according to weather information, and whether to use a change alarm service from a subscriber; Recording information on the set alarm time, a change alarm time, and whether to use a change alarm service in a storage unit of the mobile communication terminal; Receiving a weather information message including weather information from the weather information providing server before the alarm time; Determining whether to provide a change alarm service by referring to information on whether to use the change alarm service; If the determination result change alarm service is provided, extracting the change alarm time from the storage unit; And Outputting an alarm at the extracted change alarm time in the mobile communication terminal; Alarm control method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 8.

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