Method and device for reminding based on alarm clock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016307434-A1
Application number	US-201615130097-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Apr 16, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for a terminal to perform reminding includes outputting first reminding information according to a first event alarm of an event flow alarm clock at a first reminding time of the first event alarm. The event flow alarm clock contains at least two event alarms. The method further includes, when there exists a second event alarm having a second reminding time later than the first reminding time, outputting second reminding information according to the second event alarm at the second reminding time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for a terminal to perform reminding, comprising:
outputting first reminding information according to a first event alarm of an event flow alarm clock at a first reminding time of the first event alarm, the event flow alarm clock containing at least two event alarms; and outputting, when there exists a second event alarm having a second reminding time later than the first reminding time, second reminding information according to the second event alarm at the second reminding time.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
querying a database of the event flow alarm clock to judge whether the second event alarm exists, the database being stored in at least one of a cloud server or the terminal.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the database is stored in the cloud server, and outputting the second reminding information includes:
receiving the second reminding information sent by the cloud server; and
outputting the second reminding information at a preset time length.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
acquiring the database when the database is stored in the cloud server, wherein acquiring the database includes:
sending to the cloud server a request for acquiring the database; and
receiving information of the database from the cloud server.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the database is stored locally in the terminal, and outputting the second reminding information includes:
reading the second reminding information from the database; and
outputting the second reminding information at a preset time length.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein outputting the second reminding information includes:
outputting at least one of a ring tone, a voice, an image-text, or a video.

7 . The method of claim 2 ,
wherein the database is stored locally in the terminal, the method further comprising, before querying the database:
setting reminding times and reminding information of the event alarms contained in the event flow alarm clock in the database.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein setting the reminding times of the event alarms includes, for an event alarm being set:
receiving a time; and storing the time as a reminding time of the event alarm being set.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein setting the reminding times of the event alarms includes, for an event alarm being set:
outputting and displaying a list of times; receiving a time selected from the list of times; and storing the selected time as a reminding time of the event alarm being set.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein setting the reminding times of the event alarms includes, for an event alarm being set:
querying and displaying a list of identifications of existing alarm clocks; selecting, according to an identification selected from the list, a corresponding alarm clock as the event alarm being set; and setting a reminding time of the corresponding alarm clock as a reminding time of the event alarm being set.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein setting the reminding times of the event alarms includes:
setting a reminding time of a first event alarm contained in the event flow alarm clock; for a second event alarm to a last event alarm contained in the event flow alarm clock, successively setting a time interval between an event alarm being set and a previous event alarm; and calculating, based on the time interval and a reminding time of the previous event alarm, a reminding time of the event alarm being set.

12 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising, when the database is stored locally in the terminal:
recording identifications of event alarms having finished reminding in the database, monitoring whether the event flow alarm clock has finished reminding; calculating, when it is monitored that the event flow alarm clock has finished reminding, completeness by calculating a ratio of a number of recorded identifications to a total number of the event alarms in the event flow alarm clock; and adjusting the event flow alarm clock based on the completeness.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein monitoring whether the event flow alarm clock has finished reminding includes:
receiving an instruction of aborting the event flow alarm clock; or judging that the second event alarm does not exist.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the event alarms are respectively associated with events that are correlated with each other.

15 . A terminal, comprising:
a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
output first reminding information according to a first event alarm of an event flow alarm clock at a first reminding time of the first event alarm, the event flow alarm clock containing at least two event alarms; and
output, when there exists a second event alarm having a second reminding time later than the first reminding time, second reminding information according to the second event alarm at the second reminding time.

16 . The terminal of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
query a database of the event flow alarm clock to judge whether the second event alarm exists, the database being stored in at least one of a cloud server or the terminal.

17 . The terminal of claim 16 , wherein:
the database is stored locally in the terminal, and the instructions further cause the processor to, before querying the database:
set reminding times and reminding information of the event alarms contained in the event flow alarm clock in the database.

18 . The terminal of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to, for an event alarm being set:
query and display a list of identifications of existing alarm clocks; select, according to an identification selected from the list, a corresponding alarm clock as the event alarm being set; and set a reminding time of the corresponding alarm clock as a reminding time of the event alarm being set.

19 . The terminal of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
set a reminding time of a first event alarm contained in the event flow alarm clock; for a second event alarm to a last event alarm contained in the event flow alarm clock, successively set a time interval between an event alarm being set and a previous event alarm; and calculate, based on the time interval and a reminding time of the previous event alarm, a reminding time of the event alarm being set.

20 . The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to, when the database is stored locally in the terminal:
record identifications of event alarms having finished reminding in the database, monitor whether the event flow alarm clock has finished reminding; calculate, when it is monitored that the event flow alarm clock has finished reminding, completeness by calculating a ratio of a number of recorded identifications to a total number of the event alarms in the event flow alarm clock; and adjust the event flow alarm clock based on the completeness.

21 . A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to:
output first reminding information according to a first event alarm of an event flow alarm clock at a first reminding time of the first event alarm, the event flow alarm clock containing

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Wang Hongqiang
• Gao Yi
• Long Hai

Classifications

• G08B21/24 Primary

  Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms · CPC title

• H04M1/72522

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G04G13/026 Primary

  acting at a number of different times · CPC title

• H04M1/72403 Primary

  with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality · CPC title

• G06Q10/109

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title