Customizing group alarms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9715820-B1
Application number	US-201615172218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 3, 2016
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

An approach to providing a group alarm clock wherein the next group alarm is specified by a group member acknowledging a previous group alarm. The approach allows members to join a group alarm clock and provide alarm preferences to the group alarm clock. When the approach determines that the conditions of activating a group alarm are met, the group alarm is sent to the group members. The first group member to acknowledge the group alarm selects the alarm for the next round and is removed from the group. Iterations of group alarms continue until the group alarm clock no longer has any members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for setting a plurality of group alarms for a group alarm clock by a plurality of members of the group alarm clock, the method comprising:
a) receiving, by a group alarm application, a plurality of requests for membership in a group alarm clock by a group of members;
b) configuring, by a group alarm application, a group alarm based on information associated with the group of members;
c) determining, by the group alarm application, if a condition associated with activating the group alarm has been met;
d) responsive to determining, by the group alarm application, that the condition has been met, sending the group alarm toward the group of members;
e) receiving, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the group alarm sent by a member of the group of members;
f) removing the member sending the acknowledgement from the group of members;
g) configuring, by a group alarm application, a next group alarm based on information associated with the prior acknowledgement;
h) determining, by the group alarm application, if a next condition associated with activating the next group alarm has been met;
i) responsive to determining the next condition has been met, sending, by the group alarm application, the next group alarm toward the group of members; and
j) receiving, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the next group alarm from a member of the group of members.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the group alarm application, if there is at least one member in the group of members;
responsive to determining there is at least one member in the group of members, repeating, by the group alarm application, f), g), h) i) and j) until the group of members is empty.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition comprises a first date and first time and the next condition comprises an offset time from the first data and first time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acknowledgement and the prior acknowledgement are associated with the first member to respond to a group alarm.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
tracking response times and durations of group alarms for each iteration of the group alarm clock.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the group alarm clock is associated with at least one of a calendar activity and a social media network.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein group alarms and next group alarms are dynamically suggested based on an analysis of a group alarm acknowledging group member.

8. A computer program product for setting a plurality of group alarms for a group alarm clock by a plurality of members of the group alarm clock, the computer program product comprising:
one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
a) program instructions to receive, by a group alarm application, a plurality of requests for membership in a group alarm clock by a group of members;
b) program instructions to configure, by a group alarm application, a group alarm based on information associated with the group of members;
c) program instructions to determine, by the group alarm application, if a condition associated with activating the group alarm has been met;
d) responsive to program instructions to determine that the condition has been met, program instructions to send, by the group alarm application, the group alarm toward the group of members;
e) program instructions to receive, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the group alarm sent by a member of the group of members;
f) program instructions to remove the member sending the acknowledgement from the group of members;
g) program instructions to configure, by a group alarm application, a next group alarm based on information associated with the prior acknowledgement;
h) program instructions to determine, by the group alarm application, if a next condition associated with activating the next group alarm has been met;
i) responsive to determining the next condition has been met, sending, by the group alarm application, the next group alarm toward the group of members; and
j) receiving, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the next group alarm from a member of the group of members.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining, by the group alarm application, if there is at least one member in the group of members;
responsive to determining there is at least one member in the group of members, repeating, by the group alarm application, f), g), h) i) and j) until the group of members is empty.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the condition comprises a first date and first time and the next condition comprises an offset time from the first data and first time.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the acknowledgement and the prior acknowledgement are associated with the first member to respond to a group alarm.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
tracking response times and durations of group alarms for each iteration of the group alarm clock.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the group alarm clock is associated with at least one of a calendar activity and a social media network.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein group alarms and next group alarms are dynamically suggested based on an analysis of a group alarm acknowledging group member.

15. A computer system for setting a plurality of group alarms for a group alarm clock by a plurality of members of the group alarm clock, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
a) program instructions to receive, by a group alarm application, a plurality of requests for membership in a group alarm clock by a group of members;
b) program instructions to configure, by a group alarm application, a group alarm based on information associated with the group of members;
c) program instructions to determine, by the group alarm application, if a condition associated with activating the group alarm has been met;
d) responsive to program instructions to determine that the condition has been met, program instructions to send, by the group alarm application, the group alarm toward the group of members;
e) program instructions to receive, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the group alarm sent by a member of the group of members;
f) program instructions to remove the member sending the acknowledgement from the group of members;
g) program instructions to configure, by a group alarm application, a next group alarm based on information associated with the prior acknowledgement;
h) program instructions to determine, by the group alarm application, if a next condition associated with activating the next group alarm has been met;
i) responsive to determining the next condition has been met, sending, by the group alarm application, the next group alarm toward the group of members; and
j) receiving, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the next group alarm from a member of the group of members.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
determin

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Boss Gregory J
• Jagannathan Harini
• Mcconnell Kevin C
• Pham Minh Q

Classifications

• H04L67/1048 Primary

  Departure or maintenance mechanisms · CPC title

• H04L67/1046

  Joining mechanisms · CPC title

• H04L12/1895

  for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates · CPC title

• G04G13/02

  at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks · CPC title

• H04L69/28

  Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols · CPC title