A time management method and a time management terminal

Abstract

The present invention discloses a time management method and a time management terminal, and relates to the field of time management. The time management method of the present invention comprises the following steps: after a time response is triggered at a first time point, the time management terminal switches to a first timing mode; when the first timing mode ends, the time management terminal is triggered to respond at a second time point; when the time management terminal receives an instruction to switch to a second timing mode, the time management terminal judges the subsequent preset response according to the accumulated duration of the second timing mode, and adjusts the subsequent response according to the interference situation. The present invention also discloses a time management terminal, including a human-computer interaction module, the human-computer interaction module includes a first interaction unit and / or a second interaction unit, the first interaction unit is configured to start or terminate an event process, and the second interaction unit is configured to intervene in the event process. The present invention first reminds, then times, and then reminds, which embodies the systematicness and integrity of time management.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of time management, and in particular to a time management method and a time management terminal. Background Art

[0002] Traditional time management products include alarm clocks and timers, but these products have defects such as single function, complex settings, large time error, and limited number of preset reminders. They cannot meet the needs of continuous time management and cannot provide systematic time management for people who are highly dependent on reminders. Mobile APP-based time management software can meet the needs of functional design, but because mobile phones and PAD-based carriers will move around with the owner's activities, they cannot help people who require the alarm to be fixed in position.

[0003] In addition, existing time management products cannot meet user needs. Most of the plans made by users using time management products are ultimately not executed as planned, the so-called "plans cannot keep up with changes". The most important reason is that existing time management products are "rigid" in the execution of plans set by users. The actual situation is that rigid plans are often not strictly enforced. There are always unexpected or urgent events inserted, resulting in a series of plans not being reminded according to the actual situation, which is completely unable to meet the user's time management needs.

[0004] Therefore, those skilled in the art are committed to developing a time management method and a time management terminal, which combine an alarm clock and a timer to provide users with a "flexible" time management mode. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is how to address the shortcomings of the existing alarm clocks and timers, and how to combine the alarm clocks and timers to enable users to manage time more conveniently and promote the execution of the planned plans.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides a time management method, comprising the following steps: after a time response is triggered at a first time point, the time management terminal enters a first timing mode; when the first timing mode ends, the time management terminal is triggered to respond at a second time point; when the time management terminal receives an instruction to enter a second timing mode, the time management terminal judges a subsequent preset response based on the accumulated duration of the second timing mode, and adjusts the subsequent response based on interference conditions.

[0007] Furthermore, the preset response has a time length requirement.

[0008] Furthermore, the time management terminal triggers a response at a preset time interval to exit the second timing mode.

[0009] Furthermore, if the accumulated duration in the second timing mode and the interval between the current event and the subsequent event meet a preset condition, the subsequent event is adjusted.

[0010] Furthermore, if the accumulated duration of the second timing mode is greater than or equal to the interval between the current event and the subsequent event, the subsequent event is adjusted.

[0011] Furthermore, the adjustment made to the subsequent event includes adjusting the start time, end time and / or duration of the subsequent event.

[0012] Furthermore, during the first timing mode or the second timing mode, the time management terminal switches to a third timing mode.

[0013] Furthermore, when a time-out response of any timing mode is triggered, if a time-out response of another timing mode is in progress, the time-out response of this timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the other timing mode is completed.

[0014] Furthermore, when the time-out response of the third timing mode is triggered, if the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is in progress, the time-out response of the third timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is completed.

[0015] Furthermore, when the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is triggered, if the time-out response of the third timing mode is in progress, the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the third timing mode is completed.

[0016] The present invention also provides a time management terminal, including a human-computer interaction module, wherein the human-computer interaction module includes a first interaction unit and / or a second interaction unit, wherein the first interaction unit is configured to start or terminate an event process, and the second interaction unit is configured to intervene in the event process.

[0017] Further, the first interaction unit is configured to receive an instruction to start or terminate an event process.

[0018] Furthermore, the second interaction unit is configured to receive a request for interruption or delay of an event process or for exiting interruption or exiting delay.

[0019] Furthermore, the human-computer interaction module includes an input unit, and the input unit is a combination of one or more of a button, a keyboard, a voice unit, a touch unit, a somatosensory unit, a gesture unit, and an infrared unit.

[0020] Furthermore, the human-computer interaction module includes an input unit, and the input unit is a combination of one or more of a sound sensing unit, a light sensing unit, an electric sensing unit, and a magnetic sensing unit.

[0021] Furthermore, the human-computer interaction module includes an output unit, the output unit includes a sound output unit, and the sound output unit is configured to output a corresponding volume according to a scene.

[0022] Furthermore, the human-computer interaction module includes an output unit, the output unit includes a display output unit, and the display output unit is configured to output corresponding content according to the scene.

[0023] Furthermore, the display output unit includes one or more combinations of an electrophoretic ink paper display, a monochrome display, a grayscale display, a full-color screen, a reflective, semi-transmissive or transmissive thin film transistor display, an organic light-emitting diode display, a micro-electromechanical display or a reflective display device.

[0024] The time management terminal described in the present invention can provide users with a "flexible" way to manage time, so that various time responses are no longer generated abruptly, and the intelligent adjustment of subsequent events is more in line with user usage habits, thereby improving user usage stickiness.

[0025] The concept, specific structure and technical effects of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to fully understand the purpose, characteristics and effects of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 It is a functional module diagram of a time management terminal of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The time management method and the time management terminal of the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with embodiments.

[0028] The time management method of the present invention takes an example, where the user sets an alarm at 6 o'clock on the time management terminal to start the task of getting up, and then the alarm will sound every 10 minutes until the user instructs to complete the task of getting up. The duration of the task of getting up is 20 minutes, and the subsequent task is the task of eating breakfast, the duration of the task of eating breakfast is 30 minutes, and the time interval between the task of getting up and the task of eating breakfast is 5 minutes. Therefore, according to this plan, the time management terminal will sound the alarm at 6 o'clock at the first time point, and switch to the first timing mode, count down for 10 minutes, during which the user has no feedback, and when the 10 minutes are counted, the time management terminal will sound the alarm again at 6:10 at the second time point.

[0029] However, the actual situation may be that when the user gets up at 6:08 to brush his teeth and wash his face, he finds that there is no water, so he instructs the time management terminal to switch to the second timing mode. Then the user calls the property to communicate about the water outage. After the communication is completed, the user instructs the time management terminal to exit the second timing mode.

[0030] If the user spends more than 5 minutes communicating with the property management, that is, the accumulated time in the second timing mode exceeds the time interval between the waking up task and the breakfast task, then the time management terminal will intelligently adjust the subsequent breakfast task. There are two ways to make adjustments here. The first way is to keep the duration of the breakfast task and move the start and end time of the breakfast task backwards. The second way is to keep the end time of the breakfast task unchanged and shorten the duration of the breakfast task. The time management terminal will intelligently determine which method to take for adjustment based on the task attributes.

[0031] In the above example, when the user instructs the time management terminal to switch to the second timing mode, the time management terminal will sound an alarm at a certain time interval, such as 1 minute, to remind the user to exit the second timing mode to prevent the user from forgetting to exit the second timing mode.

[0032] In the above example, after entering the second timing mode, the time management terminal will determine in real time whether the accumulated duration of the second timing mode is greater than the interval between the current task and the subsequent task. When the accumulated duration is about to be greater than or equal to the interval, and when the user receives an instruction to exit the second timing mode, the time management terminal will make intelligent adjustments to the subsequent tasks.

[0033] In the above example, the user can insert the third timing mode during the first timing mode or the second timing mode. The third timing mode can be a time reminder without duration or a time reminder with duration. For example, during the breakfast task, the user can insert a time reminder that goes off at 6:40 to remind the user to check the news or emails of the day, or can insert a time reminder with a duration of 10 minutes, i.e. from 6:40 to 6:50, to check the news or emails of the day.

[0034] In the above example, the alarm sound accompanying the start or end of the timing mode has a duration, generally ranging from half a second (a "ding" sound) to several minutes (a music melody). When the alarm of any timing mode is triggered while the alarm of other timing modes is in progress, the triggered alarm will be postponed until the ongoing alarm ends.

[0035] like Figure 1As shown, the time management terminal of the present invention includes a human-computer interaction module, which further includes an input unit and an output unit. The input unit of this embodiment includes two buttons, one button is used to receive the customer's confirmation of the start and completion of the task; the other button is used to receive the customer's request for interruption, delay, etc. of the execution process. The time management terminal is equipped with a voice receiving microphone for voice control of the device, such as playing the same input role as the above two buttons; voice information can also be sent to the APP end. The time management terminal can receive and play independent voice information from the APP end, and has a remote instant voice information function.

[0036] The time management terminal is equipped with a WIFI module and is configured to receive reminder settings from the APP, as well as to send the execution results of the time management terminal and the user's input through buttons, thereby forming an interaction between people, machines and APP. The time management terminal is equipped with a display screen to display the content required for the reminder, date and time, timing, countdown and other human-computer interaction content, and also provides a display function for text information from the APP. The time management terminal is equipped with a speaker to provide a time alarm and a series of process reminders, and also provides an instant voice playback function from the APP.

[0037] A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above method embodiment can be completed by hardware related to program instructions, and the aforementioned program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, it executes the steps of the above method embodiment; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk, etc., various media that can store program codes.

[0038] The preferred specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail above. It should be understood that a person skilled in the art can make many modifications and changes based on the concept of the present invention without creative work. Therefore, any technical solution that can be obtained by a person skilled in the art through logical analysis, reasoning or limited experiments based on the concept of the present invention on the basis of the prior art should be within the scope of protection determined by the claims.

Claims

1. A time management method comprising the following steps: After the time-out response is triggered at the first time point, the time management terminal switches to the first timing mode; When the first timing mode ends, the time management terminal is triggered to respond at a second time point; It is characterized in that When the time management terminal receives the instruction to switch to the second timing mode, the time management terminal determines the subsequent preset response according to the accumulated time in the second timing mode, and adjusts the subsequent response according to the interference situation; During the first timing mode or the second timing mode, the time management terminal switches to a third timing mode; When a time-out response of any timing mode is triggered, if the time-out response of other timing modes is in progress, the time-out response of this timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the other timing mode is completed.

2. The time management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The preset response has a time length requirement.

3. The time management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The time management terminal triggers a response at a preset time interval to exit the second timing mode.

4. The time management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: If the accumulated duration of the second timing mode and the interval between the current event and the subsequent event meet a preset condition, the subsequent event is adjusted.

5. The time management method according to claim 4, characterized in that: If the accumulated duration of the second timing mode is greater than or equal to the interval between the current event and the subsequent event, the subsequent event is adjusted.

6. The time management method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The adjustment made to the subsequent event includes adjusting the start time, end time and / or duration of the subsequent event.

7. The time management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the time-out response of the third timing mode is triggered, if the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is in progress, the time-out response of the third timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is completed.

8. The time management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is triggered, if the time-out response of the third timing mode is in progress, the time-out response of the first timing mode or the second timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the third timing mode is completed.

9. A time management terminal, characterized in that: The human-computer interaction module includes a first interaction unit and / or a second interaction unit, wherein the first interaction unit is configured to start or terminate an event process, and the second interaction unit is configured to intervene in the event process; After a time-out response is triggered at a first time point, the time management terminal is configured to switch to a first timing mode; When the first timing mode ends, the time management terminal is configured to respond when triggered at a second time point; When the time management terminal receives the instruction to switch to the second timing mode, the time management terminal is configured to judge the subsequent preset response according to the accumulated time of the second timing mode, and adjust the subsequent response according to the interference situation; During the first timing mode or the second timing mode, the time management terminal is configured to switch to a third timing mode; When a time-out response of any timing mode is triggered, if the time-out response of other timing modes is in progress, the time-out response of this timing mode is postponed until the time-out response of the other timing mode is completed.

10. The time management terminal according to claim 9, characterized in that: The first interaction unit is configured to receive an instruction to start or terminate an event process.

11. The time management terminal according to claim 9, characterized in that: The second interaction unit is configured to receive a request for interruption or delay of an event process or to exit interruption or exit delay.

12. The time management terminal according to claim 9, characterized in that: The human-computer interaction module includes an input unit, which is a combination of one or more of a button, a keyboard, a voice unit, a touch unit, a somatosensory unit, a gesture unit, and an infrared unit.

13. The time management terminal according to claim 9, characterized in that: The human-computer interaction module includes an input unit, which is a combination of one or more of an acoustic sensing unit, a light sensing unit, an electric sensing unit, and a magnetic sensing unit.

14. The time management terminal according to claim 9, characterized in that: The human-computer interaction module includes an output unit, and the output unit includes a sound output unit, and the sound output unit is configured to output a corresponding volume according to a scene.

15. The time management terminal according to claim 9, characterized in that: The human-computer interaction module includes an output unit, and the output unit includes a display output unit, and the display output unit is configured to output corresponding content according to a scene.

16. The time management terminal according to claim 15, characterized in that: The display output unit includes one or more combinations of an electrophoretic ink paper display, a monochrome display, a grayscale display, a full-color screen, a reflective, semi-transmissive or transmissive thin film transistor display, an organic light-emitting diode display, a micro-electromechanical display or a reflective display device.

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