Adaptive Alarm Timing From Incoming Schedule Change Messages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional alarm functions in electronic devices do not autonomously adjust alarm times in response to changes in scheduled events or conditions, requiring manual user intervention.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with an adaptive alarm management module that detects incoming communications and adjusts alarm times based on information within those communications, using artificial intelligence to determine time adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the alarm time is fixed and requires manual adjustment, then the device operation is simple and reliable, but the adaptability to schedule changes is poor and manual intervention is required
Solution Approach 1:
The alarm management system automatically monitors incoming communications and adjusts alarm times without requiring manual user intervention. The system extracts event information from communications, determines time adjustments, and updates alarm schedules autonomously, allowing the device to serve itself in managing alarm adaptations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors incoming communications for schedule change information and uses this feedback to automatically adjust alarm times. When a communication contains event information that conflicts with the scheduled alarm time, the system processes this feedback and modifies the alarm schedule accordingly, creating a closed-loop adaptive system.
2Ease of operation
If the alarm time is adjusted manually by the user, then the automation level is low and the system is simple, but the user convenience is reduced and time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The alarm management system performs automatic time adjustments based on incoming communications without requiring user action. The system independently extracts event details, calculates time adjustments, and updates alarm schedules, eliminating the need for manual intervention and significantly improving user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively monitors incoming communications for schedule changes and automatically adjusts alarm times before the user would need to manually intervene. By detecting and responding to schedule changes in real-time, the system performs the adjustment action preliminarily, preventing the need for later manual correction.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the alarm system autonomously adjusts based on communications, then the adaptability and user convenience are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The alarm management system leverages the existing communication processing capabilities of the electronic device to perform alarm time adjustments. By reusing the device's inherent communication reception and parsing functions, the system achieves autonomous alarm adaptation without requiring entirely separate dedicated hardware or complex specialized subsystems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines the communication management functions and alarm management functions into an integrated adaptive alarm management module. By merging these functions and sharing common resources such as the processor, memory, and communication interfaces, the system reduces overall complexity compared to having separate independent systems.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for managing alarms. The method includes detecting, via a processor of an electronic device configured with alarm functionality, activation of a first alarm. The first alarm set to trigger at a first time. The method includes monitoring for receipt of incoming communications that are not attended to by a user of the electronic device and identifying that an incoming communication contains information that warrants performing an alarm modification corresponding to the first alarm. In response to identifying that the incoming communication contains the information that warrants performing an alarm modification, the method includes determining a time adjustment period based on the at least one information message. The method includes adjusting the first time, by the time adjustment period, to generate a second time and updating the first alarm to be triggered at the second time.