Smartphone Sleep Alarm Interface Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices and applications for tracking sleep habits are often costly and difficult to operate, leading to limited adoption and use, as they lack user-friendly interfaces for scheduling alarms and interacting with sleep-related features.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that presents a graphical user interface for interacting with a sleep alarm, including a generic alarm selector and a sleep alarm selector, allowing users to configure and schedule sleep alerts and wake-up alerts based on suggested bedtime and wake-up time, using an adjustable alarm indicator and sleep graph to visualize sleep data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If specialized electronic devices and applications are developed to track sleep habits, then sleep tracking functionality is improved, but cost and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates sleep alarm functionality into a generic alarm clock application, allowing the same device to perform both conventional alarm functions and specialized sleep tracking functions. The system provides multiple alarm types (generic alarm, sleep alarm, interval alarm) within a single application interface, eliminating the need for separate specialized devices while maintaining sleep tracking reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a software-based sleep alarm system that replicates the functionality of expensive specialized sleep tracking devices using existing mobile device hardware and a customized alarm application. By copying the essential sleep tracking and alarm functions into a software layer, the system achieves similar functionality at minimal cost without requiring specialized hardware
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple alarm types and configurations are provided, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the alarm application into distinct functional modules: a generic alarm section, a sleep alarm section, and an interval alarm section. Each section has its own configuration options and operates independently. The sleep alarm module includes sub-components for setting bedtime, wake time, and pre-alarm notifications, allowing users to configure each aspect separately without overwhelming complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic configuration where alarm parameters can be adjusted in real-time based on user needs. The system allows users to modify alarm times, durations, and types without resetting the entire application. Configuration settings are stored and automatically applied, providing adaptability while maintaining a consistent, manageable interface structure
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AI summary
An alarm application is described. A user interface of the alarm application may be presented that includes a generic alarm option and a sleep alarm option. A first view of the user interface may be presented that includes generic alarm related options when the generic alarm option is selected. A second view of the user interface may be presented that includes sleep alarm related options when the sleep alarm option is selected.