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Alarm clock

US7304563B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 2004
Grant dateDec 4, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/2749
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal comprising: a clock for maintaining an indication of the current time; a memory for storing a definition of an alert time; and an alerting unit configurable to issue an alert when the current time matches the alert time, the alerting unit being capable of issuing the alert by initiating a connection to another communication terminal over a network so as to cause that other terminal to locally signal the incidence of the connection incoming thereto.

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