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Electronic device and method for providing and disarming alarm clock

US8717856B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateAug 4, 2011
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G21/08
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch-screen display, a processor, a memory, and one or more modules stored in the memory. The one or more modules are adapted to be executed by the processor to enter into a user-interface alarm state from a user-interface non-alarm state in responds to an alarm trigger condition. The one or more modules are adapted to display one or more contact areas on the touch-screen display in the user-interface alarm state. The one or more modules are adapted to change locations of the one or more contact areas on the touch-screen display. The one or more modules are adapted to detect one or more contact actions on each of the one or more contact areas on the touch-screen display. The one or more modules are adapted to change the electronic device to the user-interface non-alarm state.

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