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Samsung patents smart alarm that wakes you only if you are still asleep

Samsung describes a method for an electronic device to automatically set an alarm based on a user's calendar schedule. The system checks if the user is still sleeping at a specific preparation time before deciding whether to trigger the wake-up alert.

Why it mattersThis could make daily routines smoother by ensuring you are woken up for important events without needing to manually set an alarm every day.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, at least one processor including a processing circuit, and memory for storing at least one storage medium, wherein the at least one storage medium store instructions that, when executed individually or in combination by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to obtain schedule information based on a user input, determine a start time associated with a schedule based on at least part of the schedule information, set a preparation time for generating of an automatic alarm generation based on the start time, in response to an arrival of the preparation time, determine whether a sleep state of a user is maintained using information received through the communication module, in response to the determining that the sleep state of the user is maintained, determine an alarm occurrence time of the automatic alarm based on the at least part of the schedule information, and generate the automatic alarm based on the automatic alarm occurrence time of the automatic alarm.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device, comprising: communication circuitry configured to establish communication with an external device; memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions; and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: obtain schedule information based on a user input, determine a start time associated with a schedule based on at least part of the schedule information, set a preparation time for generating of an automatic alarm generation based on the start time, in response to arrival of the preparation time, determine whether a sleep state of a user is maintained using information received through the communication circuitry, in response to determining that the sleep state of the user is maintained, determine an alarm occurrence time of the automatic alarm based on the at least part of the schedule information, and generate the automatic alarm based on the alarm occurrence time of the automatic alarm.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME
Publication number
US20260277167A1
Application number
19669323
Filed
May 6, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

G04G 13/021 Physics & computingG04G 21/02 Physics & computing
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