WO2015122610A1 - Alarm providing apparatus sharing alarm condition and operation method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an alarm providing apparatus sharing an alarm condition according to one embodiment of the present invention, and an operation method therefor. The apparatus comprises: a communication unit for sharing alarm setting information with another alarm providing apparatus; a control unit for setting an alarm condition on the basis of the alarm setting information, and determining whether to provide an alarm according to the alarm condition; an output unit for providing the alarm according to the determination; and an input unit for receiving an alarm confirmation input for the alarm from a user, wherein the communication unit transmits alarm confirmation information related to time when the alarm confirmation input is received, and receives alarm confirmation sequence information between a plurality of alarm providing apparatuses which share the alarm setting information, by responding the transmission.

Description

Alarm providing device sharing alarm condition and its operation method

The present invention relates to an alarm providing apparatus for sharing an alarm condition and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, an alarm providing apparatus for inducing a competition among users by sharing alarm condition and alarm checking rank information among a plurality of users. And a method of operation thereof.

In general, the alarm function sets a preset time by a predetermined method (e.g., notification sound or vibration) when the user reaches a preset time (e.g., wake up time or appointment time). It means the function to notify the user of the arrival. In particular, as the spread of user terminals such as smart phones or smart pads is rapidly expanded, a case in which a user receives an alarm function using a user terminal is increasing.

In the case of the alarm function provided through the user terminal, in most cases, the alarm sound data or music data included in the user terminal is simply selected in the manufacturing process according to the alarm setting by the user in advance, and then the alarm sound data or music data selected according to the set time It is usually implemented in a way that is reproduced. Therefore, the user has limited data or content provided through the alarm function.

In addition, even if the alarm function is provided through the user terminal, not many users ignore the alarm or terminate the alarm function. This is because the alarm function lacks the driving force that causes the user to behave according to the alarm.

Therefore, there is a need for an alarm providing apparatus and an operating method thereof that share an alarm condition capable of solving such a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an alarm providing apparatus and a method of operating the same, which induces competition among users by sharing alarm condition and alarm checking rank information among a plurality of users.

Technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following descriptions.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an alarm providing apparatus for sharing an alarm condition is provided. The device may include a communication unit for sharing alarm setting information with another alarm providing device; A controller configured to set an alarm condition based on the alarm setting information and determine whether to provide an alarm according to the alarm condition; An output unit for providing an alarm in accordance with the determination; A plurality of input units configured to receive an alarm confirmation input of the user with respect to the alarm, wherein the communication unit transmits alarm confirmation information regarding a time at which the alarm confirmation input is received and shares the alarm setting information in response to the transmission. Alarm confirmation procedure information between alarm providing devices may be received.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating an alarm providing apparatus for sharing an alarm condition is provided. The method includes sharing alarm setting information with another alarm providing device; Setting an alarm condition based on the alarm setting information; Providing an alarm in accordance with the alarm condition; Receiving a user's alarm confirmation input for the alarm; Transmitting alarm confirmation information regarding a time at which the alarm confirmation input is received; And in response to the transmission of the alarm confirmation information, receiving alarm confirmation order information between a plurality of alarm providing devices sharing the alarm setting information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon for performing an operating method of an alarm providing apparatus sharing an alarm condition is provided.

According to the present invention, by sharing alarm condition and alarm confirmation rank information among a plurality of users, it is possible to provide a more improved alarm effect by causing competition between users.

In addition, according to the present invention, by providing the advertising content with the alarm, it is possible to increase the advertising effect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 illustrates an alarm providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 illustrates an alarm providing apparatus sharing an alarm condition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a method of operating an alarm providing apparatus that shares an alarm condition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a method of operating an alarm providing apparatus that shares an alarm condition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the embodiments of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto and may be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" with another element in between. . Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 illustrates an alarm providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the alarm providing system 100 may include a management server 110, a plurality of alarm providing devices 200 and 200 ′, and an external electronic device 120.

The management server 110 may relay alarm setting information between the plurality of alarm providing devices 200 and 200 ′. According to the relaying, the plurality of alarm providing apparatuses 200 and 200 ′ may set alarm conditions by sharing alarm setting information. In addition, the management server 110 may receive alarm confirmation information from the plurality of alarm providing devices 200 and 200 ′, and generate alarm confirmation order information between the plurality of alarm providing devices 200 and 200 ′. Based on the confirmation order information, a predetermined reward may be provided to each of the plurality of alarm providing devices 200 and 200 ′. In addition, the management server 110 may transmit the advertisement content to the plurality of alarm providing apparatuses 200 and 200 ′, and provide the advertisement content together with the alarm to the user of the plurality of alarm providing apparatuses 200 and 200 ′. . The management server 110 may receive content confirmation information from the plurality of alarm providing apparatuses 200 and 200 ′ and reflect the content confirmation information to the rewards provided to the plurality of alarm providing apparatuses 200 and 200 ′.

The alarm providing apparatus 200 may set alarm conditions by sharing alarm setting information with another alarm providing apparatus 200 ′ through the management server 110, and provide an alarm to a user based on this. When the alarm is provided, the user may check the alarm and transmit the alarm confirmation information to the management server 110 through the alarm providing device 200, and receive a predetermined reward according to the alarm confirmation sequence information generated in response thereto. Can be. Also, the alarm provided to the user may include advertisement content received from the management server 110. That is, the user may watch the advertisement content simultaneously with the confirmation of the alarm, and thus may receive a predetermined reward from the management server 110. The alarm providing apparatuses 200 and 200 ′ may be implemented with, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a tablet PC, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), navigation, or the like. . It is not limited to this description.

In addition, the alarm providing apparatus 200 may provide an alarm through the external electronic device 120 according to the alarm condition. That is, when the alarm is provided, the alarm providing apparatus 200 may transmit a control message to the external electronic device 120 to cause the external electronic device 120 to perform a predetermined operation. The external electronic device 120 may include, for example, a lighting device, a television, a radio, and the like, and the predetermined operation may include, but is not limited to, control of lighting, adjustment of a channel, volume, and the like. The alarm providing apparatus 200 ′ is described in the same manner as the alarm providing apparatus 200, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

According to such an alarm providing system 100, by sharing the alarm condition and alarm confirmation rank information between a plurality of users, not only to provide a more enhanced alarm effect by inducing competition between users, but also by providing advertising content with the alarm The advertising effect can be increased.

2 illustrates an alarm providing apparatus sharing an alarm condition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the alarm providing apparatus 200 may include an input unit 210, an output unit 220, a control unit 230, a communication unit 240, and a storage unit 250.

The input unit 210 may receive an alarm setting input from a user. Here, the alarm setting input relates to a user input regarding an alarm providing condition, from which alarm setting information may be generated by the controller 230. The alarm setting information may include, for example, information about an alarm time, an alarm interval, and the like, and may be shared with another alarm providing device 200 ′. In addition, the input unit 210 may receive an alarm confirmation input and / or a content confirmation input. Here, the alarm confirmation input indicates information indicating that the alarm is confirmed by the user when the alarm is provided, and the content confirmation input indicates information indicating that the reproduction or viewing of the advertisement content is confirmed when the advertisement content is provided.

The alarm confirmation input and / or the content confirmation input may be received in various ways, depending on the embodiment to which the present invention is applied. In one embodiment, when an alarm is provided, for example, an alarm confirmation input and / or a content confirmation input may be received when touching a predetermined release area provided via a touch screen, where the predetermined release area is received. Can be displayed constantly or randomly, and the display position can be changed continuously. In one embodiment, the alarm confirmation input and / or the content confirmation input may be received by a touch input of a predetermined pattern. The pattern may include various shapes of patterns, such as a sliding pattern set in a predetermined direction. In an embodiment, the alarm confirmation input and / or the content confirmation input may be input by the movement of the alarm providing apparatus 200. For example, an alarm confirmation input and / or a content confirmation input may be received by shaking or tilting the alarm providing apparatus 200. In one embodiment, the alarm confirmation input and / or the content confirmation input may be input by voice recognition of the user. For example, when a predetermined voice is input by the user, an alarm confirmation input and / or a content confirmation input may be received by recognizing the voice. In one embodiment, an alarm confirmation input and / or a content confirmation input may be received by a user entering a predetermined code. The predetermined code may be Korean, English, numerals, various symbols, or a combination thereof, and may be randomly changed according to a user's setting. In one embodiment, the alarm confirmation input and / or content confirmation input may be received by delivering a predetermined question to the user and answering the same. Here, the predetermined question may be a question about the content of the advertisement content as part of the advertisement content, but is not limited thereto. The above-mentioned alarm setting input, alarm setting information, and / or alarm canceling information are exemplary, and the input unit 210 may receive various user inputs required for the operation of the alarm providing apparatus 200.

The input unit 210 may include a gyro sensor, a voice recognition sensor, a keypad, a dome switch, a touch pad, a jog wheel, and a jog according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. Various configurations such as a jog switch may be applied.

The output unit 220 may provide an alarm to the user. The alarm provided herein refers to any information (or data) for notifying the user of the achievement of the condition based on the alarm provision condition set by the user, and includes voice information (for example, an alarm sound, a warning sound, etc.), It may be implemented as image information or a combination thereof. In addition, the alarm may include advertising content, which is generated and provided to perform a promotion and advertisement function for a product or service, and may be implemented as text information, voice information, image information, or a combination thereof. have.

The output unit 220 may include an image output unit and an audio output unit. That is, the output unit 220 may provide an alarm to the user through at least one of the image output unit and the audio output unit according to the information property of the alarm. The image output unit may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a flexible display. ), A 3D display, etc., may be implemented by various display technologies available in the art. Some of these display technologies may be configured to be transparent (or light transmissive) so that they can be seen through it. The voice output unit may be implemented as, for example, a speaker.

The controller 230 may control the overall operation of each component of the alarm providing apparatus 200.

In detail, the controller 230 may set an alarm condition based on the alarm setting information. The alarm setting information, which is the basis of the alarm condition setting, is shared with another alarm providing apparatus 200 ′, is received from another alarm providing apparatus 200 ′ (or the management server 110) through the communication unit 240, It may be generated from the alarm setting input received by the input unit 210.

Thereafter, the controller 230 may determine whether to provide an alarm according to the set alarm condition. If it is determined that the alarm should be provided, the controller 230 may provide an alarm to the user through the output unit 220. During the providing of the alarm, the controller 230 may receive an alarm confirmation input from the user through the input unit 210. Here, the alarm confirmation input is information indicating that the alarm has been confirmed by the user, and according to an embodiment, the alarm providing apparatus 200 may stop providing at least some of the alarms before the alarm is finished. Subsequently, the controller 230 may generate alarm confirmation information from the alarm confirmation input and transmit the alarm confirmation information to the management server 110 through the communication unit 240. The alarm acknowledgment information may include information regarding a time at which an alarm acknowledgment input is received. In response, the controller 230 may receive alarm confirmation order information from the management server 110 through the communication unit 240. Here, the alarm confirmation order information is information in which the management server 110 arranges the alarm confirmation order of each alarm providing device 200, 200 ′ from the alarm confirmation information received from each of the plurality of alarm providing devices 200, 200 ′. Means. In addition, the controller 230 may receive a reward from the management server 110 through the communication unit 240 based on an alarm confirmation order. Here, the reward is a kind of compensation paid to the user of the alarm providing apparatus 200 by a provider (ie, a provider of a product or service advertised / promoted through the advertisement content), and the user purchases a product or service. For example, discounts can be obtained using the rewards received at the time of payment.

The alarm provided through the output unit 220 may include advertisement content. In this case, the advertisement content is generated and provided to perform a promotion and advertisement function for a product or service, and may be implemented as text information, voice information, image information, or a combination thereof. For example, the management server 110 It may be received from or stored in advance in the alarm providing device 200 (in particular, the storage unit 250).

In this case, the controller 230 may determine whether the user finishes viewing the advertisement content provided in the alarm. This determination can be performed in a variety of ways. In one example, the controller 230 may determine that viewing of the user is completed only after a predetermined time elapses after the advertisement content is provided. In one example, the controller 230 may determine that the user's viewing is completed when a predetermined input is received through the input unit 210 after the advertisement content is provided, and the input is performed by the user by the input unit 210 mentioned above. It is explained similarly to the input receiving method. In addition, after determining whether viewing is completed, the controller 230 may generate content confirmation information and transmit the content confirmation information to the management server 110 through the communication unit 240. In this case, the content confirmation information may include information about whether to view the advertisement content. In response, the controller 230 may receive a reward from the management server 110 through the communication unit 240. That is, in addition to the alarm confirmation order information, a reward may be received as a reward for viewing the advertisement content based on the content confirmation information.

According to an embodiment, the controller 230 may receive a content confirmation input from the user through the input unit 210. In one example, if viewing of the advertisement content is completed, in response to receiving the content confirmation input, the controller 230 may stop providing the advertisement content (or an alarm). In one example, when the content confirmation input is received, the controller 230 may determine whether the advertisement content is completed when the content confirmation input is received, and generate content confirmation information.

In addition, when the set alarm condition is achieved, the controller 230 may transmit a control message to the external electronic device 120 to cause the external electronic device 120 to perform a predetermined operation. In an example, when the external electronic device 120 is a lighting device, the controller 230 may transmit a control message for controlling at least one of flashing, illuminance, and illumination color of the lighting. In an example, when the external electronic device 120 is a television, the controller 230 may transmit a control message for controlling at least one of a channel and a volume of the TV. In an example, when the external electronic device 120 is a radio, the controller 230 may transmit a control message for controlling at least one of a channel and a volume of the radio. As such, when the alarm condition is achieved, in addition to providing the alarm by the alarm providing device 200 itself, the external electronic device 120 may perform a predetermined operation, thereby further improving the alarm effect. The above-mentioned external electronic device 120 and operations thereof are exemplary, and various electronic devices may perform various operations according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

The communication unit 240 may allow the alarm providing apparatus 200 to be connected to an external device through communication under the control of the controller 230. In detail, the communication unit 240 may share alarm setting information with another alarm providing apparatus 200 ′ through the management server 110. For example, by sending an alarm sharing request message including alarm setting information and receiving an alarm sharing acceptance message in response thereto, or vice versa by receiving an alarm sharing request message, and in response to sending an alarm sharing acceptance message, Alarm setting information can be shared. In addition, the communication unit 240 may transmit alarm confirmation information to the management server 110 and receive alarm confirmation order information and a reward in response thereto. In addition, the communication unit 240 may receive the advertisement content provided through the alarm in accordance with the alarm condition. In addition, the content verification information may be transmitted to the management server 110 and a reward may be received in response thereto. The operation of the communication unit 240 is an example, and according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied, the communication unit 240 may communicate various signals or data necessary for the operation of the alarm providing apparatus 200.

The communication unit 240 may include a LAN, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBro), Radio Frequency (RF) communication, Wireless LAN, and Wi-Fi. Fidelity, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth, infrared communication can be communicated through. However, this is merely exemplary, and various wired and wireless communication technologies applicable in the art may be used according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

The storage unit 250 may input or output signals or data corresponding to the operations of the input unit 210, the output unit 220, and / or the communication unit 240 under the control of the controller 230 (eg, an alarm). Setting input, alarm confirmation input, content confirmation input, alarm confirmation information, content confirmation information, reward information, etc.) can be stored. In addition, the storage 250 may store the advertisement content. In addition, the storage 250 may store a control program and applications for controlling the alarm providing apparatus 200 or the controller 230. The storage unit 250 may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM), and a flash memory as known to those skilled in the art. Implements various types of storage devices that can input and output information such as flash memory, Compact Flash (CF) card, Secure Digital (SD) card, Smart Media (SM) card, MMC (Multimedia) card or Memory Stick It may be provided in the alarm providing device 200, or may be provided in a separate device.

The input unit 210, the output unit 220, the control unit 230, the communication unit 240, and the storage unit 250 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be implemented by a plurality of physical devices. It can be implemented by. For example, each of the input unit 210, the output unit 220, the control unit 230, the communication unit 240, and the storage unit 250 may be implemented using various methods, such as using software or firmware.

3 illustrates a method of operating an alarm providing apparatus that shares an alarm condition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in operation S310, the communication unit 240 may share alarm setting information with another alarm providing device 200 ′. In operation S310, for example, an alarm sharing request message including alarm setting information may be transmitted and an alarm sharing acceptance message is received in response thereto, or an alarm sharing request message is received, and an alarm sharing acceptance message is transmitted in response thereto. This can be done by.

In operation S320, the controller 230 may set an alarm condition based on the alarm setting information. According to an embodiment, the alarm may include advertisement content.

In operation S330, the controller 230 may provide an alarm through the output unit 220. Operation S330 may be performed by the controller 230 determining whether to provide an alarm according to the alarm condition set in operation S320, and thus providing an alarm through the output unit 220. In an embodiment, the step S330 may further include providing an alarm through the external electronic device according to an alarm condition set by the controller 230 based on the alarm setting information. That is, when the set alarm condition is achieved, the controller 230 may transmit a control message to the external electronic device 120 to cause the external electronic device 120 to perform a predetermined operation.

In operation S340, the controller 230 may generate alarm confirmation information. In detail, in operation S340, when the input unit 210 receives an alarm confirmation input, the controller 230 may generate alarm confirmation information including information regarding a time when the alarm confirmation input is received. According to an embodiment, in step S340, the controller 230 may terminate the provision of at least some of the alarms.

Subsequently, the controller 230 may transmit alarm confirmation information to the management server 110 through the communication unit 240 (operation S350). In response, the controller 230 may receive alarm confirmation order information from the management server 110 through the communication unit 240 (step S360).

In one embodiment, the method 300 may further include receiving, by the control unit 230, a reward determined based on the alarm confirmation order information through the communication unit 240.

4 illustrates a method of operating an alarm providing apparatus that shares an alarm condition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Steps S410, S420, and S440 to S460 of FIG. 4 are described in the same manner as the steps S310, S320, and S340 to S360 described with reference to FIG. 3. In the following, redundant description is omitted.

In operation S430, the controller 230 may provide an alarm through the output unit 220. Here, the alarm may include advertisement content.

In operation S470, the controller 230 may generate content confirmation information. Operation S470 may be performed by the controller 230 determining whether to view the advertisement content.

In operation S480, the controller 230 may transmit content confirmation information through the communication unit 240.

In one embodiment, the method 400 may further include the step of the control unit 230 receiving a content confirmation input through the input unit 210 before step S470. When the content confirmation input is received, step S470 may be performed.

In one embodiment, the method 400 includes the control unit 230 receiving a content confirmation input via the input unit 210; And if the reception of the content confirmation input is before the end of the provision of the advertisement content, the control unit 230 may further stop the provision of the advertisement content through the output unit 220.

In one embodiment, the method 400 may include receiving, by the controller 230, a reward determined based on the alarm confirmation order information and the content confirmation information through the communication unit 240.

Various embodiments described herein can be implemented by hardware, firmware, middleware, microcode, software, and / or combinations thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific semiconductors (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). ),? Processors,? Controllers,? Micro-controllers,? Microprocessors,? Other electronic units designed to perform the functions presented herein, or combinations thereof.

In addition, various embodiments may be embedded in or encoded on a computer-readable medium containing instructions. Instructions embedded in or encoded on a computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform a method, for example, when the instructions are executed. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. The storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. For example, such computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage media, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or instructions for accessing a computer program with the desired program code or It can include any other medium that can be used to carry or store in the form of data structures.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. In addition, the components, units, modules, components, etc., described herein as "parts" may be implemented separately or separately as discrete but interoperable logic devices. The depiction of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to highlight different functional embodiments and does not necessarily mean that they must be realized by individual hardware or software components. Rather, functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components or integrated into common or separate hardware or software components.

Although the operations are shown in the drawings in a particular order, it should not be understood that these operations are to be performed in the specific order shown, or in the sequential order shown, or that all illustrated actions need to be performed to achieve the desired result. . In some circumstances, multi-tasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the division of the various components in the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such division in all embodiments, and the described components are generally integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. It should be understood that it can.

As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

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An alarm providing device that shares an alarm condition, A communication unit for sharing alarm setting information with another alarm providing device; A controller configured to set an alarm condition based on the alarm setting information and determine whether to provide an alarm according to the alarm condition; An output unit for providing an alarm in accordance with the determination; An input unit for receiving an alarm confirmation input of the user for the alarm, And the communication unit transmits alarm confirmation information regarding a time at which the alarm confirmation input is received, and receives alarm confirmation order information between a plurality of alarm providing devices sharing the alarm setting information in response to the transmission. The method of claim 1, And the communication unit receives a reward determined based on the alarm confirmation order information. The method of claim 2, The alarm providing device, the alarm content. The method of claim 3, wherein The controller determines whether to complete viewing of the advertisement content by generating content confirmation information on whether the viewing is completed, and the communication unit transmits the content confirmation information, and the reward is added to the alarm confirmation order information. The alarm providing apparatus is determined based on the content confirmation information. The method of claim 4, wherein And when the input unit receives a content confirmation input of the user with respect to the advertisement content, determines whether viewing of the advertisement content is completed when the content confirmation input is received. The method of claim 5, Upon reception of the content confirmation input by the input unit, the output unit terminates the provision of the advertisement content if viewing of the advertisement content is completed before completion. The method of claim 1, And when the controller determines to provide an alarm according to the alarm condition, the communication unit transmits a control message to the external electronic device to cause the external electronic device to perform a predetermined operation. An operation method of an alarm providing device that shares an alarm condition, Sharing alarm setting information with another alarm providing device; Setting an alarm condition based on the alarm setting information; Providing an alarm in accordance with the alarm condition; Generating alarm confirmation information regarding a time at which the alarm confirmation input is received by receiving an alarm confirmation input of the user with respect to the alarm; Transmitting the alarm confirmation information; In response to the transmission, receiving alarm confirmation order information between a plurality of alarm providing devices sharing the alarm setting information; Including, the method of operation. The method of claim 8, And receiving a reward determined based on the alarm confirmation order information. The method of claim 9, The alarm comprises advertising content. The method of claim 10, Generating content confirmation information on whether the viewing is completed by determining whether viewing of the advertisement content is completed; And transmitting the content confirmation information, wherein the reward is determined based on the content confirmation information in addition to the alarm confirmation order information. The method of claim 11, The method may further include receiving a content confirmation input of the user for the advertisement content, wherein generating the content confirmation information is performed by determining whether viewing of the advertisement content is completed when the content confirmation input is received. , How it works. The method of claim 12, Upon receiving the content confirmation input, if the viewing of the advertising content is completed before the completion of the providing of the advertising content, the operation method. The method of claim 8, The providing of the alarm further includes transmitting a control message to the external electronic device to cause the external electronic device to perform a predetermined operation. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 8 to 14.

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