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1. 340 679 cited by examiner Primary Examiner Mohammad Ghayour Assistant Examiner Mark Rushing 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Leason Ellis LLP 57 ABSTRACT A sleep management application on a computing device hav ing a processor and a storage medium executes code that establishes to a server that maintains data pertaining to the computing device or to a user retrieves data from the remote server and generates a custom interface to configure a feature of the computing device The custom interface is used to program a sleep management setting In one implementation a method uses the sleep management application to provide an alarm function using external data from a remote server The sleep management application can receive the external data from the remote server and analyze the external data to identify elements that pertain to the sleep management appli cation Then the sleep management application can generate a control signal based on the elements and modify a setting governing an operation of the alarm function in accordance with the control signal 15 Claims 14 Drawing Sheets 100 ra 105 120 gt 130 Computing 110 Computing Device Device Consumer Personal Computer Electronic Device PC 115 1 t Sleep 1 Sleep 1 Management Management Application Application 1 LI E ce 11 ie a a a J 170 N Ha 190 Social pet Netw
2. eral device 105 in accordance with one example embodiment The device 200 may be a digital alarm clock or other such device having additional functionality such as audio repro duction The device 200 may include a microcontroller 205 such as a simple 8 bit microcontroller or a more complex ARM based microprocessor for controlling operation of the device 200 and a memory 210 such as read only memory ROM or random access memory for storing pro gram instructions and user settings for operating the device 200 The device 200 may also include an internal power amplifier 215 and speaker 220 for reproducing audio sounds The device 200 may also include a display 225 such as an LCD display for displaying time date and other information and a control panel 230 which may include a plurality of programmable buttons for controlling operation of the audio reproduction device 200 In one example the display 225 may be a touchscreen display and the control panel 230 may at least in part include a graphical user interface GUI The device 200 may also include one or more radio tuners 235 such as AM FM or satellite radio tuners The device 200 may also include a plurality of digital analog data connectors such as infrared IR receiver 240 for receiving commands from a remote control 280 a docking connector 245 for docking the consumer electronic device 120 in either a wired or wireless manner an analog I O connector 250 for connecting t
3. location information associated with the computing device s 120 130 assigned IP address By way of further example if the computing device 120 130 is equipped with a GPS receiver the sleep management application 115 may utilize the receiver to determine the device s location By way of yet further example if the computing device 120 130 is equipped with the capacity for cellular communication the sleep man agement application 115 may utilize triangulation or other such location determining techniques in order to determine the device s 120 130 location All of the foregoing can be accomplished in one embodiment ofthe invention by execu tion of code or a portion of code that comprises the sleep management application At step 730 the application 115 checks user preferences in the user account 310 and based on user preferences may send user location update notifications to various messaging or social network servers 190 At step 740 the sleep management application 115 collects user activity information from the configuration settings of the peripheral device 105 and or the computing device 120 130 For example the user may program an alarm setting of the peripheral device 105 such as an audio reproduction device and or the computing device 120 130 to allow the alarm to go off at 8 30 PM and to begin streaming a broadcast of football game from an Internet radio station At step 750 the applica tion 115 checks user preferences in t
4. 115 At step 1110 the application 115 connects to and authenticates the peripheral device 105 At step 1120 the application 115 determines user location based on the device authentication information For example the application 115 may compare the current device model identifier with the home device model identifier stored in the user account 310 If these identifiers are different the application 115 may request that remote server 140 which has information about all manufactured peripheral devices determine where the current peripheral device is located At step 1130 the sleep management application 115 may check user preferences in the user account 310 and at step 1140 search on the Internet for information about local businesses and services At step 1140 the sleep management application 115 presents information about local businesses and services to the user as well as advertisement and promotional data At step 1150 the user may place orders for local businesses and services thorough the application 115 The sleep management application 115 also includes soft ware modules that enable the application to adjust or modify one or more settings and or configurations associated with the computing device 120 130 the peripheral device 105 and or the sleep management application as illustrated in FIG 12 In one exemplary arrangement 1200 at step 1202 the sleep management application 115 initiates and establishes a com munications
5. execution For example a component may be but is not limited to being a process running on a processor a processor an object an executable a thread of execution a program and or a computer By way of illustration both an application running on a computing device and the comput ing device can be a component One or more components can reside within a process and or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and or distrib uted between two or more computers In addition these com ponents can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon The compo nents may communicate by way of local and or remote pro cesses such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets such as data from one component interacting US 8 749 360 B2 15 with another component in a local system and or across a network such as the Internet with other systems by way ofthe signal In one or more aspects the functions described herein may beimplemented in hardware software firmware or any com bination thereof If implemented in software the functions may be stored or transmitted as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium Computer readable media includes both computer storage media and communi cation media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another storage medium may be any available media tha
6. in an object oriented program Accord ingly the flow diagram is to be understood as an example flow and that the blocks can be invoked in a different order than as illustrated It should be noted that while much ofthe forgoing descrip tion has related to a system and method for sleep manage ment the systems and methods disclosed herein can be applied in a broad range of settings beyond sleep manage ment By way of example the systems and methods described herein can be modified to provide scheduling updates and or notifications and to adjust scheduling preferences and set tings in response to control signals generated based upon received external data Inthe interest of clarity not all ofthe routine features ofthe implementations described herein are shown and described It will be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation numerous implementation specific deci sions must be made in order to achieve the developer s spe cific goals such as compliance with application related con straints and that these specific goals will vary from one implementation to another and from one developer to another Moreover it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming but would nev ertheless be a routine undertaking of engineering for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure Furthermore it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology
7. include a list of actions to be taken by the sleep management application 115 when the alarm is activated For example the actions may include updating the user s Face book page and sending an instant message to the user s buddy list indicating that the user is awake and listening to a certain radio station The sleep profile 360 may also include bedtime options 375 including the time when user is going to bed the sound to be activated when the user is going to bed the sound source and duration as well as the list of actions to be taken when the user is going to bed The sleep profile 360 may also include various miscellaneous options 385 including various miscellaneous alarm settings and action listings In one example embodiment the user account database 300 or a back up thereof may be stored on the remote server 140 in a database 160 In addition the remote server 140 may include a database of peripheral devices 105 and or comput ing devices 120 130 FIG 4 illustrates one example embodi ment of the peripheral device database 400 The database 400 includes records 410 for each manufactured peripheral device 105 and or computing device 120 130 A record 410 includes device model identifier 420 device configuration data 430 device user manual 450 in electronic format device software update information 460 and various APIs 470 that allow sleep management applications 115 to communicate with the peripheral devices 105 and or the computi
8. link with one or more server s 140 170 190 Preferably the server s 140 170 190 maintain data pertain ing to the computing device 120 130 a peripheral device 105 and or the user user account At step 1204 the sleep manage ment application then receives external data that is data that is presently external to the sleep management application 115 and orthe computing device 120 130 from the server s 140 170 190 In doing so the sleep management application 115 and or the computing device 120 130 can transmit a specific query such as a query regarding current traffic conditions in aspecific area and ora standing query such as weather in the user s hometown to one or more of the server s 140 170 190 By way of example based on the user account the sleep management application 115 can identify the computing device s 120 130 present location obtained via GPS etc as referenced above as well as the user s place of employ ment As such the sleep management application 115 can retrieve external data pertaining to these locations such as traffic and or weather conditions in the user s home and or work location In an alternate arrangement the server s may push pertinent external data to the sleep management appli cation 115 and or the computing device 120 130 without a prior query In either case data is being provided from a remote source to influence the operation ofthe sleep manage ment application and the
9. may also be used in the exemplary operating environment number of program modules may be stored on the hard disk magnetic disk 29 optical disk 31 ROM 24 or RAM 25 including an operating system 35 The system 20 includes a file system 36 associated with or included within the operat ing system 35 one or more application programs 37 includ ing the sleep management application 115 other program modules 38 and program data 39 user may enter com mands and information into the system 20 through input devices such as a keyboard 40 and pointing device 42 Other input devices may include a microphone joystick touch pad screen satellite dish scanner or the like These and other input devices may be connected to the processing unit 21 through a serial port connector 46 coupled to the system bus and can be connected by other means such as a parallel port game port or universal serial bus USB A monitor 47 or some other type of display device may be connected to the system bus 23 via a video adapter 48 In addition to the monitor 47 the system 20 may include other peripheral out put devices not shown such as speakers and printers The system 20 may operate in a networked environment using wired or wireless connections 51 and 52 to one or more remote computers 49 or other networked devices including peripheral device 105 The remote computer or computers 49 may be represented by another computer system a server a router a
10. or a similar device having audio reproduction functionality such as a speaker as one example ofan output device for providing an alert to a user as part ofthe alarm function The system 100 further includes a computing device such as a consumer electronic device 120 for example a smart phone portable audio video player personal digital assistant PDA digital reader or any other type of electronic device having data processing storage capabilities and or a personal computer 130 for example a desktop laptop tablet or notebook computer Device 120 and 130 may be connected to the peripheral device 105 via dedicated analog digital connectors 125 and 135 respec tively and or via a wired or wireless network 110 such as Ethernet 802 11b g n and Bluetooth In one example the consumer electronic device 120 may be docked with the peripheral device 105 in which case the connector 125 may be a generic or custom docking connector having digital and or analog input output ports In one example embodi ment the connector 125 may be a Universal Serial Bus USB connector or other types of serial data connectors In one example embodiment the connector 125 may include a cable The personal computer 130 may be connected to the periph eral device 105 via the connector 135 which may also be a USB connector or other types of serial or parallel data con nectors The system 100 further includes a sleep management application 115 which m
11. schematic block diagram of a sleep management system in accordance with one example embodiment FIG 2 illustrates a schematic block diagram of a peripheral device such as an alarm clock in accordance with one example embodiment FIGS 3 4 illustrate schematic block diagrams of databases maintained by the sleep management system in accordance with one example embodiment FIGS 5 12 illustrate flow diagrams of the methods of operation of the sleep management system in accordance with one example embodiment and FIG 13 illustrates a schematic block diagram of a com puter system in accordance with one example embodiment DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION Example embodiments are described herein in the context of systems methods and computer program products for sleep management Those of ordinary skill in the art will realize that the following description is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting Other embodiments will readily suggest themselves to such skilled persons having the benefit of this disclosure Reference will now be made in detail to implementations of the example embodiments as illustrated in the accompanying drawings FIG 1 illustrates a schematic block diagram of a sleep management system 100 in accordance with one example embodiment The system 100 includes one more peripheral devices 105 such as an audio reproduction device for example an alarm clock radio
12. used herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation such that the terminology or phraseology of the present specification is to be interpreted by the skilled in the art in light ofthe teachings and guidance presented herein 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 16 in combination with the knowledge of the skilled in the rel evant art s Moreover it is not intended for any term in the specification or claims to be ascribed an uncommon or special meaning unless explicitly set forth as such The various embodiments disclosed herein encompass present and future known equivalents to the known components referred to herein by way of illustration Moreover while embodiments and applications have been shown and described it would be apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of this disclosure that many more modifications than mentioned above are possible without departing from the inventive con cepts disclosed herein What is claimed is 1 A sleep management device comprising a processor operatively coupled to a memory wherein the processor is configured to control operation ofthe sleep management device a display included with the sleep management device that is operable to display at least the time of day an audio reproduction device associated with the sleep management device that is operative to output audio and at least one connector that is configured for docking a consumer elec
13. 1000 for operation ofthe sleep management application 115 in a hotel environment Peripheral devices 105 such as alarm clocks and the like can be often found in hotel rooms The sleep management application 115 may be configured to operate with such peripheral devices 105 and with other hotel systems to provide hotel guests and application 115 users with advanced service options At step 1010 when a consumer electronic device 120 or a personal computer 130 are con nected to the peripheral device 105 located in a hotel room the sleep management application 115 connects to and authenticates the peripheral device 105 At step 1020 the sleep management application 115 may then connect to the local hotel server 170 through the peripheral device 105 At step 1030 the sleep management application 115 may retrieve information about services provided by the hotel from the local hotel server 170 At step 1040 the application 115 receives user requests for specific hotel services such as ordering in room meals or other hotel services and at step 1050 forwards these requests to the hotel server 170 At step 1060 the application 115 may receive service request confir mation messages from the hotel server 170 and at step 1070 present such confirmations in form of audio visual alerts US 8 749 360 B2 11 FIG 11 illustrates an example methodology 1100 for col lecting and utilizing user location information by the sleep management application
14. T CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims the benefit of U S patent application Ser No 61 292 103 filed Jan 4 2010 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION This disclosure relates generally to the field of consumer electronic devices and in particular to systems and methods in support of enhanced consumer electronic devices for sleep management BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Alarm clocks have traditionally been used as a primary means for sleep management These devices usually provide limited alarm settings options including what sounds are played when the alarm is triggered In traditional alarm clocks sound options are usually limited to an alarm a radio oran audio CD The user typically has the ability to manually preselect which type of sound is played and sometimes has the option of first playing one type of sound then playing another type of sound after a predetermined time period The user can also preselect the radio station or CD that is to be played In the case of a radio station the user may preselect a radio station that plays a certain type of audio content such as a light jazz radio station or the like However the recent proliferation of consumer electronic and computing devices having various software applications and extensive interop erability has significantly expanded user s sleep management options For example a cons
15. US008749360B2 az United States Patent Chraime et al US 8 749 360 B2 Jun 10 2014 10 Patent No 45 Date of Patent 54 75 73 21 22 65 60 51 32 58 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SLEEP MANAGEMENT Inventors Sean Chraime Brooklyn NY US Micah Collins Brooklyn NY US Andrew Skurdal Jersey City NJ US Ezra Ashkenazi Rahway NJ US Assignee SDI Technologies Inc Rahway NJ US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 531 days Appl No 12 984 398 Filed Jan 4 2011 Prior Publication Data US 2011 0163859 A1 Jul 7 2011 Related U S Application Data Provisional application No 61 292 103 filed on Jan 4 2010 Int Cl G08B 21 00 2006 01 U S CI USPC e 340 309 16 340 309 3 340 286 02 340 575 340 384 1 368 9 368 13 Field of Classification Search USPC 340 309 3 309 16 575 286 02 384 1 368 9 14 See application file for complete search history 125 N Peripheral Device 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 6 229 430 Bl 5 2001 Smith Dewey 6 928 031 B1 8 2005 Kanevsky et al 2003 0001727 A1 1 2003 Steinmark 340 309 15 2004 0160337 Al 8 2004 Auyang et al 340 825 24 2005 0104720 A1 5 2005 Chonetal 340 309 16 2009 0016166 Al 1 2009 Abuelsaad 2009 0303066 A1 12 2009 Leeetal
16. agement device 4 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the sleep management application when executed by the con sumer electronic device causes the consumer electronic device to update a user account in response to an operation of the sleep management application 5 The sleep management device of claim 4 wherein the user account includes user activity information 6 The sleep management device of claim 4 wherein the user account includes a user sleep profile US 8 749 360 B2 17 7 The sleep management device of claim 4 wherein the sleep management application when executed by the con sumer electronic device causes the consumer electronic device to analyze the user account to identify behavioral trends 8 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the external data comprises location information 9 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the external data comprises weather information 10 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the external data comprises traffic information 11 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the external data comprises scheduling information 12 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the sleep management application when executed by the con sumer electronic device further causes the consumer elec tronic device to present the control signal to the user prior to the modifying step 5 10 15 18 13 The sleep management dev
17. application which can in certain implementations pro vide control over a peripheral device and more particularly control that executes either a user s settings or settings that 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 are received dynamically from an external source that may transform or otherwise alter the user s or the device s set tings As such changes in local weather or traffic can influ ence the settings in the peripheral device and so can changes based on other information received from a remote source all according to the operation of the sleep management applica tion a result for example an alarm function of a periph eral device or the computing device itself can be adjusted even while the user sleeps to account for such changes According to one aspect the sleep management applica tion cooperates with a computing device having a processor and a storage medium The sleep management application utilizes one or more software modules that are stored on the storage medium and executed in the processor The sleep management application operates by establishing a commu nications link with a server that maintains data pertaining to the computing device or to a user The sleep management application retrieves data from the remote server and gener ates a custom tailored interface based on the data in order to configure a feature of the computing device Then the sleep management application is prog
18. ay reside on the consumer electronic device 120 and or on the personal computer 130 In general the sleep management application 115 includes one or more 20 25 40 45 55 65 4 software modules that provide configuration and storage of various sleep management settings for the peripheral device 105 including but not limited to clock settings alarm set tings radio settings audio settings network settings user profile settings and various other configuration parameters and settings The sleep management application 115 may be provided by the manufacturer of the peripheral device 105 the manufacturer ofthe computing device 120 130 or a third party In one example embodiment the sleep management application 115 may be written and distributed by the manu facturer of the peripheral device 105 such as the manufac turer of an alarm clock radio In another example the manu facturer of the audio reproduction device 105 may provide Application Programming Interfaces APIs to the peripheral devices 105 so that third party software developers can create their own sleep management applications 115 using the pro vided APIs The application 115 may be executed by the operating system OS or the Internet browser of the con sumer electronic device 120 and or personal computer 130 The sleep management application 115 may be written using C Perl Java Visual Basic XML HTML and other known programming languages The sys
19. computing device with which it cooperates and this arrangement results in the modification of the application s configuration at least within any limits established by the user as described below Upon receiving the external data the sleep management application 115 proceeds to analyze the external data at step 1206 in order to identify elements that pertain to the sleep management application 115 the computing device 120 130 and or the user user profile In doing so the sleep manage ment application 115 uses one or more software modules to parse and or analyze the received external data to further identify elements ofthe external data that pertain to the com puting device 120 130 the sleep management application 115 and or to the user user account By way of example the sleep management application 115 can further analyze received local traffic weather information to determine 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 whether traffic and or weather conditions may affect a user s commute or trip Such determinations are made in regard to the received local traffic weather information and optionally in regard to stored data concerning the travel patterns of the user say on a weekday morning At step 1208 the sleep management application 115 then generates a control signal based upon the pertinent data ele ments The control signal is preferably a set of one or more instructions and or parameters that direct th
20. e operation of the computing device 120 130 the peripheral device 105 and or the sleep management application 115 By way of example based upon an identified data element that indicates that traf fic and or weather problems are occurring or are projected to occur that will add 25 minutes to a user s daily commute a control signal can be generated that modifies the alarm set tings of the sleep management application 115 to sound an alarm 25 minutes earlier than it was originally set for As such the data received from a remote server can dynamically trans form or otherwise alter the user s or the device s settings regardless of whether the user is sleeping or not present to change any settings Oncethe control signal has been generated at step 1210 the sleep management application 115 can modify one or more settings associated with the operation of the computing device 120 130 the peripheral device 105 and or the sleep management application 115 in accordance with the control signal In doing so the sleep management application 115 implements the control signal s instructions By way of example the sleep management application 115 can modify an existing setting that governs the operation of the sleep management application s 115 alarm function 1 the alarm is presently set to ring at 7 30 AM by implementing the control signal i e an instruction to sound the alarm 25 min utes earlier thereby resulting in an alarm setting
21. eep profile would indicate another audio source such as a CD track MP3 file or US 8 749 360 B2 7 a network address to be used by the device 105 By way of further example if device 105 has video display means such as an LCD screen a sleep profile can indicate 1 identify images or videos to be displayed by the device The sleep profiles 360 can be easily created and stored by the user on the application 115 When the consumer electronic device 120 or personal computer 130 on which the application 115 runs is connected to the peripheral device 105 the user may launch the sleep management application 115 and select a sleep profile 360 to be executed by the application Alternatively the application 115 may automatically select and execute a profile that suits user preferences In like manner by way of example the sleep profiles can indicate how the computing devices 120 130 are to respond in the absence ofa connection with a peripheral device 105 FIG 3B illustrates one example embodiment of a user sleep profile 360 for a specific sleep management scenario The profile 360 may include wake up options 365 including but not limitedto the alarm time alarm duration alarm sound such as volume the source of sound such as a preset radio station a CD track or a MP3 file from the user s personal data 350 and snooze options such as enable disable snooze button on the audio reproduction device 105 The wake up options 365 may also
22. ends 750 User Activity Information to Remote Server s based on User Preferences Application Detects Activation of Control 760 Button s on the Peripheral Device Sleep Management Application Sends User 770 Activity Updates Message to Remote Server s based on User Preferences FIG 7 U S Patent 800 E Jun 10 2014 Sheet 9 of 14 Sleep Management Application Connects to the Remote Server Sleep Management Application Retrieves User Activity Information Sleep Management Application Analyses User Activity Information Sleep Management Application Presents Activity Information in a Graphical or Statistical Form Sleep Management Application in Response to the User Command Reorganizes the User Activity Information in Different Formats Sleep Management Application in Response to the User Command Retrieves Additional Information About User Activities Sleep Management Application in Response to the User Command Transmits the User Activity Information to Remote Server s FIG 8 US 8 749 360 B2 810 820 830 840 850 860 870 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 10 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 900 S Remote Server Creates 910 a User Account Remote Server Receives Updates 920 Information about Peripheral Devices Remote Server Receives Updates 930 User Preferences Information Remote Server Receives Updates 79 User Location Information Remote Server Receives U
23. essages with the user activ ity information using messaging servers 190 Operation of these and other servers will be described in greater detail herein below Inanalternate arrangement sleep management application 115 can be configured to receive information from one or more servers 140 170 190 and to further utilize the received information to enhance and or modify the operation of the sleep management application 114 including an alarm func tion By way of example sleep management application 115 can utilize the computing device s 120 130 existing Internet connection to initiate a connection between the sleep man agement application 115 and one or more local or remote servers 140 170 190 The sleep management application 115 can then receive external data 1 data that is present on the server 140 170 190 but not on the computing device 120 130 from the server s 140 170 190 Preferably the data received from the server s pertains to the computing device 120 130 such as data relating to the computing device s 120 130 location the user such as personal scheduling informa US 8 749 360 B2 5 tion and or personal favorites interests and or the sleep management application 115 though in principle the sleep management application 115 can receive any form of data By way of example in one arrangement the sleep management application 115 receives traffic and or weather data from one or more traffic weather related
24. he user account 310 and based on user preferences may send user activity update notifications to various messaging or social network servers 190 At step 760 the application 115 may detect that the user activated one of the control buttons of the peripheral device 105 such as a radio preset button of an audio reproduction device such as an alarm clock radio that tunes FM tuner to frequency 103 5 MHz In response the application 115 may check at step 770 user preferences in the user account 310 and based on user preferences may send user activity update notifications to various messaging or social network servers 190 For example if the detected user action took place at 9 PM the message may indicate that the user stopped listening to the broadcast of the football game and instead is listening to music on New York dance music station 103 5 KTU for example FIG 8 illustrates an example methodology 800 for display ing user activity information by the sleep management appli cation 115 At step 810 the application 115 connects to the remote server 140 and at step 820 retrieves user activity information that was collected by the application for a period of time At step 830 the sleep management application 115 analyzes the user activity data using various statistical and or probabilistic models known in the art At step 840 the sleep management application 115 may present user activity infor mation in a graphical or statistical form F
25. i e 7 05 AM as opposed to 7 30 AM which is tailored to the specific circumstances relevant to the user It should be noted that while in one arrangement the gen erated control signals are applied in an automated fashion that is they are applied without the need for user input and or interaction in other arrangements the user can be prompted to review and approve deny the implementation of one or more control signals By way of example the sleep manage ment application 115 can display to a user a proposed control signal 1 e set alarm clock 25 minutes earlier Alternatively the sleep management application can provide the user with the underlying information that is used by the sleep manage ment application 115 to derive the control signal for example the pertinent traffic weather data and enable the user to either approve or deny the implementation of the control signal Alternatively the user can edit the parameters of the control signal for example the user can modity the control signal to have the alarm sound 15 minutes earlier as opposed to the originally proposed 25 minutes or within a limit such as no more than 15 minutes earlier than any previ ously set time The user can further select which settings functions and or operations can be modified by generated control signals without user prompting and which settings functions and or operations require user acceptance prior to implementation It should be further no
26. ication Connects 570 to the Remote Server using Internet Application Sends Collected Updated 580 Information to the Remote Server FIG 5 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 7 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 600 Consumer Electronic Device is Docked 610 with the Peripheral Device Sleep Management Application Starts 620 on the Consumer Electronic Device Application and Consumer Electronic 630 Device Authenticate Each Other Sleep Management Application 949 Connects to the Remote Server Sleep Management Application Retrieves 650 Configuration Information for the Peripheral Device Application Generates a Custom Graphic User Interface for the Peripheral Device based on Configuration Information 660 Sleep Management Application Retrieves 670 User Personal Data and Sleep Profile s Sleep Management Application Configures Peripheral Device using Custom 680 User Interface and Sleep Profile s FIG 6 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 8 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 Sleep Management Application Connects 710 to and Authenticates Peripheral Device Sleep Management Application Collects 720 User Location Information Based on 700 E the Authentication Information 730 Sleep Management Application Sends User Location Information to Remote Server s Based on User Preferences Sleep Management Application Collects User 740 Activity Information Based on Configuration of the Peripheral Device Sleep Management Application S
27. ice of claim 12 wherein the sleep management application when executed by the con sumer electronic device causes the consumer electronic device to receive an input from the user approving or denying a modification in accordance with the control signal after the presenting step 14 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the sleep management device is authenticated so as to be respon sive to the sleep management application when the consumer electronic device is docked to the sleep management device in a wireless manner 15 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the sleep management device is authenticated so as to be respon sive to the sleep management application when the consumer electronic device is docked to the sleep management device in a wired manner
28. le embodiment of a user account database 300 containing user accounts 310 Each account 310 may include user identifying information 320 including a user s name as well as applica tion login name and password The account 310 may also include user preferences 330 including e mail address per sonal web site social network information such as login name and password user preferences with respect to alerts and advertisements as well as a user s buddy list The user account 310 may also include user activity information 340 including current location current activity such as sleeping awake listening to radio etc and planned activity such as waking up at 7 30 AM etc for example As will be described in greater detail below the sleep management application 115 can analyze user activity information 340 in order to generate one or more control signals that can modify the operation of the computing device 120 130 the sleep management appli cation 115 and or the peripheral device 105 The account 310 may also include user personal data 350 including audio video files that may be reproduced on the peripheral device 105 or on the computing device itself The account 310 may also include one or more user sleep profiles 360 which include data structures containing specific sleep management scenarios for various computing devices 120 130 and or peripheral devices 105 User sleep profiles 360 will be dis cussed in greater detail herein belo
29. network PC a peer device or other common net work node and typically includes many or all ofthe elements described above relative to the system 20 although only a memory storage device 50 has been illustrated The wired or wireless connections may include local area network LAN 51 ora wide area network WAN 52 Such networking envi ronments are common in offices enterprise wide computer networks Intranets and the Internet When used in a LAN networking environment the system 20 is connected to the local network 51 through a network card or adapter 53 When ina WAN networking environment the system 20 typically includes a modem 54 or other means for establishing communications over the wide area network 52 such as the Internet The modem 54 which may be inter nal or external is connected to the system bus 23 via the serial port connector 46 In a networked environment program modules depicted relative to the system 20 or portions thereof may be stored in the remote memory storage device It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing a communications link between system 20 and other computer systems may be used As used in this application the terms component mod ule system and the like are intended to include a com puter related entity such as but not limited to hardware firm ware a combination of hardware and software software or software in
30. ng devices 120 130 The sleep management application 115 may request device specific information from the database 400 in order to communicate with various peripheral devices 105 and or computing devices 120 130 In one example embodiment a part ofthe information ofthe database 400 may be maintained by the sleep management application 115 FIG 5 illustrates an example methodology 500 for activa tion of a sleep management application 115 on a consumer electronic device 120 or a personal computer 130 At step 510 a user may download the application 115 onto the con sumer electronic device 120 or the personal computer 130 At step 520 the user may install the sleep management applica tion 115 on the consumer electronic device 120 or the per sonal computer 130 At step 530 the sleep management application creates one or more user accounts 310 for appli cation users At this point the user may provide user identi fying information and select a login name and password At step 540 the application 115 collects updates user prefer ences personal data and user activity information and stores 0 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 this information in a user account 310 At step 5506 the appli cation may collect update information about the consumer electronic device 120 or the personal computer 130 on which itis executed such as device model identifier and the like and store this information in the use
31. o the external speakers or a microphone a digital I O connector 255 such as a USB connector for connecting to the personal computer 130 and or the consumer electronic device 120 and a network connector 260 such as wired or wireless local area network LAN card or a Bluetooth card The device 200 may also include a remote control 280 which may commu nicate using RF or IR signals to control various functions of the device 200 and or functions of the sleep management application 115 residing on the consumer electronic device 20 40 45 50 55 6 120 and or the personal computer 130 The device 200 may also include a CD player not shown or other internal audio source devices As indicated above the sleep management application 115 enables configuration of various sleep management settings and functions such as clock settings alarm settings and functions radio settings audio settings network settings user profile settings and various other configuration param eters and settings and storage of configuration settings for various peripheral devices 105 and computing devices 120 130 To that end the sleep management application 115 main tains a user account database that contains one or more accounts for various users of the application 115 that contain information pertaining to the user the computing device 120 130 the sleep management application 115 and or the peripheral device 105 FIG 3A illustrates one examp
32. ocal Businesses and Services to the User in form of Alerts Sleep Management application 1160 Presents Advertisements from Local Businesses and Services Sleep Management Application Places 1170 Orders for Local Businesses and Services FIG 11 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 13 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 1200 oo 1202 INITIATE ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS LINK WITH SERVER S 1204 RECEIVE EXTERNAL DATA 1206 ANALYZE EXTERNAL DATA GENERATE CONTROL SIGNAL BASED ON PERTINENT DATA ELEMENTS MODIFY SETTINGS OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTROL SIGNAL FIG 12 US 8 749 360 B2 Sheet 14 of 14 Jun 10 2014 U S Patent L Old SIWVd90dd Ze NOILVONddvV SSINGOW viva INVOOMd WYv3oO3d YSHLO s sayndwiog eoepeyl pue eoejeju 1295 eogjieju Jeondo SAC ASIA XJOMJSN sng uejs s Nez wun Buisseoold 9G Jeydopy O9DIA Jeydepy 8v Le ZE 9 sasad GE W3LSAS NOLLVOl lddV ONILVH3dO 6 9 sainaow YSHLO 4 SWVeoOdd WALSAS aus Ge WALSAS ONILVeAdO US 8 749 360 B2 1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SLEEP MANAGEMEN
33. or example the application 115 may generate a graph of the user s average sleep time per day for the past month versus a recommended amount of sleep or versus the amount of sleep of users of similar demographics or similar locale In another example the application may show what radio stations the user had 20 40 45 55 60 65 10 listen to most during the course ofa year compare popularity rating of these radio stations and suggest other similar radio stations At step 850 the sleep management application 115 may reorganize the user activity information in different for mat or other criteria For example the information may be presented in a form of a pie or bar chart or in tabular form At step 860 the user may request additional activity information to beretrieved and presented For example user activity infor mation for a shorter or longer period oftime may be requested by the user As another example certain information that has been gathered from other users e g buddies ofthe user on a given social network can be presented to the user In this regard the sleep management application 115 can retrieve information concerning the song radio station or other pro gram that a buddy has selected as a wake up alarm and cause that selection to be used at the computing device 120 130 or peripheral device 105 At step 870 the user may instruct the sleep management application 115 to send a portion of the user activit
34. ork Server s Remote Server 180 oo Hotel Database 160 User Account Database Audio Device Database U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 1 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 100 105 Device 120 130 Computing Computing Device Device Consumer Personal Computer Electronic Device Management Management Application Application h 170 190 cial Hotel Network Server 140 Server s Remote Server 180 150 Hotel Database 160 Audio Device RN Database User Account Database FIG 1 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 2 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 Network Connector s Memory Power Amplifier eco Digital UO Connector s 290 N Analog I O Connector s Microcontroller Display LLL 245 Docking Connector l 1 Radio Control IR Tuner s Panel Receiver l l 240 235 FIG 2 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 3 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 300 User Account Database TRE 320 User Identification Information login name and password User Preference Information e mail address es personal web site s Social network s info e alerts and advertisements user s buddy list User Activity Information e current location e current activity e planned activities 350 User Personal Data audio
35. other by exchanging for example one or more device model identifier s and or software version iden tifier s At step 640 the sleep management application may connect to the remote server 140 and retrieve at step 650 configuration information about the peripheral device 105 from the remote server 140 Alternatively this device con figuration information may be already known to the applica tion 115 and it does not need to retrieve it from the remote server 140 At step 660 the sleep management application 115 generates based on the device configuration information a custom user interface for configuring specific features of peripheral device 105 For example the user interface dis plays only control buttons available on the specific peripheral device to which the sleep management application 115 is currently communicating At step 670 the sleep management application 115 also retrieves from the local or remote user account database a user s personal data and sleep profiles At step 670 the user may configure operation of the peripheral device using the custom interface For example the user may program preset buttons of the audio reproduction device to play specific audio files stored on the consumer electronic device 120 or personal computer 130 on which the sleep management application 115 runs or to stream Internet radio from network addresses specified in the user preferences fields of the user account 310 In addition using the c
36. pdates 950 User Activity Information Remote Server Updates User s Personal 960 Web Site and Social Networks with the User Activity and Location Information Based on User Preferences FIG 9 Remote Server Sends Messages to the 970 Buddy List Based on User Preferences U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 11 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 1000 S Sleep management Application Connects 1010 to and Authenticates Peripheral Device Sleep Management Application 1020 Connects to the Local Hotel Server Sleep Management Application Retrieves 1030 Information About Hotel Services 1040 Sleep Management Application Receives User Request s for Hotel Services Sleep Management Application Sends User 1050 Request s to the Hotel Server Sleep Management application Receives 1060 Confirmation from the Local Hotel Server Sleep Management Application Presents 1070 Confirmation in a form of an Alert FIG 10 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 12 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 1100 uS Sleep management Application Connects to and Authenticates Peripheral Device Sleep Management Application 4120 Determines User Location Information Based on Authentication Information Sleep Management Application Checks a 1130 User Preferences Information Sleep Management Application Searches 1140 for Information about Local Businesses and Services Based on User Preferences Sleep Management Application Presents 1150 Information about L
37. r account 310 This informa tion may be used to search for device or computer specific application updates and or other device or computer specific functions At step 560 the user may create various sleep profiles 360 using predefined sleep profile templates The templates may include predefined data entry fields for entry of the necessary information Notably the templates may be device specific For example the application may use the model number identifier of the peripheral device 105 and or the computing devices 120 130 to determine functionality of the device such as a radio tuner CD player etc and provide sleep profile templates that reflect features of the peripheral device 105 and or the computing devices 120 130 At step 570 the sleep management application 115 may connect to the remote server 140 through the network 110 and at step 580 send all collected user account information to the remote server 140 for back up on the user account database 160 FIG 6 illustrates an example methodology 600 for config uring a peripheral device 105 using sleep management appli cation 115 At step 610 the consumer electronic device 120 or personal computer 130 is docked or connected wired or wirelessly to the peripheral device 105 At step 620 the sleep management application 115 auto starts or is manually launched by the user At step 630 the sleep management application 115 and the consumer electronic device 120 authenticate each
38. r sent to the server s 140 170 190 can instead be obtained from transmitted to internal and or local memory storage accessible by computing device 120 130 and or peripheral device s 140 170 190 Additionally various elements referenced above such as user activity information 340 and sleep profiles 360 can be analyzed and control signals can be generated based upon these items All of the functionalities described herein whether by mod ules or otherwise can be accomplished in one embodiment of the invention by execution of code or a portion of code that comprises the sleep management application FIG 13 depicts an exemplary system 20 on which the sleep management application 115 may be executed In one aspect the system 20 may represent a personal computer 130 or the like In another aspect the system 20 may represent a con sumer electronic device 120 or the like In either aspect the system 20 may include some of the components depicted in FIG 12 For example the system 20 may include a processing unit 21 a system memory 22 and a system bus 23 that couples various system components including the system memory 22 to the processing unit 21 The system bus 23 may be any of several types of bus structures including a memory bus or memory controller a peripheral bus and a local bus using any ofa variety of bus architectures The system memory includes a read only memory ROM 24 and random access memory RAM 25 A basic input outpu
39. rammed with a sleep man agement setting using the custom tailored interface to imple ment the feature so configured According to another aspect a computer implemented method for enhancing a sleep management application oper ating on a computing device and having an alarm function is provided The computing device has a processor and a storage medium and the sleep management application has one or more software modules stored on the storage medium and executed in the processor A communications link between the sleep management application and a remote server is initiated the remote server having external data pertaining to the computing device or to a user The sleep management application receives the external data from the remote server and analyzes the external data to identify elements that per tain to the sleep management application Then the sleep management application generates a control signal based on the identified elements and modifies a setting governing an operation of the alarm function of the computing device in accordance with the control signal According to yet another aspect a computer implemented method for enhancing a sleep management application oper ating on a computing device is provided The computing device has a processor and a storage medium and the sleep management application has one or more software modules stored on the storage medium and executed upon the proces sor to cooperate therewith and implemen
40. t can be accessed by a computer By way of example and not limitation such computer readable media can comprise RAM ROM EEPROM CD ROM or other optical disk storage magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer Also any connection may be termed a computer readable medium For example if soft ware is transmitted from a website server or other remote source using a coaxial cable fiber optic cable twisted pair digital subscriber line DSL or wireless technologies such as infrared radio and microwave then the coaxial cable fiber optic cable twisted pair DSL or wireless technologies such as infrared radio and microwave are included in the defini tion of medium Disk and disc as used herein includes com pact disc CD laser disc optical disc digital versatile disc DVD floppy disk and Blu ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically while discs usually reproduce data optically with lasers Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media The methods described herein have been provided in con nection with flow diagrams that facilitate a description of the principal processes however certain blocks can be invoked in an arbitrary order such as when the events drive the pro gram flow such as
41. t enhanced sleep management functionality The sleep management applica tion collects data that is perceptible to or usable by the computing device and analyzes the data to identify elements that pertain to the sleep management application The sleep management application then generates a control signal based on the identified elements and modifies the operation of the sleep management application in accordance with the control signal According to yet another aspect a sleep management sys tem is provided including a processor a storage medium accessible by the processor and one or more software mod ules encoded on the storage medium which execute in the processor and which when executed by the processor cause the sleep management system to initiate a communications link with a remote server the remote server having external data pertaining to a computing device or to a user The soft ware modules in cooperation with the processor further cause the sleep management system to receive the external data from the remote server and analyze the external data to identify elements that pertain to the sleep management appli US 8 749 360 B2 3 cation Then the software modules cause the sleep manage ment system to generate a control signal based on the identi fied elements and modify a setting governing an operation of an alarm function in accordance with the control signal BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 illustrates a
42. t system 26 BIOS contain ing the basic routines that help to transfer information between the elements within the computer system 20 such as during start up is stored in ROM 24 The system 20 may further include a hard disk drive 27 for reading from and writing to a hard disk not shown a mag netic disk drive 28 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 29 and an optical disk drive 30 for reading from or writing to a removable optical disk 31 such as a CD ROM DVD ROM or other optical media The hard disk drive 27 magnetic disk drive 28 and optical disk drive 30 are connected to the system bus 23 by a hard disk drive interface 32 a magnetic disk drive interface 33 and an optical drive interface 34 respectively The drives and their associated computer readable media provide non volatile storage of computer readable instructions data structures program modules subroutines where each of the steps described above can be a separate module or several steps can be aggregated into a single module and other data forthe system 20 Although the exemplary environment described herein employs a hard disk a removable magnetic disk 29 and a removable optical disk 31 it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other types of computer readable media that can store data accessible by a computer such as flash 20 30 40 45 50 55 14 memory cards digital video disks RAMs ROMs EPROMs and the like
43. ted that while the foregoing examples have illustrated the operation of the sleep manage ment application 115 with respect to modifying an alarm function the sleep management application 115 can modify nearly any function setting and or operation pertaining to the computing device 120 130 the peripheral device 105 and or the sleep management application 115 By way of example as described in detail above using any of a variety of means US 8 749 360 B2 13 the sleep management application 115 can detect the location ofthe computing device 120 130 Utilizing this information together with received external information as described above the sleep management application 115 can determine that the user is at a stadium during a sporting event Accord ingly a control signal can be generated which increases the volume of the computing device s 120 130 ringer thereby enabling the user to hear audible notifications despite noisy surroundings In addition while the foregoing description has referred periodically to interaction and or communications between the computing device 120 130 and or the peripheral device 105 with one or more servers 140 170 190 it should be noted that in other arrangements the sleep management application 115 and other aspects and features disclosed herein are fully operable without communication with and or connection to such servers In such embodiments data and or information that is received from and o
44. tem 100 may further include various local and remote servers 140 170 190 that operate in conjunction with the sleep management application 115 to provide various information and services to the sleep management applica tion 115 consumer electronic device 120 personal computer 130 peripheral device 105 and or application users In one example embodiment the system 100 may include a remote server 140 hosted by the manufacturer of the peripheral device 105 or a third party In one embodiment server 140 may maintain and provide to the sleep management applica tion 115 information about various peripheral devices 105 which may be stored in a database 150 and serve as a backup for the user account information which may be stored in a database 160 In another example embodiment the peripheral device 105 may be located in a hotel in which case the system 100 may include a local hotel server 170 and hotel database 180 The sleep management application 115 may communicate with the hotel server 170 via network 110 to provide and or receive information about various hotel ser vices In yet another example embodiment the system 100 may include various social networking and or messaging servers 190 The sleep management application 115 may provide and or receive status update notifications about activities of the application user or other users to from the social networking servers 190 such as Twitter or Face book or send email or instant m
45. tronic device to the sleep management device wherein when the consumer electronic device is docked to the sleep management device and further wherein when theconsumer electronic device operates a sleep manage ment application the sleep management device is authenticated so as to be responsive to the sleep man agement application and further comprising a commu nication link to a remote server having external data pertaining to the consumer electronic device or to a user of the consumer electronic device wherein the sleep management application when executed by the consumer electronic device causes the consumer electronic device to initiate communications over the communication link between the sleep management application and the remote server receive the external data from the remote server analyze the external data to identify elements that per tain to the sleep management application generate a control signal based on the identified ele ments modify a setting governing an operation of an alarm function in accordance with the control signal and activate the sleep management device in accordance with the modified setting 2 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein opera tion of the sleep management device is controlled using the sleep management application 3 The sleep management device of claim 1 wherein the sleep management application generates a custom interface that reflects functionality of the sleep man
46. umer electronic device may be configured to function as an alarm clock The device may also beconnected to the traditional alarm clock and be used by the user to configure alarm settings and to select audio content to be reproduced on the alarm clock In addition various consumer electronic and computing devices have frequent if not constant network connectivity These devices are capable of receiving a vast amount of information from remote data servers through the Internet For example it is common for users of capable devices to receive traffic and or weather updates for a specific location In many instances various elements within this received information result in additional considerations for a user For instance if a weather forecast predicts inclement weather and or a traffic report indicates delays on a certain road a user may wish to account for these current future events by wak ing up at a time other than that which he she is otherwise accustomed However there is presently no system or method that enables such accounting and or considerations to be effectively implemented Tt is with respect to these considerations and others that the disclosure made herein is presented SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Technologies are presented herein fora system and method for enhancing a sleep management application In accordance with a broad aspect of the invention a com puting device executes code that implements a sleep manage ment
47. ustom interface of the sleep management application 115 the user may select one of the sleep profiles associated with the peripheral device 105 to be executed by the sleep manage ment application 115 FIG 7 illustrates an example methodology 700 for collec tion and distribution of user information by the sleep man agement application 115 At step 710 the sleep management application 115 connects to and authenticates the peripheral device 105 In an alternate arrangement the sleep manage ment application executes on a computing device 120 130 without connecting to a peripheral device 105 At step 720 the application 115 determines user location based on the device authentication information For example the applica US 8 749 360 B2 9 tion 115 may compare the current device model identifier with the home device model identifier stored in the user account 310 If these identifiers are different the application 115 may request that remote server 140 which has informa tion about all manufactured peripheral devices determine where the current peripheral device is located In an alternate arrangement wherein the sleep management application 115 executes on a computing device 120 130 without connecting to a peripheral device 105 user location is determined using other location determining methods By way of example the sleep management application 115 may approximate the location of the computing device 120 130 by requesting the
48. video files User Sleep Profiles 360 e profile 1 e profile 2 370 Sleep Management Application e Software version ID 380 Peripheral Device e manufacturer and model FIG 3A U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 4 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 User Sleep Profile Wake Up Options e alarm time alarm duration e alarm sound e sound source e snooze option e action list Bedtime Options e bedtime e bedtime sound e sound source e sound duration e action list Miscellaneous Options e alarm time e alarm duration alarm sound e sound source e snooze option e action list FIG 3B U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 5 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 Peripheral Device Computing Device Database a 400 410 Device Model Identifier Device Configuration Data Device User Manual Device Software Update Application Program Interfaces FIG 4 U S Patent Jun 10 2014 Sheet 6 of 14 US 8 749 360 B2 e Download Sleep Management Application 510 on Consumer Electronic Device PC Install Sleep Management Application on 520 the Consumer Electronic Device PC Sleep Management Application 530 Creates User Account s Application Collects Updates User 240 Preferences and User Activity Information Application Collects Updates Information 550 about Consumer Electronic Device PC 560 User Creates Sleep Profiles Sleep Management Appl
49. w The account 310 may also include application version information 370 and infor mation 380 about computing devices 120 130 and or periph eral devices 105 with which the sleep management applica tion 115 is configured to operate As noted above sleep profiles 360 contain specific sleep management scenarios for various computing devices 120 130 and or peripheral devices 105 These sleep profiles 360 can also be analyzed by the sleep management application 115 in order to generate one or more control signals that can modify the operation of the computing device 120 130 the sleep management application 115 and or the peripheral device 105 as will be described in greater detail below In one example a user may create sleep profiles for different days of the week thus for example a weekday may have one sleep profile and a weekend may have a different sleep profile In addition the user may create different sleep profiles for dif ferent locations thus for example the user may have one sleep profile at home and a different sleep profile when trav eling on business Moreover sleep profiles 360 may differ based on the functionality ofthe computing devices 120 130 and or the peripheral device 105 with which the sleep man agement application 115 is operating For example if device 105 has a radio tuner a sleep profile may indicate radio stations to which the device 105 must tune to If the device 105 does not have a radio tuner the sl
50. websites servers This data can then be used to generate control signals that configure and control various settings and functions of the sleep manage ment application 115 in a manner that transforms or changes user device settings i e existing values that are set in the device that may have been input manually by the user through the sleep management application interface the com puting device 120 130 and or the audio reproduction device 105 as will be described in greater detail below Additionally the data can be received in response to a specific query by the sleep management application 115 and or the computing device 120 130 such as a query regarding current traffic conditions in a specific area and or in response to a standing query such as weather in the user s hometown It should be noted that while the foregoing description ofan arrangement of sleep management system 100 incorporates numerous components in other arrangements fewer or addi tional components can be present Thus for example in one particular arrangement a computing device 120 130 can communicate with and receive data from various external servers 140 170 190 through network 110 free of commu nication with or reliance upon the peripheral device 105 In such an arrangement a speaker on board the device 120 130 can be the output device that provides an alert to the user as the alarm function FIG 2 illustrates a schematic block diagram ofthe periph
51. y information to a particular email address or be posted on the user s social network web page such as a Facebook or the like FIG 9 illustrates an example methodology 900 for opera tion ofthe remote server 140 ofthe sleep management system 100 At step 910 the sleep management application 115 may request the remote server 140 to create a user account 310 in the database 160 for each new user ofthe system 100 At step 920 the remote server 140 receives and updates information about various peripheral devices 105 and stores this informa tion in the database 150 At step 930 the remote server 140 receives 115 user preferences information from the sleep management application and updates this information in the user account 310 At step 940 the remote server 140 receives user location information from the sleep management appli cation 115 and updates this information in the user account 310 At step 950 the remote server 140 receives user activity information from the sleep management application 115 and updates this information in the user account 310 At step 960 the remote server 140 may be configured to update based on user preferences the user s personal web site and or social network web sites with the user activity information At step 970 the remote server 140 may be further configured to send based on user preferences e mail or instant messages to individuals on the user s buddy list FIG 10 illustrates an example methodology

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