Patent ID: 9728083
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04L

Claim:
1. An operating method of a control device, the method comprising: receiving, by the control device, content metadata from a first target device; displaying, by the control device, a content list corresponding to the content metadata; receiving, by the control device, a first user selection input for selecting a content for an alarm event among content included in the content list, wherein the alarm event corresponds to an alarm time set by a user; receiving, by the control device, a device list from a second target device that provides the alarm event, wherein the device list is a list of devices registered for an alarm service; displaying, by the control device, the device list; receiving, by the control device, a second user selection input for selecting at least one alarm target device among the registered devices included in the device list; receiving, by the control device, a third user selection input for selecting an alarm method, transmitting, by the control device, alarm event information and alarm method information to the second target device for use with the alarm event, wherein the alarm event information includes information regarding the at least one alarm target device to provide the content associated with the alarm event and an alarm message in textual format, wherein the alarm method information includes information regarding the selected alarm method through the third user selection input, wherein when the user's location is a first location, the second target device unicasts the alarm event to a predetermined alarm target device based on the alarm method information at the set alarm time, wherein the predetermined alarm target device is not included in the device list, and wherein when the user's location is a second location, the second target device transmits the alarm event to the at least one alarm target device at the set alarm time, wherein the at least one alarm target device provides the content associated with the alarm event after receiving the alarm event information from the second target device.