Patent ID: 9715820
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G04G,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for setting a plurality of group alarms for a group alarm clock by a plurality of members of the group alarm clock, the method comprising: a) receiving, by a group alarm application, a plurality of requests for membership in a group alarm clock by a group of members; b) configuring, by a group alarm application, a group alarm based on information associated with the group of members; c) determining, by the group alarm application, if a condition associated with activating the group alarm has been met; d) responsive to determining, by the group alarm application, that the condition has been met, sending the group alarm toward the group of members; e) receiving, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the group alarm sent by a member of the group of members; f) removing the member sending the acknowledgement from the group of members; g) configuring, by a group alarm application, a next group alarm based on information associated with the prior acknowledgement; h) determining, by the group alarm application, if a next condition associated with activating the next group alarm has been met; i) responsive to determining the next condition has been met, sending, by the group alarm application, the next group alarm toward the group of members; and j) receiving, by the group alarm application, an acknowledgement of the next group alarm from a member of the group of members.