Patent ID: 8185670
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An audio visual (AV) device control method, comprising: establishing an interface between an AV device and an external device; automatically receiving personal information of a user from the external device, the personal information including a schedule input from the user, the schedule including at least one event having a predetermined type, the at least one event not associated with an AV function of the AV device when the personal information is received from the external device; detecting with the AV device the type of the at least one event and a predetermined time at which the at least one event is scheduled to begin; with the AV device, automatically associating an AV function of the AV device with the detected event type from the schedule, the AV function including one of an AV file play function, a wake-up call function, and a record data function according to the detected event type; and automatically performing the AV function of the AV device at the predetermined time.