Patent ID: 8458705
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a clock and a schedule of a terminal that executes entries of the schedule based on a local time in a location of the terminal, wherein the terminal comprises a controller, the method comprising: monitoring, by the controller, the local time in the location of the terminal; determining, by the controller, if an original local time in the terminal is different from the monitored local time; changing a local time in the clock of the terminal to be the same as the monitored local time; determining, by the controller, if there is a schedule entry that has already been processed according to the original local time and will be processed again according to the changed local time; determining, by the controller, if there is an unprocessed schedule entry that was to be processed during a period between the changed local time and the original local time; and preventing, by the controller, an already-processed schedule entry from being processed again and reporting the unprocessed schedule entry to a user, wherein the preventing comprises changing, by the controller, a schedule state for the schedule from an active state, in which schedule entries are processed, to an inactive state, in which the schedule entries are not processed.