Patent ID: 7701333

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: an output unit configured to output an alarm; a memory configured to store an expandable alarm-integrated database; and a controller configured to expand the alarm-integrated database to include alarm information corresponding to an alarm feature of content added after the mobile terminal was manufactured, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature includes an alert type field indicating whether the alarm feature is a personal or system alarm feature, wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature further includes output information corresponding to when the alarm is to be output, and a necessary alarm field indicating whether or not the alarm should always be output at the output information, and wherein the alarm information corresponding to the alarm feature further includes an alarm identification field indicating an identification value corresponding to the alarm feature, an alarm name field indicating a name of the alarm feature, an alarm sound recurrence type field indicating how often the alarm is to be output, an alarm sound type field indicating a sound type of the alarm, a vibration ON/OFF field indicating whether the mobile terminal is to be vibrated when the alarm is output, a priority field indicating a priority of the alarm feature, and a comment field indicating comments related to the alarm feature.