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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
John M Van Ryzin, Madison, NJ (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An alarm clock which automatically sets current time and date by receiving a television broadcast signal or the like and by decoding a signal included in the received television broadcast signal to obtain the current time and date information. A programmable controller processes the current time and date information for display. The alarm clock further includes a memory for storing data representing holidays. The programmable controller is operative to activate an alarm trigger in response to a user setting and to disable the user setting if it is determined that the current date coincides with one of the holidays stored in the memory.