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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Waterloo, CA;
Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Haejung Lisa Koh, Waterloo, CA;
David Paul Yach, Waterloo, CA;
Rohit Rocky Jain, Waterloo, CA;
Michael Thomas Hardy, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Waterloo, CA;
Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Haejung Lisa Koh, Waterloo, CA;
David Paul Yach, Waterloo, CA;
Rohit Rocky Jain, Waterloo, CA;
Michael Thomas Hardy, Waterloo, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
An improved electronic device and method provide an improved clock feature that includes a BEDTIME mode that is initiated by execution of a BEDTIME mode routine. The BEDTIME mode comprises a number of features that are conducive to sleep by performing operations that minimize distractions to a user, and all such operations are initiated by execution of the BEDTIME mode routine. The BEDTIME mode can be triggered in a variety of fashions, such as by setting an alarm or by docking the device with a predetermined other device such as a docking station.