This is an Alarm Manager Broadcast Receiver, one can schedule a task which will be executed whenever an intent is fired. Task goes in onReceive.

AlarmManagerBroadcastReceiver.java

public class ReviveServiceAlarmManagerBroadcastReceiver extends
  	BroadcastReceiver {
	Context temp_context;
	final public static String SINGLE_TIME = "onetime";
	// static int TIME_INTERVAL_FOR_NETWORK_LOCATIONS = 2;
	DatabaseHelper myDatabase;

	@Override
	public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent intent) {
		temp_context = context;
		PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) context
				.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
		PowerManager.WakeLock wl = pm.newWakeLock(
				PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "YOUR TAG");
		// Acquire the lock
		if (!wl.isHeld()) {
			wl.acquire();
		}
		// You can do the processing here update the widget/remote views.

		wl.release();

	}

	public void SetAlarm(Context context) {
		CustomLog.logBlue(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace(),
				"set network alarm");
		AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) context
				.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
		Intent intent = new Intent(context, NetworkTrackingAlarmManagerBR.class);


		PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
		am.setRepeating(
				AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
				(System.currentTimeMillis() + MyVariables.TIME_BEFORE_STARTING_NETWORK_TRACKING),
				MyVariables.TIME_INTERVAL_FOR_NETWORK_LOCATIONS, pi);

	}

	public void CancelAlarm(Context context) {
		Intent intent = new Intent(context, NetworkTrackingAlarmManagerBR.class);
		PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent
				.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
		AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) context
				.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
		alarmManager.cancel(sender);
	}

	public void setOnetimeTimer(Context context) {
		AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) context
				.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
		Intent intent = new Intent(context, NetworkTrackingAlarmManagerBR.class);
		intent.putExtra(SINGLE_TIME, Boolean.TRUE);
		PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
		am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), pi);
	}

}