Waking user up in time to arrive at appointment by calculating bed-to-door time

• US 10,108,150 B1
• Filed: 08/28/2015
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Gheorghita, Oana, Rad, Ali Ajdari, Leader, Ian James, Roth, Fabian, Wesenbeeck, Hans Van, Lidstroem, Kristoffer
• Primary Examiner(s): Leon, Edwin A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Collins, Jason
• Application Number:
  US14/838,858
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 15/00 Time-pieces comprising means to be operated at preselected times or after preselected time intervals G04G11/00, G04G13/00 take precedence; electronic timers G04F1/005; pulse delay circuits H03K5/13; electronic time-delay switches H03K17/28; electronic time-programme switches which automatically terminate their operation after the programme is completed H03K17/296
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 15/006 for operating at a number of different times cigar or cigarette receptacles or boxes with means for limiting the frequency of smoking A24F15/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A computing system may process previous inputs from a user into at least one electronic device, the previous inputs including at least a first input indicating that the user has woken up and a second input indicating that the user has left a sleeping location. The computing system may predict a bed-to-door time duration between the user waking up and the user leaving the sleeping location based on the first input indicating that the user has woken up and the second input indicating that the user has left the sleeping location. The computing system may determine a wakeup time for the user based on the predicted bed-to-door time duration and a time at which the user should leave the sleeping location to arrive at the appointment on time. The computing system may cause the at least one electronic device to output an alarm at the determined wakeup time.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon for waking a user up in time to timely arrive at an appointment, that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least:

receive multiple wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up and multiple travel inputs indicating that the user has left a sleeping location;

predict a bed-to-door time duration between the user waking up and the user leaving the sleeping location based on an average time duration between the multiple wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up and the multiple travel inputs indicating that the user has left the sleeping location;

determine a wakeup time for the user based on the predicted bed-to-door time duration and a time at which the user should leave the sleeping location to arrive at the appointment on time; and

cause the computing system to output an alarm at the determined wakeup time,

wherein the average time duration includes a median time duration between the multiple wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up and the multiple travel inputs indicating that the user has left the sleeping location.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up include tilt sensor inputs indicating that the user has picked the computing system up.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up include inputs to turn off an alarm on the computing system.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up include inputs to unlock the computing system.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the travel inputs indicating that the user has left the sleeping location include location inputs indicating that the user is not located in the sleeping location.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the travel inputs indicating that the user has left the sleeping location include Global Positioning System (GPS) inputs indicating that the user is not located in the sleeping location.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to set the alarm for the computing system based on the determined wakeup time.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the determining the wakeup time includes determining the time at which the user should leave the sleeping location based on a time of the appointment, a location of the appointment, and a commute time between the sleeping location and the location of the appointment.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to determine a location of the sleeping location based on previously determined locations of the computing system associated with the user during sleeping hours.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to determine the location of the appointment based on previously determined locations of the computing system associated with the user during working hours.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to determine the commute time based on previously determined locations of the computing system associated with the user during travel between the sleeping location and a workplace associated with the user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to determine the commute time based on determining a public transit time between the sleeping location and a workplace associated with the user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to determine that the user travels to the workplace via public transit by comparing previous locations of the computing system to public transit lines.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the user has opted in to sharing locations of the computing system with an application that determines the wakeup time; and

the computing system includes a remote server in communication with the computing system.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon for waking a user up in time to timely arrive at an appointment, that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least:

receive multiple wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up and multiple travel inputs indicating that the user has left a sleeping location;

predict a bed-to-door time duration between the user waking up and the user leaving the sleeping location based on an average bed-to-door time duration between the multiple wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up and the multiple travel inputs indicating that the user has left the sleeping location, wherein the average bed-to-door time duration includes a mean time duration, plus a configurable number of standard deviations, between the multiple wakeup inputs indicating that the user has woken up and the multiple travel inputs indicating that the user has left the sleeping location, the configurable number of standard deviations being based on a tolerable risk of being late;

determine a wakeup time for the user based on the predicted bed-to-door time duration and a time at which the user should leave the sleeping location to arrive at the appointment on time; and

cause the computing system to output an alarm at the determined wakeup time.