Device notification adjustment dependent on user proximity

• US 10,367,950 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2014
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Davis, Mark Charles, Robinson, Douglas Warren, Zawacki, Jennifer Greenwood
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan
• Application Number:
  US14/301,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20150365540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,875 Days
• Field of Search: 455421, 455 661, 455 677, 455567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/042 with variable loudness of the ringing tone, e.g. variable envelope or amplitude of ring signal

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: detecting a received communication at a device; detecting, using a device orientation sensor, orientation data relating to device orientation; the orientation data being associated in time with the received communication; determining, using the orientation data, a value for a magnitude of a notification of the received communication; and adjusting, using a processor of the device, the magnitude of the notification of the received communication according to the value. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting a received communication at a device;

detecting, using at least one device sensor, a device environmental context, wherein the device environmental context is detected using at least one of;

device orientation, ambient light level, user biometric data, and connectivity status;

the detected device environmental context being associated in time with the received communication;

identifying a proximity of a user to the device by mapping the device environmental context to one of a plurality of user-proximity device contexts, each identifying a proximity of the user to the device; and

adjusting, based upon the user not being proximate to the device, the magnitude of the notification of the received communication from a notification sound value set before receipt of the communication to an increased adjusted value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a device environmental context comprises detecting, using the at least one device sensor, user biometric data;

wherein the value for the magnitude of the notification is determined using the biometric data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting a device environmental context comprises detecting if a user is proximate to the device and wherein the detecting if the user is proximate to the device comprises matching audible data to a specific predetermined user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the connectivity status comprises a charging status;

wherein the value for the magnitude of the notification is determined using the charging status.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting further comprises adjusting the duration of the notification of the received communication and wherein the adjusting the duration comprises adjusting one or more of a volume of a ring and a sound of a ring for the predetermined number of rings beyond voice call termination.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, using a processor of the device, the mode of the notification of the received communication according to the value.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein adjusting the mode comprises switching off a haptic mode of notification.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a device environmental context comprises detecting, using a device communication element, proximity of a predetermined wearable user device;

wherein the value for the magnitude of the notification is determined using the proximity of the predetermined wearable user device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting a proximity of a user comprising detecting, using a device orientation sensor, orientation data relating to device orientation.

9. A device, comprising:

a processor;

at least one device sensor operatively coupled to the processor;

a communication element that receives a communication;

an output element that provides a notification of a received communication; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

detect a received communication;

detect, using at least one device sensor, a device environmental context, wherein the device environmental context is detected using at least one of;

device orientation, ambient light level, user biometric data, and connectivity status;

the detected device environmental context being associated in time with the received communication;

identify a proximity of a user to the device by mapping the device environmental context to one of a plurality of user-proximity device contexts, each identifying a proximity of the user to the device; and

adjust, based upon the user not being proximate to the device, the magnitude of the notification of the received communication from a notification sound value set before receipt of the communication to an increased adjusted value.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions to detect a device environmental context comprise instructions to detect, using the at least one device sensor, biometric data;

and

wherein the value for the magnitude of the notification is determined using the biometric data.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor matches audible data to a specific predetermined user.

12. The device of claim 9, further comprising a charging element;

wherein the value for the magnitude of the notification is determined using the charging status of the charging element.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein to adjust further comprises to adjust the duration of the notification of the received communication and wherein the duration is adjusted by adjusting one or more of a volume of a ring and a sound of a ring for the predetermined number of rings beyond voice call termination.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor adjusts the mode of the notification of the received communication according to the value.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein adjusting the mode comprises switching off a haptic mode of notification.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions to detect a device environmental context comprises instructions to detect, using a device communication element, proximity of a predetermined wearable user device;

and

wherein the value for the magnitude of the notification is determined using the proximity of the predetermined wearable user device.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein the at least one device sensor comprises a 9-axis device sensor.

19. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions to detect a proximity of a user comprise instructions to detect, using a device orientation sensor, orientation data relating to device orientation.