Input to locked computing device

• US 10,565,387 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: LeBeau, Michael J., Jitkoff, John Nicholas, Guy, Romain P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shehni, Ghazal B
• Application Number:
  US14/972,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20160104001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,524 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command;

beginning to perform an action identified by the user command while the computing device is in the locked state, wherein beginning to perform the action identified by the user command while the computing device is in the locked state includes sending a query specified by the user command to a remote server system while the computing device is in the locked state;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the user command.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the user command is a voice command that was detected using a microphone of the computing device, and

the user request to unlock the computing device is received based on user interaction with a touchscreen of the computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the user command is a voice command, and

the user request to unlock the computing device includes user interaction with a keyboard that specifies a passcode.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the user command is a voice command, and

the user request to unlock the computing device includes user interaction with a touchscreen of the computing device to specify an unlocking pattern.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device and from the remote server system, a result to the query while the computing device is in the locked state, wherein the one or more results responsive to the user command include the result to the query; and

storing, by the computing device, the result to the query while the computing device is in the locked state.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising first presenting the result to the query after the computing device has transitioned from the locked state to the unlocked state and while the computing device is in the unlocked state.

7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command, wherein the user command is a voice command;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device, wherein the user request to unlock the device is received while the voice command is being received;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the user command.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command, wherein the user command includes a search query;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the user command, wherein the one or more results include multiple search results that were provided to the computing device by a search engine in response to the computing device providing the search query to the search engine.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of operations that comprise:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command;

beginning to perform an action identified by the user command while the computing device is in the locked state, wherein beginning to perform the action identified by the user command while the computing device is in the locked state includes sending a query specified by the user command to a remote server system while the computing device is in the locked state;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the user command.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein:

the user command is a voice command that was detected using a microphone of the computing device, and

the user request to unlock the computing device is received based on user interaction with a touchscreen of the computing device.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein:

the user command is a voice command, and

the user request to unlock the computing device includes user interaction with a keyboard that specifies a passcode.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein:

the user command is a voice command, and

the user request to unlock the computing device includes user interaction with a touchscreen of the computing device to specify an unlocking pattern.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, by the computing device and from the remote server system, a result to the query while the computing device is in the locked state, wherein the one or more results responsive to the user command include the result to the query; and

storing, by the computing device, the result to the query while the computing device is in the locked state.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise first presenting the result to the query after the computing device has transitioned from the locked state to the unlocked state and while the computing device is in the unlocked state.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of operations that comprise:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command, wherein the user command is a voice command;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device, wherein the user request to unlock the device is received while the voice command is being received;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the user command.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of operations that comprise:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command, wherein the user command includes a search query;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the user command, wherein the one or more results include multiple search results that were provided to the computing device by a search engine in response to the computing device providing the search query to the search engine.

17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command, wherein the user command includes a search query;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more search results responsive to the user command, wherein the one or more search results were provided to the computing device by a search system in response to the computing device providing the search query to the search system.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein:

the user command is a voice command; and

the user request to unlock the computing device comprises user input that physically interacts with the computing device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of operations that comprise:

receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a user command, wherein the user command includes a search query;

receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the user command, a user request to unlock the computing device;

executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and

presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more search results responsive to the user command, wherein the one or more search results were provided to the computing device by a search system in response to the computing device providing the search query to the search system.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein:

the user command is a voice command; and

the user request to unlock the computing device comprises user input that physically interacts with the computing device.