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Attention detection service

  • US 10,642,335 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer accessible storage medium storing instructions forming an attention detection service which, when executed on a system:

  • monitor a plurality of peripheral devices in the system for a plurality of events that indicate that a user is potentially paying attention to the system; and

    responsive to a first event of the plurality of events from one of the plurality of peripheral devices, communicate an indication of the potential user attention to one or more clients of a plurality of clients executable on the system, wherein the one or more clients have previously registered with the attention detection service to indicate that the first event is an event that the one or more clients interpret as indicative of attention, and wherein one or more other clients of the plurality of clients have previously registered with the attention detection service to indicate that one or more second events of the plurality of events are events that the one or more other clients interpret as indicative of attention but do not indicate that the first event is an event that the one or more other clients interpret as indicative of attention.

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