DEVICE FEATURE MANIPULATION BASED ON PRESENTED CONTENT

• US 20090158221A1
• Filed: 12/17/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nielsen, Peter Dam, Kraft, Christian Rossing
• Application Number:
  US11/957,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20090158221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/867
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/062 Adjustment of illumination source parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/064 by time modulation of the brightness of the illumination source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method including automatically determining one or more characteristics of displayed content and dynamically adjusting a timeout period in dependence on the one or more characteristics.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

automatically determining one or more characteristics of displayed content; and

dynamically adjusting a timeout period in dependence on the one or more characteristics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more characteristics include one or more of text based characteristics and graphic based characteristics.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting an intensity of the display upon expiration of the timeout period.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the timeout period delays a presentation of information on a display.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting information on a display for a length of the timeout period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed content includes one or more of text and images.

7. A computer program product embodied in a memory of a device comprising:

computer readable program code embodied in a computer readable medium for executing the method of claim 1.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the one or more characteristics include one or more of text based characteristics and graphic based characteristics.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising computer readable program code embodied in a computer readable medium for adjusting an intensity of the display upon expiration of the timeout period.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the timeout period delays a presentation of information on a display.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising computer readable program code embodied in a computer readable medium for presenting information on a display for a length of the timeout period.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a display connected to the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

automatically determine one or more characteristics content presented on the display; and

dynamically adjust a timeout period in dependence on the one or more characteristics.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the one or more characteristics include one or more of text based characteristics and graphic based characteristics.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust an intensity of the display upon expiration of the timeout period.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to delay a presentation of information on a display for a length of the timeout period.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to present information on a display for a length of the timeout period.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the content presented on the display includes one or more of text and images.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile communication device.

19. A user interface comprising:

an input device;

a display; and

a processor connected to the input and display, the processor being configured to;

automatically determine one or more characteristics content presented on the display; and

dynamically adjust a timeout period in dependence on the one or more characteristics.

20. The user interface of claim 19, wherein the one or more characteristics include one or more of text based characteristics and graphic based characteristics.

21. The user interface of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust an intensity of the display upon expiration of the timeout period.

22. The user interface of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to delay a presentation of information on a display for a length of the timeout period.

23. The user interface of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to present information on a display for a length of the timeout period.