Adaptive Operating System

• US 20120297304A1
• Filed: 05/17/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Maxwell, Cynthia
• Application Number:
  US13/109,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20120297304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/728
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

An adaptive operating system is described that adjusts a set of applications and/or a set of application icons presented on a user interface based on ambient noise and/or ambient light conditions at the mobile device. In some implementations, a sensor on a mobile device can detect the amount of ambient noise and/or light at the mobile device and adjust the presentation of sound-related and/or light-related applications or application icons on a graphical interface of the mobile device. In some implementations, a set of applications and/or a set of application icons presented on a user interface can be adjusted based on movement of the mobile device detected by a motion sensor of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing one or more graphical objects corresponding to one or more applications to display on a user interface of a device;

detecting an amount of ambient light at the device;

in response to detecting the amount of ambient light, determining an application in the one or more applications that is associated with light; and

adjusting a display of a graphical object in the one or more graphical objects that corresponds to the application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the application has at least one feature that conflicts with the amount of ambient light.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing the graphical object from the display.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

replacing the graphical object with another graphical object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more graphical objects are selectable to invoke the corresponding one or more applications.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a value representing the amount of ambient light;

comparing the value to an ambient light threshold value; and

adjusting the display of the graphical object based on the comparison.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing metadata for each of the one or more applications, the metadata identifying an ambient light threshold value; and

adjusting the display of the graphical object based on the stored metadata.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing information associating each of the one or more applications with light;

adjusting the display of the graphical object based on the stored information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the amount of ambient light comprises receiving signals from one or more sensors of the device.

10. A method comprising:

causing one or more graphical objects corresponding to one or more applications to display on a user interface of a device;

detecting an amount of ambient noise at the device;

in response to detecting the amount of ambient noise, determining an application in the one or more applications that is associated with sound; and

adjusting a display of a graphical object in the one or more graphical objects that corresponds to the application.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining that the application has at least one feature that conflicts with the amount of ambient noise.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

removing the graphical object from the display.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

replacing the graphical object with another graphical object.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more graphical objects are selectable to invoke the corresponding one or more applications.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a value representing the amount of ambient noise;

comparing the value to an ambient noise threshold value; and

adjusting the display of the graphical object based on the comparison.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing metadata for each of the one or more applications, the metadata identifying an ambient noise threshold value; and

adjusting the display of the graphical object based on the stored metadata.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing information associating each of the one or more applications with sound;

adjusting the display of the graphical object based on the stored information.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein detecting the amount of ambient noise comprises receiving signals from one or more sensors of the device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

causing one or more graphical objects corresponding to one or more applications to display on a user interface of a device;

detecting an amount of ambient light at the device;

in response to detecting the amount of ambient light, determining an application in the one or more applications that is associated with light; and

adjusting a display of a graphical object in the one or more graphical objects that corresponds to the application.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

causing one or more graphical objects corresponding to one or more applications to display on a user interface of a device;

detecting an amount of ambient noise at the device;

in response to detecting the amount of ambient noise, determining an application in the one or more applications that is associated with sound; and

adjusting a display of a graphical object in the one or more graphical objects that corresponds to the application.