Handheld electronic device using status awareness
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a handheld wireless communication device having a touchscreen, a processor, a memory, and a radio with a receiver and a transmitter, the device to;
receive an incoming communication through the radio;
monitor context awareness and situation awareness relating to a user of the device, wherein the situation awareness pertains to conditions external to the electronic device as determined from sensor inputs provided by one or more sensors of the electronic device, wherein the sensor inputs are based on information relating to the external conditions gathered by the one or more sensors; and
automatically select, based on at least one of the context awareness and the situation awareness, a format in which to present the communication to the user of the device, wherein the context awareness is based on user contexts including the user'"'"'s preferences, the user'"'"'s historical activities, the user'"'"'s current activities, and the user'"'"'s speculative activities, wherein the activities include one or more of actions, reactions, and decisions associated with the user, wherein automatic selection is performed based on at least one ofexternal priorities being assigned to the incoming communication without regard for the status awareness of the user,internal priorities based on the status awareness at a time when the communication is received, andprobable status of the user based on a confidence factor assigned to the probable status and as compared to a confidence threshold value.
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Abstract
Through status awareness, a handheld communications device may determine the location, activity, and/or physical or emotional state of the user. This information may in turn be used for various purposes, such as 1) determining how to alert the user of an incoming communication, 2) determining what format to use for communicating with the user, and 3) determining how to present the user'"'"'s status to another person'"'"'s communication device.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a handheld wireless communication device having a touchscreen, a processor, a memory, and a radio with a receiver and a transmitter, the device to; receive an incoming communication through the radio; monitor context awareness and situation awareness relating to a user of the device, wherein the situation awareness pertains to conditions external to the electronic device as determined from sensor inputs provided by one or more sensors of the electronic device, wherein the sensor inputs are based on information relating to the external conditions gathered by the one or more sensors; and automatically select, based on at least one of the context awareness and the situation awareness, a format in which to present the communication to the user of the device, wherein the context awareness is based on user contexts including the user'"'"'s preferences, the user'"'"'s historical activities, the user'"'"'s current activities, and the user'"'"'s speculative activities, wherein the activities include one or more of actions, reactions, and decisions associated with the user, wherein automatic selection is performed based on at least one of external priorities being assigned to the incoming communication without regard for the status awareness of the user, internal priorities based on the status awareness at a time when the communication is received, and probable status of the user based on a confidence factor assigned to the probable status and as compared to a confidence threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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4. A method comprising:
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receiving an incoming communication through a radio of a handheld communications device; monitoring context awareness and situation awareness relating to a user of the device, wherein the situation awareness pertains to conditions external to the electronic device as determined from sensor inputs provided by one or more sensors of the electronic device, wherein the sensor inputs are based on information relating to the external conditions gathered by the one or more sensors; automatically selecting, based on at least one of the context awareness and the situation awareness, a format in which to present the communication to the user of the device, wherein the context awareness is based on user contexts including the user'"'"'s preferences, the user'"'"'s historical activities, the user'"'"'s current activities, and the user'"'"'s speculative activities, wherein the activities include one or more of actions, reactions, and decisions associated with the user, wherein automatic selection is performed based on at least one of external priorities being assigned to the incoming communication without regard for the status awareness of the user, internal priorities based on the status awareness at a time when the communication is received, and probable status of the user based on a confidence factor assigned to the probable status and as compared to a confidence threshold value; and presenting the communication to the user in the selected format. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in a device performing operations comprising:
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receiving an incoming communication through a radio of a handheld communications device; monitoring context awareness and situation awareness relating to a user of the device, wherein the situation awareness pertains to conditions external to the electronic device as determined from sensor inputs provided by one or more sensors of the electronic device, wherein the sensor inputs are based on information relating to the external conditions gathered by the one or more sensors; automatically selecting, based on at least one of the context awareness and the situation awareness, a format in which to present the communication to the user of the device, wherein the context awareness is based on user contexts including the user'"'"'s preferences, the user'"'"'s historical activities, the user'"'"'s current activities, and the user'"'"'s speculative activities, wherein the activities include one or more of actions, reactions, and decisions associated with the user, wherein automatic selection is performed based on at least one of external priorities being assigned to the incoming communication without regard for the status awareness of the user, internal priorities based on the status awareness at a time when the communication is received, and probable status of the user based on a confidence factor assigned to the probable status and as compared to a confidence threshold value; and presenting the communication to the user in the selected format. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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