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Transient message display control

  • US 9,310,886 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2014
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • observing via a camera of a device and a gaze tracking function that a user is looking at a transient message displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein the observing comprises detecting a position of the transient message at which the user is looking;

    determining a time to remove the transient message from the display screen as a function of the observing, wherein determining a time to remove the message corresponds to the user looking at an end of the transient message; and

    removing the transient message as a function of the determined time, wherein removing the transient message comprises fading the message starting at the determined time, and wherein fading the message comprises;

    determining that a user has looked away from the transient message;

    pausing the fading;

    determining that a user is looking back at the transient message; and

    continuing the fading when it is determined that the user is looking back at the transient message.

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