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Computer update scheduling based on biometrics

  • US 9,582,263 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2015
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for scheduling updates on a personal electronic device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the personal electronic device, a pending software update;

    receiving biometric data of a user from one or more biometric sensors to determine a sleep status of the user;

    determining the sleep status of the user based on the biometric data of the user;

    delaying initiation of the pending software update on the personal electronic device in response to determining that the user is not sleeping;

    initiating the pending software update on the personal electronic device in response to determining that the user is sleeping;

    following initiating the pending software update on the personal electronic device, determining that the sleep status of the user changes to awake while the pending software update is in progress on the personal electronic device;

    if the pending software update on the personal electronic device may take more than a half hour to complete, prompting the user to select on the personal electronic device whether to continue the pending software update or to delay the pending software update;

    following selection by the user on the personal electronic device to delay the pending software update on the personal electronic device, delaying the pending software update;

    receiving further biometric data of the user from one or more biometric sensors to determine a further sleep status of the user;

    terminating the delaying the pending software update on the personal electronic device when the further sleep status of the user changes to sleeping; and

    resuming the pending software update on the personal electronic device after a predetermined period of time following the last time the biometric data indicating the user is awake is received from the one or more biometric sensors.

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