Notification profile configuration based on device orientation
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1. A device comprising:
- one or more processors;
one or more sensors coupled to the processors; and
a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;
repeatedly and at predefined intervals of time, periodically access an orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the device at a plurality of instances;
storing the orientation of the device at the plurality of instances to develop an orientation history;
using a sliding window on the orientation history to determine that the device has been in a current orientation for at least a threshold period of time and that the current orientation corresponds to a particular one of a plurality of notification profiles of the device, wherein in at least one of the notification profiles an operating parameter of an indication of an incoming message is modulated according to an affinity value of the incoming message with respect to a user of the device;
in response to determining that the device has been in the current orientation for at least a threshold period of time and that the current orientation corresponds to a particular one of the notification profiles, determine that one or more conditions for transitioning the device to the particular one of the notification profiles are met, wherein at least one of the conditions comprises the device being in the current orientation of down-ward facing such that a backside of the device faces upward for at least a pre-determined amount of time;
in response to determining that the conditions are met, automatically transition the device to the particular one of the notification profiles associated with a quiet mode; and
while the device is in the down-ward facing position and operating according to the particular one of the notification profiles in the quiet mode, displaying content on a first display disposed on the back side of the device while maintaining a second display disposed on a front side of the device in a powered off state.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a user places a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone) facing downward on a table. A process running on the mobile device determines an orientation of the mobile device (i.e., a facing downward orientation), and determines that the mobile device has been in the facing downward orientation for over a threshold period of time (e.g., 3 seconds), then the process automatically selects a “Quiet” notification profile, and turn off the mobile device'"'"'s display, without additional input from the user.
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1. A device comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more sensors coupled to the processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to; repeatedly and at predefined intervals of time, periodically access an orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the device at a plurality of instances; storing the orientation of the device at the plurality of instances to develop an orientation history; using a sliding window on the orientation history to determine that the device has been in a current orientation for at least a threshold period of time and that the current orientation corresponds to a particular one of a plurality of notification profiles of the device, wherein in at least one of the notification profiles an operating parameter of an indication of an incoming message is modulated according to an affinity value of the incoming message with respect to a user of the device; in response to determining that the device has been in the current orientation for at least a threshold period of time and that the current orientation corresponds to a particular one of the notification profiles, determine that one or more conditions for transitioning the device to the particular one of the notification profiles are met, wherein at least one of the conditions comprises the device being in the current orientation of down-ward facing such that a backside of the device faces upward for at least a pre-determined amount of time; in response to determining that the conditions are met, automatically transition the device to the particular one of the notification profiles associated with a quiet mode; and while the device is in the down-ward facing position and operating according to the particular one of the notification profiles in the quiet mode, displaying content on a first display disposed on the back side of the device while maintaining a second display disposed on a front side of the device in a powered off state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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by a computing device, repeatedly and periodically accessing an orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the computing device at a plurality of instances; by the computing device, storing orientation of the device at each of the plurality of instances to develop an orientation history; by the computing device, using a sliding window on the orientation history to determine that the device has been in a current orientation for at least a threshold period of time and that the current orientation corresponds to a particular one of a plurality of notification profiles of the device, wherein in at least one of the notification profiles an operating parameter of an indication of an incoming message is modulated according to an affinity value of the incoming message with respect to a user of the device; by the computing device; in response to determining that the device has been in the current orientation for at least a threshold period of time and that the current orientation corresponds to a particular one of the notification profiles, determining that one or more conditions for transitioning the computing device to the particular one of the notification profiles are met, wherein at least one of the conditions comprises the computing device being in the current orientation of down-ward facing such that a backside of the device faces upward for at least a pre-determined amount of time; in response to determining that the conditions are met, automatically transitioning the computing device to the particular one of the notification profiles associated with a quiet mode; and while the device is in the down-ward facing position and operating according to the particular one of the notification profiles in the quiet mode, displaying content on a first display disposed on the back side of the device while maintaining a second display disposed on a front side of the device in a powered off state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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