Mobile device self-identification system
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a user query programming request at a mobile device, the user query programming request including a text string that defines one or more words of a user query and a corresponding response phrase to the user query, the mobile device registered to a user;
detecting, using a microphone of the mobile device, an ambient sound signal based on the mobile device entering into an operating mode, the operating mode including at least one of a sleep mode, a hibernate mode, a standby mode, or an inactive mode;
determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query for assistance in locating the mobile device;
overriding the operating mode in response to the determining the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query;
emitting, using a speaker of the mobile device, the one or more words of the corresponding response phrase to the user query in response to the determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query;
detecting, by an accelerometer of the mobile device, a physical contact with the mobile device; and
outputting user identification information of the user registered to the mobile device in response to the detecting the physical contact.
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Abstract
Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. For the, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a user query programming request at a mobile device, the user query programming request including a text string that defines one or more words of a user query and a corresponding response phrase to the user query, the mobile device registered to a user; detecting, using a microphone of the mobile device, an ambient sound signal based on the mobile device entering into an operating mode, the operating mode including at least one of a sleep mode, a hibernate mode, a standby mode, or an inactive mode; determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query for assistance in locating the mobile device; overriding the operating mode in response to the determining the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query; emitting, using a speaker of the mobile device, the one or more words of the corresponding response phrase to the user query in response to the determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query; detecting, by an accelerometer of the mobile device, a physical contact with the mobile device; and outputting user identification information of the user registered to the mobile device in response to the detecting the physical contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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an interface to receive a user query programming request at a mobile device, the user query programming request including a text string that defines one or more words of a user query and a corresponding response phrase to the user query, the mobile device registered to a user; a microphone configured to detect an ambient sound signal based on the mobile device entering into an operating mode, the operating mode including at least one of a sleep mode, a hibernate mode, a standby mode, or an inactive mode; a determination module configured to determine that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query for assistance in locating a mobile device, and to override the operating mode in response to the determining the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query; a speaker module configured to emit the one or more words of the corresponding response phrase to the user query in response to the determination module determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query; an accelerometer configured to detect a physical contact with the mobile device, and an output device to output user identification information of the user registered to the mobile device in response to the physical contact. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a user query programming request at a mobile device, the user query programming request including a text string that defines one or more words of a user query and a corresponding response phrase to the user query, the mobile device registered to a user; detecting, using a microphone of the mobile device, an ambient sound signal based on the mobile device entering into an operating mode, the operating mode including at least one of a sleep mode, a hibernate mode, a standby mode, or an inactive mode; determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query for assistance in locating the mobile device; overriding the operating mode in response to the determining the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query; emitting, using a speaker of the mobile device, the one or more words of the corresponding response phrase to the user query in response to the determining that the ambient sound signal includes the one or more words of the user query; detecting, by an accelerometer of the mobile device, a physical contact with the mobile device; and outputting user identification information of the user registered to the mobile device in response to the detecting the physical contact. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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