Modifying a device notification

• US 9,807,730 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2013
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: VanBlon, Russell Speight, Mese, John Carl, Peterson, Nathan J., Waltermann, Rod D., Weksler, Arnold S.
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L
• Application Number:
  US14/032,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20150087274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• Field of Search: 455413, 455414
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

For modifying a device notification, an indication module detects a user awareness indication of a device notification for a device. A notification module modifies the device notification in response to detecting the user awareness indication and concurrently maintains a notification response option.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing code executable by the processor to;

detect a user awareness indication of a device notification for a device, the user awareness indication comprising identifying a user looking at the device and an increase in a filtered microphone output for the device within a sampling time interval, wherein the device notification occurs within the sampling time interval, a start of the sampling time interval precedes the device notification, and the filtered microphone output is filtered with a difference of a notification signal of the device notification; and

terminate an audio portion of the device notification in response to detecting the user awareness indication and concurrently maintaining a notification response option.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises a change in an acceleration of the device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises a touch to the device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises an increase in external illumination for the device with the sampling time interval.

5. A method comprising:

detecting, by use of a processor, a user awareness indication of a device notification for a device, the user awareness indication comprising identifying a user looking at the device and an increase in a filtered microphone output for the device within a sampling time interval, wherein the device notification occurs within the sampling time interval, a start of the sampling time interval precedes the device notification, and the filtered microphone output is filtered with a difference of a notification signal of the device notification; and

terminating an audio portion of the device notification in response to detecting the user awareness indication and concurrently maintaining a notification response option.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the notification response option comprises an option to respond to an incoming call.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises a change in an acceleration of the device.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises a touch to the device.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises an increase in external illumination for the device with the sampling time interval.

10. The method of claim 5, the method further comprising:

detecting the device notification; and

receiving sensor outputs.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the sensor outputs are one or more of accelerometer outputs, gyroscope outputs, touch screen outputs, camera outputs, and microphone outputs.

12. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable code executable by a processor to perform:

detecting a user awareness indication of a device notification for a device, the user awareness indication comprising identifying a user looking at the device and an increase in a filtered microphone output for the device within a sampling time interval, wherein the device notification occurs within the sampling time interval, a start of the sampling time interval precedes the device notification, and the filtered microphone output is filtered with a difference of a notification signal of the device notification; and

terminating an audio portion of the device notification in response to detecting the user awareness indication and concurrently maintaining a notification response option.

13. The program product of claim 12, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises one or more of a change in an acceleration of the device, and a touch to the device.

14. The program product of claim 12, wherein the user awareness indication further comprises an increase in external illumination for the device with the sampling time interval.