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Sending smart alerts on a device at opportune moments using sensors

  • US 10,609,207 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2019
  • Issued: 03/31/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing alerts using a mobile device, the method comprising, at the mobile device:

  • receiving a notification;

    outputting a first alert in response to receiving the notification;

    obtaining one or more measurements from one or more sensors of the mobile device;

    determining whether a current state of the mobile device is a first state based on the one or more measurements from the one or more sensors of the mobile device;

    in response to determining that the current state is the first state, suppressing a second alert at a specified time after providing the first alert;

    monitoring subsequent measurements from the one or more sensors of the mobile device at a plurality of times after suppressing the second alert;

    detecting, by a state engine executing on the mobile device, a change in the current state of the mobile device;

    determining that the current state of the mobile device is a second state; and

    outputting the second alert.

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