Application display on a locked device

• US 10,691,191 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Sundaramurthy, Palani, Peev, Igor B., Pengelly, Robert Charles Johnstone
• Primary Examiner(s): Leung, Robert B
• Application Number:
  US15/683,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20170351337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/83 input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A user request to display an application while the device is locked is received. In response to this user request, one or more images generated by the application are obtained and displayed while the device is locked. Additionally, an indication of an application to be displayed upon resuming operation from a power-saving mode can be received, and an image generated by the application is displayed in response to resuming operation from the power-saving mode.

Claims

1. A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising:

locking, by the computing device, the computing device, wherein when the computing device is locked, the computing device acts on fewer inputs than when the computing device is unlocked;

altering power-saving functionality that applies while the computing device is locked;

entering into a first power-saving mode when the computing device is locked;

preventing, by the computing device, the computing device from powering off a display device of the computing device while the computing device is locked and in the first power-saving mode; and

transitioning from the first power-saving mode into a second power-saving mode, wherein the display device is powered off in the second power-saving mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein entering into the first power-saving mode comprises decreasing brightness of the display device of the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein entering into the first power-saving mode comprises displaying an image on the display device of the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising notifying, by the computing device, at least one application running on the computing device that the computing device is locked.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising intercepting, by the computing device, a command for decreasing brightness of the display device of the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising intercepting, by the computing device, a command for turning off the display device of the computing device.

7. A computing device comprising:

a display device;

at least one processor that is coupled to the display device;

memory that is coupled to the at least one processor and that includes computer-readable instructions that, based on execution by the at least one processor, configure the computing device to perform actions comprising;

locking, by the computing device, the computing device, wherein when the computing device is locked, the computing device acts on fewer inputs than when the computing device is unlocked;

altering power-saving functionality that applies while the computing device is locked;

entering into a first power-saving mode when the computing device is locked;

preventing, by the computing device, the computing device from powering off the display device of the computing device while the computing device is locked and in the first power-saving mode; and

transitioning from the first power-saving mode into a second power-saving mode, wherein the display device is powered off in the second power-saving mode.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein entering into the first power-saving mode comprises decreasing brightness of the display device of the computing device.

9. The computing device of claim 7, wherein entering into the first power-saving mode comprises displaying an image on the display device of the computing device.

10. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the actions further comprise notifying, by the computing device, at least one application running on the computing device that the computing device is locked.

11. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the actions further comprise intercepting, by the computing device, a command for decreasing brightness of the display device of the computing device.

12. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the actions further comprise intercepting, by the computing device, a command for turning off the display device of the computing device.

13. At least one computer-readable storage memory that includes computer executable instructions that, based on execution by a computing device that includes a display device, cause the computing device to perform actions comprising:

locking, by the computing device, the computing device, wherein when the computing device is locked, the computing device acts on fewer inputs than when the computing device is unlocked;

altering power-saving functionality that applies while the computing device is locked;

entering into a first power-saving mode when the computing device is locked;

preventing, by the computing device, the computing device from powering off the display device of the computing device while the computing device is locked and in the first power-saving mode; and

transitioning from the first power-saving mode into a second power-saving mode, wherein the display device is powered off in the second power-saving mode.

14. The at least one computer-readable storage memory of claim 13, wherein entering into the first power-saving mode comprises decreasing brightness of the display device of the computing device.

15. The at least one computer-readable storage memory of claim 13, wherein entering into the first power-saving mode comprises displaying an image on the display device of the computing device.

16. The at least one computer-readable storage memory of claim 13, wherein the actions further comprise notifying, by the computing device, at least one application running on the computing device that the computing device is locked.

17. The at least one computer-readable storage memory of claim 13, wherein the actions further comprise intercepting, by the computing device, a command for decreasing brightness of the display device of the computing device or for turning off the display device.