SELECTIVELY REDIRECTING NOTIFICATIONS TO A WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20150262458A1
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Faaborg, Alexander, Kaplan, Joshua Robin
• Granted Patent: US 9,171,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/228 combined with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A first computing device can include at least one processor, and a notification redirection module operable by the at least one processor to receive sensor data from a second computing device, responsive to determining, based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is not being worn, output and for display, a notification, and responsive to determining, based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is being worn, send to the second computing device, an indication of the notification.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first computing device, sensor data from a second computing device, wherein the sensor data indicates movement of the second computing device;

responsive to determining, by the first computing device and based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is not being worn;

outputting, by the first computing device and for display, a notification; and

outputting, by the first computing device, for transmission to the second computing device, a command to cause the second computing device to transition from operating in a full access mode to operating in a reduced access mode, wherein at least a portion of functionality of the second computing device is inaccessible via a lock mechanism while the second computing device is operating in the reduced access mode; and

responsive to determining, by the first computing device and based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is being worn, sending, by the first computing device, to the second computing device, an indication of the notification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data includes data received from at least one of a clasp sensor of the second computing device and an accelerometer of the second computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining, by the first computing device and based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is not being worn is based on at least one of the sensor data indicating that the clasp of the second computing device is in an open state and the sensor data indicating that the second computing device has not moved within a threshold amount of time.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining, by the first computing device and based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is being worn is based on at least one of the sensor data indicating that the clasp of the second computing device is in a closed state and the sensor data indicating that the second computing device has moved within a threshold amount of time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining, by the first computing device, that the second computing device is being worn, outputting, by the first computing device and for display, a notification that indicates the second computing device is being worn.

6. (canceled)

7. A method comprising:

responsive to determining, by a first computing device, that a clasp sensor of the first computing device is closed, enabling an accelerometer of the first computing device; and

responsive to determining, by the first computing device and based on sensor data from the accelerometer, that the first computing device has not moved within a threshold period of time;

transmitting, by the first computing device and to a second computing device, a command to cause the second computing device to stop redirecting notifications to the first computing device; and

disabling, by the first computing device, a display of the first computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

determining that the first computing device has not moved within the threshold period of time is based on the sensor data from the accelerometer and a resistance measurement from a galvanic response sensor of the first computing device, and

the resistance measurement indicates that the first computing device is not being worn if the resistance measurement is outside a range of 10 kiloohms to 10 megaohms, inclusive.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

determining that the first computing device has not moved within the threshold period of time is based on the sensor data from the accelerometer and a temperature measurement from a temperature sensor of the first computing device, and

the temperature measurement indicates that the first computing device is not being worn if the temperature measurement is outside a range of 36 degrees Celsius to 37 degrees Celsius inclusive.

10. (canceled)

11. A first computing device comprising:

at least one processor; and

a notification redirection module operable by the at least one processor to;

receive sensor data from a second computing device, wherein the sensor data indicates movement of the second computing device;

responsive to determining, based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is not being worn;

output and for display, a notification; and

output, for transmission to the second computing device, a command to cause the second computing device to transition from operating in a full access mode to operating in a reduced access mode, wherein at least a portion of functionality of the second computing device is inaccessible via a lock mechanism while the second computing device is operating in the reduced access mode; and

responsive to determining, based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is being worn, send to the second computing device, an indication of the notification.

12. The first computing device of claim 11, wherein the sensor data includes data received from at least one of a clasp sensor of the second computing device and an accelerometer of the second computing device.

13. The first computing device of claim 12, wherein the notification redirection module is operable by the at least one processor to determine, based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is not being worn is based on at least one of the sensor data indicating that the clasp of the second computing device is in an open state and the sensor data indicating that the second computing device has not moved within a threshold amount of time.

14. The first computing device of claim 12, wherein the notification redirection module is operable by the at least one processor to determine, based on the sensor data, that the second computing device is being worn is based on at least one of the sensor data indicating that the clasp of the second computing device is in a closed state and the sensor data indicating that the second computing device has moved within a threshold amount of time.

15. The first computing device of claim 11, wherein the notification redirection module is further operable to, responsive to determining that the second computing device is being worn, output, for display, a notification that indicates that the second computing device is being worn.

16. (canceled)

17. A first computing device comprising:

at least one processor;

a clasp sensor;

an accelerometer; and

a notification redirection module operable by the at least one processor to;

responsive to determining that a clasp sensor of the first computing device is closed, enable an accelerometer of the first computing device; and

responsive to determining that the first computing device has not moved within a threshold period of time based on sensor data from the accelerometer;

transmit to a second computing device, a command to cause the second computing device to stop redirecting notifications to the first computing device; and

disable a display of the first computing device.

18. The first computing device of claim 17, wherein:

the notification redirection module is operable to determine that the first computing device has not moved within the threshold period of time based on the sensor data from the accelerometer and a resistance measurement from a galvanic response sensor of the first computing device, and

the resistance measurement indicates that the first computing device is not being worn if the resistance measurement is outside a range of 10 kiloohms to 10 megaohms, inclusive.

19. The first computing device of claim 17, wherein:

the notification redirection module is operable to determine that the first computing device has not moved within the threshold period of time based on the sensor data from the accelerometer and a temperature measurement from a temperature sensor of the first computing device, and

the temperature measurement indicates that the first computing device is not being worn if the temperature measurement is outside a range of 36 degrees Celsius to 37 degrees Celsius inclusive.

20. (canceled)