Shutdown Notifications

• US 20160034284A1
• Filed: 07/30/2014
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Won, Sung Joon, Choi, Jiwon
• Granted Patent: US 10,324,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/442 Shutdown
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

Shutdown notification techniques are described in which notifications associated with various applications and functionality of a device are presented in conjunction with a shutdown sequence. In one or more implementations, a shutdown of the device may be initiated automatically in response to low power conditions, device/application errors, restarts, or explicitly by a user. A notification system of a device may be configured to enable designation of particular notifications to show upon shutdown. Notifications to output at shutdown may be selected based upon various criteria including but not limited to selection based on a perceived importance, notification type, particular application(s), and/or particular user contacts. When a shutdown is initiated, a check is performed to determine whether any designated notifications are available. Then, available notifications may be exposed in various ways prior to complete shutdown, such as by showing the notifications as part of a user interface(s) for the shutdown sequence.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing device comprising:

detecting initiation of a shutdown sequence to shut down the computing device in response to a trigger;

responsive to the detection, determining availability of notifications designated for display as part of the shutdown sequence;

obtaining one or more notifications that are available according to the determining; and

configuring a user interface associated with the shutdown sequence to display the one or more notifications that are obtained prior to shutdown of the computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising associating the one or more notifications with the shutdown sequence based on user designations received via a shutdown settings interface.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the shutdown settings interface is configured to enable designation of notifications for display at shutdown according to one or more of notification type, application, or particular user contacts.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising detecting interaction to select one of the notifications and, responsive to detecting, modifying the user interface to present additional content regarding the selected one of the notifications.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein modifying the user interface to present the additional content comprises exposing a linked view of a user interface for an application associated with the selected one of the notifications to present the additional content in connection with the shutdown sequence.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the notifications comprise user customized information corresponding to one or more application of the computing device designated for display at shutdown.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the notifications are configured to include one or more of calendar events, to-do-list items, text messages, voicemail indications, or emails.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger to initiate the shutdown sequence comprises reaching a low power threshold designated for the computing device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

transitioning the computing device to a low power mode in which a primary processing system and the operating system of the computing device are shutdown to reduce power consumption; and

intermittently outputting the user interface associated with the shutdown sequence to display the one or more notifications in the low power mode.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising outputting the user interface via a persistent display configured to provide persistent display of the one or more notification after shutdown occurs.

11. A computing device comprising:

a processing system;

one or more computer readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising;

associating one or more notifications with a shutdown sequence of the computing device based on selections obtained via a settings user interface configured to enable designation of notifications for the shutdown sequence; and

presenting notifications that are associated with the shutdown sequence responsive to initiation of the shutdown sequence.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein presenting the notifications comprises:

obtaining notifications that are available responsive to initiation of the shutdown sequence;

configuring a shutdown user interface associated with the shutdown sequence to include an alert regarding the impending shutdown and representations of the notifications that are obtained; and

outputting the shutdown user interface having the notifications for display via a display device associated with the computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein presenting the notifications comprises exposing the notifications as part of a user experience for the shutdown sequence for a configurable length of time prior to shutdown of the computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the notifications are configurable via the settings user interface to include information from a particular contact designated by a user.

15. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the notifications are configurable via the settings user interface to include information from one or more applications designated by a user.

16. One or more computer readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a processing system, implement a notification system configured to perform operations comprising:

displaying a shutdown user interface on a computing device as part of a shutdown sequence to provide an alert regarding shutdown of the computing device;

presenting one or more notifications designated for display as part of the shutdown sequence via the shutdown user interface;

detecting interaction with a selected notification via the shutdown user interface; and

modifying the shutdown user interface to expose additional information associated with the selected notification.

17. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 16, wherein said presenting further comprises prioritizing the notifications based on perceived importance to present notifications deemed important to a user.

18. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the one or more notifications designated for display as part of the shutdown sequence include one or more of:

calendar events and to-do-list items from a personal information management application, text messages from a messaging application, emails associated with an email client, or social network alerts from a social networking application.

19. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 16, wherein modifying the shutdown user interface to expose additional information associated with the selected notification comprises launching an application associated with the selected notification and rendering a split screen to show the additional information from the application along with the alert regarding shutdown.

20. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the alert is configured to provide a representation of a timer to indicate time remaining prior to shutdown.