Alert sleep and wakeup for a mobile station

• US 8,588,862 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2006
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Schlomann, John W., Burgan, John M., Kuczun, Zbigniew J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US11/467,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20080051154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,640 Days
• Field of Search: 455/567, 455/418, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/424, 455/425, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/561, 455/575.1, 455/556, 455/456, 455/457, 455/458, 340/825.49, 340/691.1, 340/407.1, 340/407.2, 340/825.44, 340/825.14, 340/311.3, 379/207.16, 379/215.01, 379/88.21, 379/88.26, 379/142.08, 379/210.01, 379/211.02, 379/214.01, 709/206, 342/450
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/045 Call privacy arrangements, e.g. timely inhibiting the ring signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A mobile station (200) that includes a transceiver (210) that receives an alert request (105) and a controller (205). Responsive to the alert request, the controller can enter the mobile station into an alert active mode in which an alert signal is generated on the mobile station. Responsive to not receiving an acknowledgement to the alert signal within a defined period, the controller can enter the mobile station into an alert sleep mode in which at least one parameter of the alert signal is changed. Further, the controller can awake the mobile station from the alert sleep mode in response to detecting a user presence. The mobile station further can include an accelerometer (270) and/or a positioning system (275) that detect the user presence by detecting movement of the mobile station.

Claims

1. A method of controlling alert signals on a mobile station, comprising:

in an alert active mode, the mobile station generating a wake mode alert signal in response to an alert request;

responsive to not generating an acknowledgement to the wake mode alert signal within a predetermined period after initiating the wake mode alert signal, the mobile station entering into an alert sleep mode in which the wake mode alert signal is deactivated; and

responsive to a signal representing a change of motion of the mobile station when in the alert sleep mode, the mobile station operable to awake the mobile station from the alert sleep mode to enter the mobile station into the alert active mode and the mobile station resuming generating the wake mode alert signal in response to the alert request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the wake mode alert signal is an acoustic alert signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the wake mode alert signal is a visual alert signal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the wake mode alert signal is an acoustic alert signal; and

entering the mobile station into the alert sleep mode comprises generating a vibration alert signal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the change in motion of the mobile station comprises detecting an acceleration of the mobile station.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the change in motion of the mobile station comprises receiving a positioning signal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein detecting the positioning signal comprises receiving a global positioning satellite signal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the change in motion of the mobile station comprises detecting a presence of the mobile station in an area or cell that is different than an area or cell in which the mobile station was present when the alert was generated.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile station is further operable to awake the mobile station from the alert sleep mode and enter the mobile station to the alert active mode in response to detecting user activity via a user interface of the mobile station when the mobile station is in the alert sleep mode.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the wake mode alert signal is a first acoustic alert signal; and

entering the mobile station into the alert sleep mode comprises generating a second acoustic alert signal that is different than the first acoustic alert signal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the wake mode alert signal is a first vibration alert signal; and

entering the mobile station into the alert sleep mode comprises generating a second vibration alert signal that is different than the first vibration alert signal.

12. A mobile station, comprising:

a transceiver that receives an alert request; and

a controller coupled to the transceiver, the controller operable to;

in an alert active mode, initiate generation of a wake mode alert signal by the mobile station in response to the alert request being received by the transceiver;

enter the mobile station into an alert sleep mode in which the wake mode alert signal is deactivated in response to not receiving an acknowledgement to the wake mode alert signal within a defined period after initiating the wake mode alert signal; and

responsive to detecting a user presence when in the alert sleep mode, awake the mobile station from the alert sleep mode to enter the mobile station into the alert active mode and reinitiate generation of the wake mode alert signal in response to the alert request.

13. The mobile station of claim 12, further comprising:

an audio processor that generates the wake mode alert signal as an acoustic alert signal.

14. The mobile station of claim 12, further comprising:

a lamp controller that generates the wake mode alert signal as a visual alert signal.

15. The mobile station of claim 12, further comprising:

an audio processor that generates the wake mode alert signal as an acoustic alert signal;

a haptic controller; and

a vibration module operatively coupled to the haptic controller, the haptic controller providing a signal to the vibration module to initiate vibration of the mobile station in the alert sleep mode.

16. The mobile station of claim 12, further comprising an accelerometer that detects the user presence by detecting movement of the mobile station.

17. The mobile station of claim 12, further comprising a positioning system that detects the user presence by detecting movement of the mobile station.

18. The mobile station of claim 17, wherein the positioning system comprises a global positioning satellite receiver.

19. The mobile station of claim 12, wherein the mobile station detects a user presence by detecting a presence of the mobile station in an area or cell that is different than an area or cell in which the mobile station was present when the alert was generated.

20. The mobile station of claim 12, further comprising a user interface, wherein the user presence is detected by detecting user activity via the user interface.

21. The mobile station of claim 12, wherein:

the wake mode alert signal is a first visual alert signal; and

entering the mobile station into the alert sleep mode comprises generating a second visual alert signal that is different than the first visual alert signal.

22. A mobile station, comprising:

a transceiver that receives an alert request;

a transducer;

an accelerometer; and

at least one controller coupled to the transceiver, the transducer and the accelerometer, the at least one controller operable to;

responsive to the alert request, in an alert active mode, initiate generation of an acoustic alert signal by the transducer;

responsive to not receiving an acknowledgement to the acoustic alert signal within a defined period, enter the mobile station into an alert sleep mode in which the acoustic alert signal is not output by the transducer in response to the alert request; and

responsive to the accelerometer detecting movement of the mobile station while in the alert sleep mode, awake the mobile station from the alert sleep mode to enter the mobile station into the alert active mode and resume controlling output of the acoustic alert signal by the transducer in response to the alert request.