DEVICE CONTEXT MONITORING

摘要

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for monitoring the current context of a computing device. In some implementations, a context daemon can collect context information about the computing device. The context information can include current device hardware state information. The context information can include current software state information. The context can be derived or implied from a combination of hardware state information, software state information, or any other type of state information. For example, the derived context can be a user state (e.g., a user activity, sleeping, running, etc.) derived from or implied by hardware or software state information.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a context daemon process executing on a computing device, values corresponding to one or more context items monitored by one or more context monitors; receiving, by the context daemon process from a context client process, a context information request corresponding to a first context item; determining, by the context daemon process, that the first context item is not currently monitored by the context monitors; and initializing, by the context daemon process, a new context monitor corresponding to the first context item.