Sending smart alerts on a device at opportune moments using sensors

摘要

Measurements can be obtained from sensors to determine a state of a device. The state can be used to determine whether to provide an alert. For example, after a first alert is provided, it can be determined that the device is not accessible to the user based on the determined state, and a second alert can be suppressed at a specified time after providing the first alert. The sensor measurements can be monitored after suppressing the second alert, and a state engine can detect a change in a state based on subsequent sensor measurements. If the state change indicates that the device is accessible to the user the second alert can be provided to the user. Alerts can be dismissed based on a change in state. A first device can coordinate alerts sent to or to be provided by a second device by suppressing or dismissing such alerts.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of providing alerts using a device, the computer-implemented method comprising, at the device:
receiving a notification; outputting a first alert in response to receiving the notification; obtaining one or more measurements from one or more sensors of the device; determining the device is not accessible to a user based on the one or more measurements from the one or more sensors of the device; suppressing a second alert at a specified time after providing the first alert when the device is not accessible to the user; monitoring subsequent measurements from the one or more sensors of the device at a plurality of times after suppressing the second alert; detecting, by a state engine executing on the device, a change in a state of the device based on one or more of the subsequent measurements from the one or more sensors at one or more of the plurality of times; determining that the device is accessible to the user based on the change in the state of the device; and outputting the second alert based on determining that the device is accessible to the user.