Adaptive screen timeouts based on user preferences, interaction patterns and active applications

摘要

A computing device, such as a mobile communication device, is provided that adjusts, based on user interaction with the device, sleep times for a display to enter a sleep mode restricting use of a graphical user interface. The device includes a display providing the graphical user interface and a processor. The processor is configured to cause the display to enter the sleep mode after a sleep time without receiving any user inputs, increase the sleep time responsive to a user input received within a predetermined period of time after entry of the sleep mode and decrease the sleep time responsive to another user input directing the display to enter the sleep mode before passage of the sleep time. The processor may execute similar processes to adjust a plurality of sleep times associated with different applications and different functions within an application.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
a display providing a graphical user interface; a memory storing:
a plurality of executable instructions defining a plurality of applications for the device; and,a plurality of sleep times, each sleep time of the plurality of sleep times associated with an application of the plurality of applications; a processor configured to:
execute a first set of the plurality of executable instructions to implement a first application of the plurality of applications;cause the display to enter a sleep mode restricting use of the graphical user interface after a first sleep time without receiving any user inputs, the first sleep time associated with the first application;increase the first sleep time to an adjusted longer sleep time responsive to a first user input received within a predetermined period of time after entry of the sleep mode, and storing the adjusted longer sleep time associated with the first application thereby replacing the first sleep time; and,decrease the first sleep time to an adjusted shorter sleep time responsive to a number of multiple occurrences above a predetermined value of a second user input received by the display directing the display to enter the sleep mode before passage of the first sleep time, and storing the adjusted shorter sleep time associated with the first application thereby replacing the first sleep time.