# US 10,481,667 B2 · Method and apparatus for adjusting a sleep mode display mechanism of an electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,667 B2 - Document ID: US10481667B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/787,367 - Filed: 2017-10-18 - Published: 2018-02-08 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-11 - Assignees: Google Technology Holdings LLC - Applicants: Google Technology Holdings LLC - Inventors: Parikshit Dharawat - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481667B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/3215: Monitoring of peripheral devices - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - G06F 1/3287: by switching off individual functional units in the computer system - G06F 1/3293: by switching to a less power-consuming processor, e.g. sub-CPU - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - Y02D 30/50: in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract An electronic device performs a method for adjusting a sleep mode display mechanism. The method includes determining, responsive to a trigger, whether a trusted device is proximate to the electronic device. The method further includes adjusting a sleep mode display mechanism of the electronic device when the trusted device is determined to be proximate to the electronic device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: responsive to receiving an indication of a triggering event, determining, by an electronic device and based on information received by a sensing component of the electronic device, whether the electronic device is proximate to a trusted device that is authenticated by the electronic device; responsive to determining that the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device, adjusting a privacy setting that controls a sleep mode display mechanism of the electronic device to determine an amount of content that is displayed at a display component of the electronic device while one or more components of the electronic device are in a sleep mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises a primary processor of the electronic device awakening from the sleep mode for a first time duration to perform a function before returning to the sleep mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises an audio trigger detected while a primary processor of the electronic device is in the sleep mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the sleep mode display mechanism is set to be activated for a time duration and then deactivated after expiration of the time duration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the privacy setting to determine the amount of content that is displayed at the display component comprises causing the display component to display expanded content instead of first content, the display component displaying the first content when the electronic device is not proximate to the trusted device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising: after expiration of a time duration without receiving an indication of another triggering event to determine whether the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device, causing the display component to display the first content instead of the expanded content. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the first content comprises an icon that indicates a message, and wherein the expanded content comprises at least a portion of content within the message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device comprises determining whether the electronic device has received a short-range communication signal from the trusted device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein determining whether the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device further comprises determining at least one of: whether a signal strength of the short-range communication signal exceeds a signal strength threshold; or whether a signal quality of the of the short-range communication signal exceeds a signal quality threshold. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the privacy setting comprises overriding the privacy setting for a time duration to determine the amount of the content that is displayed at the display component while the one or more components of the electronic device are in the sleep mode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining the amount of the content that is displayed at the display component while the one or more components of the electronic device are in the sleep mode is based on a determined distance range from a plurality of distance ranges between the trusted device and the electronic device. ### Claim 12 An electronic device comprising: at least one processor; a display component coupled to the at least one processor; and a sensing component coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: responsive to receiving an indication of a triggering event, determine, based on information received by the sensing component, whether the electronic device is proximate to a trusted device that is authenticated by the electronic device; and responsive to determining that the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device, adjust a privacy setting that controls a sleep mode display mechanism of the electronic device to determine an amount of content that is displayed at the display component of the electronic device while one or more of the display component or the at least one processor are in a sleep mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust the privacy setting to determine the amount of content that is displayed at the display component by causing the display component to display expanded content instead of displaying first content, the display component displaying the first content when the electronic device is not proximate to the trusted device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor includes a primary processor and a secondary processor, and wherein the primary processor is configured to: periodically awaken from the sleep mode to an awake mode for a first time duration to perform a function and, during the first time duration, to operate with the sensing component to determine whether the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device; and responsive to determining that the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device, signal the secondary processor to adjust the privacy setting that controls the sleep mode display mechanism of the electronic device to determine the amount of content that is displayed at the display component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor includes a primary processor and a secondary processor, wherein the electronic device further comprises an audio input component, wherein the secondary processor is configured to monitor input into the audio input component for an audio trigger while the primary processor is in the sleep mode, and wherein the audio trigger is the triggering event that initiates determining whether the electronic device is proximate the trusted device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust the privacy setting at least by being configured to override the privacy setting for a time duration to determine the amount of the content that is displayed at the display component while one or more of the display component or the at least one processor are in the sleep mode. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the amount of the content that is displayed at the display component while one or more of the display component or the at least one processor are in the sleep mode based on a determined distance range from a plurality of distance ranges between the trusted device and the electronic device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the sensing component comprises a short-range communication component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine whether the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device at least by being configured to determine whether the short-range communication component has received a short-range communication signal from the trusted device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the electronic device is proximate to the trusted device by determining at least one of: whether a signal strength of the short-range communication signal exceeds a signal strength threshold; or whether a signal quality of the of the short-range communication signal exceeds a signal quality threshold.