US 10,854,066 B2Granted

Methods and systems for disabling sleep alarm based on automated wake detection

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsBharath Narasimha Rao, Kevin Will Chen, Reed E. Olsen, Umamahesh Srinivas, Kevin M. Lynch

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Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., sensor data or input(s) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied (e.g., that the activity-indicative data corresponds to one or more predefined characteristics), a disablement query can be displayed that includes an option to disable the alarm. In response to detecting a selection of the option, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

one or more data processors;
and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
accessing alarm data that indicates that an alarm is enabled to present an alarm stimulus at a preset alarm time;
and
prior to the preset alarm time:
collecting activity-indicative data that includes:
one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device;
or
one or more inputs received at an interface of the electronic device;
accessing a wakefulness condition that is configured to be satisfied when the activity-indicative data has one or more characteristics that are specified in the wakefulness condition;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, that the wakefulness condition is satisfied;
in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, displaying a disablement query that includes an option to disable the alarm;
detecting a selection, responsive to the disablement query, of the option to disable the alarm;
and
in response to receipt of the selection, disabling the alarm such that the alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

13 more elements

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause one or more data processors to perform actions including

accessing, at an electronic device, alarm data that indicates that an alarm is enabled to present an alarm stimulus at a preset alarm time;
and
prior to the preset alarm time:
collecting, at the electronic device, activity-indicative data that includes:
one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device;
or
one or more inputs received at an interface of the electronic device;
accessing a wakefulness condition that is configured to be satisfied when the activity-indicative data has one or more characteristics that are specified in the wakefulness condition;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, that the wakefulness condition is satisfied;
in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, displaying, by the electronic device, a disablement query that includes an option to disable the alarm;
detecting a selection, responsive to the disablement query, of the option to disable the alarm;
and
in response to receipt of the selection, disabling the alarm such that the alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

10 more elements

A method comprising

accessing, at an electronic device, alarm data that indicates that an alarm is enabled to present an alarm stimulus at a preset alarm time;
and
prior to the preset alarm time:
collecting, at the electronic device, activity-indicative data that includes:
one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device;
or
one or more inputs received at an interface of the electronic device;
accessing a wakefulness condition that is configured to be satisfied when the activity-indicative data has one or more characteristics that are specified in the wakefulness condition;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, that the wakefulness condition is satisfied;
in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, displaying, by the electronic device, a disablement query that includes an option to disable the alarm;
detecting a selection, responsive to the disablement query, of the option to disable the alarm;
and
in response to receipt of the selection, disabling the alarm such that the alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/380,122Filed 10 Apr 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 12 Apr 2018
Published: US 2019/0318608 A117 Oct 2019
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G04G 13/025
At preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks: acting only at one preselected time
G08B 25/008
Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems: alarm…
G04G 13/021
At preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks: details
G04G 21/025
Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature: for measuring physiological data