Preserving engagement state based on contextual signals

A computer-implemented method when executed by data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:

• in response to detecting that a temporal user-interface element is displayed on a user interface of a user device:
• receiving, at the user device, a contextual signal characterizing a state of a user;
• determining, by the user device, that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with the temporal user-interface element;
• and
• in response to determining that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with the temporal user-interface element:
• determining that the respective state of the temporal user-interface element has failed to have been previously modified a threshold number of times within a period of time;
• and
• modifying a respective state of the temporal user-interface element displayed on the user interface of the user device.

A system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a temporal user-interface element on a user interface of a user device for a timeout duration, the temporal user-interface element comprising a prompt for a user to initiate fulfillment of a perceived command detected in streaming audio captured by the user device by providing a user input indication indicating selection of the temporal user-interface element while the temporal user-interface element is displayed during the timeout duration;
• in response to detecting that the temporal user-interface element is displayed on the user interface of the user device:
• receiving, at the user device, a contextual signal characterizing a state of a user;
• determining, by the user device, that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with the temporal user-interface element;
• and
• in response to determining that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with the temporal user-interface element, modifying the timeout duration of the temporal user-interface element displayed on the user interface of the user device.

A system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• in response to detecting that a temporal user-interface element is displayed on a user interface of a user device:
• receiving, at the user device, a contextual signal characterizing a state of a user:
• determining, by the user device, that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with the temporal user-interface element;
• and
• in response to determining that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with the temporal user-interface element:
• determining that the respective state of the temporal user-interface element has failed to have been previously modified a threshold number of times within a period of time;
• and
• modifying a respective state of the temporal user-interface element displayed on the user interface of the user device.