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Setting devices in focus mode to reduce distractions

OwnerEmma Michaela Siritzkyinventor

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Abstract

A communication device includes one or more processors and one or more memories supporting communication, the device comprising a plurality of modes, including at least one focused mode. When the device is in the focused mode, one or more features of the device are at least partially disabled, and wherein the one or more features of the device that are at least partially disabled in the focused mode include one or more features relating to communication supported by the device. The device supports a user interface for setting the device into a focused mode. The interface may have a “focus” button. A focused mode is implemented, at least in part, by an operating system of the device. Setting the device in focus mode causes at least one other device associated with the user to be set to focus mode.

Claims43

Dependent claims

A device comprising:

at least one processor and one or more memories;
and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to implement:
a planner application defining one or more events, at least some of said one or more events having (i) a corresponding start time and an end time or duration, and (ii) a corresponding mode, wherein said corresponding mode is selected from a plurality of modes, and wherein,
when it is determined that a current time is during a particular event of said one or more events, said particular event having a corresponding particular mode of said plurality of modes, operating said device in said particular mode,
wherein said plurality of modes includes at least a focused mode, and,
when said device is in said focused mode, one or more features of said device are modified or at least partially disabled,
wherein the device is associated with a user, and wherein information about said one or more events is shared with at least one other device associated with said user, said information including a corresponding mode for at least one of said one or more events, and
wherein one or more aspects of said planner application are integrated with and/or implemented, at least in part, by an operating system of said device,
wherein at least one other device associated with said user operates in said particular mode during said particular event.

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A method, in a system in which a user has a plurality of devices associated therewith, each device comprising at least one processor and one or more memories;

and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processor,
wherein each device comprising a plurality of modes, including at least one focused mode,
wherein said plurality of devices associated with the user include a first device and a second device,
the method comprising:
(A) causing said first device to operate in a focused mode;
and
(B) in response to said causing in (A), causing said second device to operate in said focused mode,
wherein, when said first device is in said focused mode, a first one or more features of said first device are modified or at least partially disabled, and
wherein, when said second device is in said focused mode, a second one or more features of said second device are modified or at least partially disabled,
wherein one or more aspects of said focused mode are integrated with and/or implemented, at least in part, by an operating system of said first device, and one or more aspects of said focused mode are integrated with and/or implemented, at least in part, by an operating system of said second device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/079,446Filed 24 Oct 2020 · continuation
Priority: 31 May 2015
Published: US 2021/0112156 A115 Apr 2021
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04W 4/90
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations,…
H04M 1/72436
With interactive means for internal management of messages: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
H04M 1/72445
With means for local support of applications that increase the functionality: for supporting Internet browser applications
H04M 1/72451
With means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions: according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

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Application62/168,899Us provisional application · filed 31 May 2015
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Application15/589,518Parent of this continuation · filed 8 May 2017
Application15/635,264Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Jun 2017
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Application15/724,176Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Oct 2017
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US 9,832,307 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Nov 2017
Application15/992,124Parent of this continuation · filed 29 May 2018
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Application16/516,231Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Jul 2019
US 10,362,164 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jul 2019
US 10,819,843 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Oct 2020
US 2021/0112156 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Apr 2021
US 2017/0244829 A1Published application
US 2017/0366663 A1Published application
US 2018/0091646 A1Published application
US 2019/0068775 A1Published application
US 2020/0120201 A1Published application
US 11,601,544 B2This patent

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