Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium for reducing inadvertent user interface interactions
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJohn W. Nicholson, Daryl C. Cromer, Howard Locker, Mengnan Wang
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Abstract
Methods, communication devices, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for preventing unintentional outgoing communications initiated from a communication device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request via a first input device to initiate a communication to a contact, determining whether the request is unlikely, receiving a confirmation that the request is intentional responsive to determining the request is unlikely, and sending the communication to the contact responsive to receiving the confirmation.
Claims20
A method for preventing an unintentional outgoing communication initiated from a communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving a request input, via a first input device, to initiate a communication to a contact;
- determining whether the request input is unlikely;
- presenting a confirmation request to a user responsive to determining the request is unlikely;
- determining whether a confirmation input indicating that the request input is intentional is received from the user;
- sending the communication to the contact responsive to receiving the confirmation input;
- and
- declining to send the communication to the contact responsive to not receiving the confirmation input indicating that the request input is intentional,
- wherein the request input and the confirmation input are different input types.
A communication device, comprising:
- a first input device;
- a processor in data communication with the first input device;
- and
- a storage device configured to store machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, from the first input device, a request input to initiate a communication to a contact;
- determine whether the request input is unlikely;
- present a confirmation request to a user responsive to determining the request is unlikely;
- determine whether a confirmation that that the request is intentional is received from the user;
- send the communication to the contact responsive to receiving the confirmation input;
- and
- decline to send the communication to the contact responsive to not receiving the confirmation input indicating that the request input is intentional,
- wherein the request input and the confirmation input are different input types.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing system, cause the processor to:
- receive, from a first input device of the computing system, a request input to initiate a communication to a contact;
- determine whether the request input is unlikely;
- present a confirmation request to a user responsive to determining the request is unlikely;
- determine whether a confirmation input indicating that the request is intentional is received from the user;
- send the communication to the contact responsive to receiving the confirmation input;
- and
- decline to send the communication to the contact responsive to not receiving the confirmation input indicating that the request input is intentional,
- wherein the request input and the confirmation input are different input types.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.