Apparatuses and methods for managing tasks in accordance with alertness levels and thresholds

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations for managing tasks in accordance with alertness levels, the operations comprising:

• identifying a first level of alertness of a user;
• predicting a first operation needed of a machine, wherein the first operation occurs subsequent to the identifying of the first level of alertness of the user, resulting in a predicted operation;
• identifying a second level of alertness required of the user to perform the predicted operation;
• responsive to determining that the user is insufficiently alert to perform the predicted operation in accordance with the first level of alertness and the second level of alertness:
• identifying a second operation to be performed in lieu of the first operation or in conjunction with the first operation;
• and
• responsive to determining that the user is sufficiently alert to perform the predicted operation in accordance with the first level of alertness and the second level of alertness:
• identifying a notification to provide to the user, resulting in an identified notification;
• and
• providing the identified notification to the user.

A method for managing tasks in accordance with alertness levels, comprising:

• predicting, by a processing system including a processor, an operation required of a first user to assist in a performance of a primary task at a first point in time, resulting in a predicted operation;
• determining, by the processing system and at a second point in time that is prior to the first point in time, that the first user is engaged in the primary task in an amount that is greater than a first threshold;
• and
• responsive to the determining that the first user is engaged in the primary task in an amount that is greater than the first threshold:
• identifying a notification to provide to the first user in relation to the predicted operation;
• identifying a third point in time that is subsequent to the second point in time and prior to the first point in time;
• and
• providing the notification to the first user at the third point in time.