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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11189159-B2
Application number	US-202017013184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2020
Priority date	Apr 12, 2018
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. 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 indicating that a first alarm is enabled to present a first alarm stimulus at a first preset alarm time and a second alarm is enabled to present a second alarm stimulus at a second preset alarm time;
determining that the first alarm is associated with a wake-alarm classification, wherein the wake-alarm classification indicates that a corresponding alarm is being used to wake a user from sleep;
determining that the second alarm is not associated with the wake-alarm classification; and
prior to the first and second preset alarm times:
collecting activity-indicative data of the user;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data and at the electronic device, that a wakefulness condition of a user is satisfied; and
in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, disabling the first alarm such that the first alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the first preset alarm time, wherein the second alarm remains enabled to present the second alarm stimulus at the second preset alarm time.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wake-alarm classification of the first alarm is determined by identifying a type of application that was used to enable the first alarm.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wake-alarm classification of the first alarm is determined based on one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the one or more measurements indicate that the user had been asleep for a predefined period of time.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
prior to the first and second preset alarm times:
displaying a disablement query for disabling the first alarm; and
in response to receiving a response to the disablement query, disabling the first alarm such that the first alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the first preset alarm time, wherein the second alarm remains enabled to present the second alarm stimulus at the second preset alarm time.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wakefulness condition of the user is defined based on a metric generated by processing one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the activity-indicative data identifies a power source that supplies electricity to the electronic device; and
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes detecting that the power source of the electronic device has changed to a different power source.

8. 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 alarm data indicating that a first alarm is enabled to present a first alarm stimulus at a first preset alarm time and a second alarm is enabled to present a second alarm stimulus at a second preset alarm time;
determining that the first alarm is associated with a wake-alarm classification, wherein the wake-alarm classification indicates that a corresponding alarm is being used to wake a user from sleep;
determining that the second alarm is not associated with the wake-alarm classification; and
prior to the first and second preset alarm times:
collecting activity-indicative data of the user;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition of a user is satisfied; and

in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, disabling the first alarm such that the first alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the first preset alarm time, wherein the second alarm remains enabled to present the second alarm stimulus at the second preset alarm time.

9. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the wake-alarm classification of the first alarm is determined by identifying a type of application that was used to enable the first alarm.

10. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the wake-alarm classification of the first alarm is determined based on one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device.

11. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more measurements indicate that the user had been asleep for a predefined period of time.

12. The computer-program product of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
prior to the first and second preset alarm times:
displaying a disablement query for disabling the first alarm; and
in response to receiving a response to the disablement query, disabling the first alarm such that the first alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the first preset alarm time, wherein the second alarm remains enabled to present the second alarm stimulus at the second preset alarm time.

13. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the wakefulness condition of the user is defined based on a metric generated by processing one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device.

14. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein:
the activity-indicative data identifies a power source that supplies electricity to the electronic device; and
determining that the wakefulness condition is satisfied includes detecting that the power source of the electronic device has changed to a different power source.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing alarm data indicating that a first alarm is enabled to present a first alarm stimulus at a first preset alarm time and a second alarm is enabled to present a second alarm stimulus at a second preset alarm time;
determining that the first alarm is associated with a wake-alarm classification, wherein the wake-alarm classification indicates that a corresponding alarm is being used to wake a user from sleep;
determining that the second alarm is not associated with the wake-alarm classification; and
prior to the first and second preset alarm times:
collecting activity-indicative data of the user;
determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition of a user is satisfied; and

in response to the determination that the wakefulness condition is satisfied, disabling the first alarm such that the first alarm stimulus is not to be presented at the first preset alarm time, wherein the second alarm remains enabled to present the second alarm stimulus at the second preset alarm time.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the wake-alarm classification of the first alarm is determined by identifying a type of application that was used to enable the first alarm.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the wake-alarm classification of the first alarm is determined based on one or more measurements collected by a sensor of the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
prior to the first and second preset alarm times:
displaying a disablement query for disabling the first alarm; and
in response to receiving a response to the disablement query, disabling the first alarm such that the first alarm stimulus is not to b

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Rao Bharath Narasimha
• Chen Kevin Will
• Olsen Reed E
• Srinivas Umamahesh
• Lynch Kevin M

Classifications

• G08B25/008 Primary

  Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system · CPC title

• G04G21/025

  for measuring physiological data · CPC title

• G04G21/04

  using radio waves (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) · CPC title

• G08B21/182

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• G04G13/025 Primary

  acting only at one preselected time · CPC title