Determining user response to notifications based on a physiological parameter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9766959-B2
Application number	US-201414244514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2014
Priority date	Mar 18, 2014
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

In some examples, a technique may include outputting information associated with a notification. The notification may be associated with a notification attribute. The technique may further include determining, by a computing device, that a user has perceived the information associated with the notification; and receiving, by the computing device, an indication of at least one physiological parameter representative of a reaction of the user to the information associated with the notification. In some examples, the technique also includes, responsive to receiving the indication of the at least one physiological parameter representative of the reaction of the user to the information associated with the notification, controlling, by the computing device, at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
outputting, by a display device of a wearable computing device, a visual indication of information associated with a notification, wherein the notification is associated with a notification attribute;
while the visual indication is being output:
determining, based at least in part on motion data generated by one or more motion sensors of the wearable computing device, that the display device is within a field of view of the user; and
determining, based at least in part on the motion data, whether the display device remains within the field of view of a user for at least a threshold duration;

determining, by the wearable computing device, that the user has perceived the information associated with the notification based at least in part on determining that the display device remains within the field of view of the user for at least the threshold duration;
responsive to determining that the user has perceived the information associated with the notification, detecting, by the wearable computing device, at least one physiological parameter representative of a reaction of the user to the information associated with the notification; and
controlling, by the wearable computing device and based on the at least one physiological parameter, at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more motion sensors comprises at least one of a gyroscope or an accelerometer, and wherein determining the that the display device is within the field of view of the user comprises detecting, by the wearable computing device, an orientation of the display device using at least one of the gyroscope or the accelerometer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one physiological parameter comprises at least one of a galvanic skin response of the user or a heart rate of the user.

4. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the notification attribute comprises at least one of an application associated with the notification, an application type associated with the notification, or a sender associated with the notification, and
wherein controlling at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute comprises disabling, by the wearable computing device, notifications associated with the at least one of the application, the application type, or the sender.

5. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the notification attribute comprises at least one of an application associated with the notification, an application type associated with the notification, or a sender associated with the notification, and
wherein controlling at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute comprises modifying, by the wearable computing device, an order of presentation of at least one of applications, application types, or senders within a notification settings menu.

6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the notification attribute comprises at least one of an application associated with the notification, an application type associated with the notification, or a sender associated with the notification, and
wherein controlling at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute comprises:
outputting, by the display device, a user interface element; and
responsive to receiving an indication of a user input selecting the user interface element, disabling, by the wearable computing device, output of information associated with notifications from the at least one of an application associated with the notification, the application type associated with the notification, or the sender associated with the notification.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion data is first motion data, the method further comprising:
responsive to determining that the user has perceived the information associated with the notification, determining, by the computing device and based at least in part on second motion data generated by the one or more motion sensors, whether the user was physically active while detecting the at least one physiological parameter
wherein controlling the at least one notification configuration setting is further based on the determination of whether the user was physically active while detecting the at least one physiological parameter.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold duration is based at least in part on the information associated with the notification.

9. A wearable computing device comprising:
a display device;
one or more motion sensors;
one or more processors; and
at least one module operable by the one or more processors to:
output, for display at the display device, an indication of information associated with a notification, wherein the notification is associated with a notification attribute;

while the display device is outputting the visual indication:
determine, based at least in part on motion data generated by the one or more motion sensors, that the display device is within a field of view of the user; and
determine, based at least in part on the motion data, whether the display device remains within the field of view of a user for at least a threshold duration;
determine that the user has perceived the information associated with the notification based at least in part on determining that the display device remains within the field of view of the user for at least the threshold duration;
responsive to determining that the user has perceived the information associated with the notification, detect at least one physiological parameter representative of a reaction of the user to the information associated with the notification; and
control, based on the at least one physiological parameter, at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute.

10. The wearable computing device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more motion sensors comprises at least one of a gyroscope or an accelerometer, and wherein the at least one module is operable by the one or more processors to determine the that the display is within the field of view of the user by at least detecting, by at least one of the gyroscope or the accelerometer, an orientation of the display device.

11. The wearable computing device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one physiological parameter comprises at least one of a galvanic skin response of the user or a heart rate of the user.

12. The wearable computing device of claim 9 ,
wherein the notification attribute comprises at least one of an application associated with the notification, an application type associated with the notification, or a sender associated with the notification, and
wherein the at least one module is operable by the one or more processors to control at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute by at least disabling notifications associated with the at least one of the application, the application type, or the sender.

13. The wearable computing device of claim 9 ,
wherein the notification attribute comprises at least one of an application associated with the notification, an applic

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Faaborg Alexander
• Cohen Gabriel Aaron
• Robison Austin

Classifications

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