Method and apparatus for displaying potentially private information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959431-B2
Application number	US-201414312874-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Sep 16, 2013
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for displaying potentially private information are disclosed. A computing device, that is showing a breathing view on its touch screen display, detects a peek request event, such as a swipe on the display. Before allowing the user to see potentially private information in response to the peek request, the computing device determines if the computing device is currently locked and if an increased privacy setting is enabled. If the computing device is not locked, or the increased privacy setting is not enabled (even though the computing device may be locked), the computing device shows a full peek view (e.g., some or all of the text from a recent text message). However, if the computing device is locked, and the increased privacy setting is enabled, the computing device shows a secure peek view (e.g., the number of new text messages, but no text from the messages).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
while a computing device is operating in a sleep mode:
causing, by a display manager component of the computing device, a low-power processor of the computing device to display, at a display, initial information, wherein the display manager component is hardware logic or circuitry that is separate from the low-power processor and an application processor of the computing device;
responsive to receiving data, causing, by the display manager component, the application processor to write, at one or more registers of the display manager component, a first version of information associated with the data and a second, different version of the information associated with the data, wherein the second version includes more of the information associated with the data received by the computing device than the first version; and
responsive to a peek request event being detected while displaying the initial information, causing, by the display manager component, the low-power processor of the computing device to display, at the display, either the first version of the information or the second version of the information by at least:
determining whether the computing device is locked or unlocked;
determining whether a privacy setting of the computing device is in a first state or a second state;
responsive to determining that the computing device is locked and the privacy setting of the computing device is in the first state, displaying the first version of the information; and
responsive to determining that the computing device is unlocked or the privacy setting is in a second, different state, displaying the second version of the information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the data is rendered while:
the application processor is awake,
the low-power processor displays the initial information at the display, and
the computing device is operating in the sleep mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first version of the information comprises a subset of the second version of the information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first version of the information is an application type indicator with no additional information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second version of the information is further caused to be displayed in response to receiving a first user interaction with the computing device.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising: causing, by the display manager component, the low-power processor to display, at the display, a plurality of notifications associated with two or more applications in response to a second different user interaction with the computing device.

7. The method of claim 5 , comprising: causing, by the display manager component, the low-power processor to display, an unlock screen responsive to a second different user interaction with the computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial information includes a breathing view image that periodically becomes visible and then disappears.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peek request event includes a user gesture associated with the computing device.

10. A computing device comprising:
a first processor;
a second processor, the second processor being a lower power processor than the first processor;
a wireless receiver operatively coupled to the first processor;
a display operatively coupled to the first processor and the second processor; and
a display manager component comprising one or more registers, wherein the display manager component is hardware logic or circuitry that is separate from the first processor and is separate from the second processor, the display manager component being configured to, while the computing device is operating in a sleep mode:
cause the second processor of the computing device to display, at the display, initial information;
responsive to the wireless receiver receiving data, cause the first processor to write, at the one or more registers, a first version of information associated with the data and a second, different version of the information associated with the data, wherein the second version includes more of the information associated with the data received by the computing device than the first version; and
responsive to a peek request event being detected while the second processor displays the initial information, cause the second processor of the computing device to display, at the display, either the first version of the information or the second version of the information by at least:
determining whether the computing device is locked or unlocked;
determining whether a privacy setting of the computing device is in a first state or a second state;
responsive to determining that the computing device is locked and the privacy setting of the computing device is in the first state, displaying the first version of the information; and
responsive to determining that the computing device is unlocked or the privacy setting is in a second, different state, displaying the second version of the information.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the display manager component is further configured to render the information associated with the data while:
the first processor is awake,
the second processor displays the initial information at the display, and
the computing device is operating in the sleep mode.

12. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the first version of the information comprises a subset of the second version of the information.

13. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the first version of the information is an application type indicator with no additional information.

14. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein display manager component is further configured to cause the second version of the information to be displayed in response to receiving a first user interaction with the computing device.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein display manager component is further configured to cause the second processor to display, at the display, a plurality of notifications associated with two or more applications in response to a second different user interaction with the computing device.

16. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein display manager component is further configured to cause the second processor to display, at the display, an unlock screen responsive to a second different user interaction with the computing device.

17. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the initial information includes a breathing view image that periodically becomes visible and then disappears.

18. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the peek request event includes a user gesture associated with the computing device.

19. A display manager component of a computing device configured to:
while the computing device is operating in a sleep mode:
cause a second processor of the computing device to display, at a display, initial information;
responsive to receiving data, cause a first processor to write, at one or more registers of the display manager, a first version of information associated with the data and a second, different version of the information associated with the data, wherein the second version includes more of the information associated with the data received by the computing device than the first version; and

responsive to a peek request event being detected while displaying the initial information, cause the second processor of the computi

Assignees

• Motorola Mobility Llc
• Google Technology Holdings LLC

Inventors

• Flowers Christian L
• Gunn Michael E

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• H04M1/66

  with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling (verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04M3/42382

  Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks · CPC title

• H04M2203/4581

  Sending message identifiers instead of whole messages · CPC title