Focus Mode Wake Screens for Low-Power Notification Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user interfaces for adjusting notification settings on electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring users to navigate obscure settings, wasting energy and time, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing methods and interfaces that allow for faster and more efficient adjustment of notification modes through different focus modes, utilizing touch-sensitive surfaces and graphical user interfaces to streamline mode configuration, switching, and content customization, while reducing power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional settings user interfaces are used to adjust notification settings, then notification delivery can be controlled, but the interface becomes cumbersome and hard to find
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a notification manager as an intermediary component that sits between the user interface and the notification delivery system. This manager handles the complexity of notification rules and delivery logic internally, while presenting a simplified user interface with clear controls for enabling/disabling notifications and selecting delivery methods. The intermediary abstracts the complex settings into manageable user-friendly options.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification settings interface is segmented into distinct, manageable sections: a main notification center with global controls, separate rule-based delivery settings, and individual application notification preferences. This segmentation allows users to adjust only the specific notification aspects they need without being overwhelmed by the entire notification system at once.
2Measurement precision
If detailed notification rules are configured through conventional interfaces, then notification delivery precision is improved, but the time required to adjust settings increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring notification rules and delivery parameters before user interaction. When a user enables notifications for an application, the notification manager has already prepared relevant delivery rules, time-based settings, and method options based on the application type and user profile, allowing immediate activation without requiring users to manually configure each parameter.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system implements self-service capabilities where the notification manager automatically adjusts delivery rules based on contextual information such as time of day, user activity state, and application importance. The system serves itself by making intelligent defaults and automatic adjustments, reducing the time users need to spend on detailed configuration while maintaining precision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users navigate through obscure settings to change alert preferences, then comprehensive notification control is achieved, but energy is wasted due to extended interaction time
Solution Approach 1:
The notification manager implements a universal control interface that handles multiple notification delivery methods (alerts, banners, sounds, haptics) through a single unified settings location. This multi-functional interface consolidates what would otherwise require navigating through multiple separate settings menus for different notification types, allowing users to control all alert preferences from one accessible location and reducing the time the screen and processor remain active.
4Adaptability or versatility
If conventional notification settings interfaces are used, then all notification parameters can be adjusted, but the number of user inputs required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential notification control functions from the complex system of delivery rules and parameters, presenting only the most commonly used settings in the primary user interface. Advanced delivery rules and detailed parameters are hidden or presented as optional secondary settings. This extraction allows users to achieve 80% of their notification control needs with minimal inputs, while still providing access to comprehensive settings for power users who need full customization.
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AI summary
While a first notification mode is active for the computer system and while the computer system is in a low power state, a computer system detects a first request to wake the computer system. In response, the computer system displays a first wake screen user interface with a first background image. While displaying the first wake screen user interface, the computer system detects a request to switch from the first notification mode to a second notification mode. In response, the computer system switches from the first notification mode to the second notification mode at the computer system. While the second notification mode is active for the computer system and while the computer system is in the low power state, the computer systems detects a second request to wake the computer system. In response the computer system displays a second wake screen user interface with a second background image.