Screen timeout duration
US10114445B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes determining for each of multiple countdowns to an automatic screen timeout of a computing device whether the countdown was too long or too short. The countdown is too short if user interaction with the computing device occurred within a first pre-determined amount of time after the automatic screen timeout. The countdown is too long if user interaction with the computing device turned off a screen of the computing device prior to a second pre-determined amount of time before the automatic screen timeout. The method includes determining an underage of each of one or more of the countdowns that was too short; determining an overage of each of one or more of the countdowns that was too long; and adjusting a countdown length of the automatic screen timeout based at least in part on the underages or overages.
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