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Patent US10383568
Issued 2019-08-20
Confirming Sleep Based On Secondary Indicia Of User Activity
In some implementations, a computing device can confirm a sleep determination for a user based on secondary indicia of user activity. For example, the computing device can be a user's primary computing device. The primary device can predict and/or determine when the user is sleeping based on the user's use (e.g., primary indicia), or lack of use, of the primary device. After the primary device determines that the user is sleeping, the primary device can confirm that the user is asleep based on secondary indicia of user activity. In some implementations, the secondary indicia can include user activity reported to the primary computing device by other secondary computing devices (e.g., a second user device, a household appliance, etc.). In some implementations, the secondary indicia can include user activity detected by sensors of the primary computing device (e.g., sound, light, movement, etc.).
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- 1. A method for providing a sleep determination for a user with a first computing device programmed to perform the method, comprising:
provisionally determining, by the first computing device, that the user of the first computing device is sleeping based on data indicating that the user is not currently using the first computing device to provide a provisional determination that the user is sleeping; receiving, by the first computing device, a communication from a second device indicating that conscious human activity is being performed with respect to the second device that is unrelated to the first computing device, wherein the communication includes a second identifier that identifies a user account corresponding to an operator of the second device; comparing, by the first computing device, the second identifier received from the second computing device to a first identifier that identifies a user account corresponding to the user of the first computing device; determining, by the first computing device, whether the conscious human activity is being performed by the user of the first computing device based on the comparison of the first identifier and the second identifier; and revising, by the first computing device, the provisional determination that the user is sleeping to indicate that the user is awake in response to a determination that the conscious human activity is being performed by the user of the first computing device in order to provide a more accurate sleep determination for the user.
- 9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes:
provisionally determining, by a first computing device, that a user of the first computing device is sleeping based on data indicating that the user is not currently using the first computing device to provide a provisional determination that the user is sleeping; receiving, by the first computing device, a communication from a second device indicating that conscious human activity is being performed with respect to the second device that is unrelated to the first computing device, wherein the communication includes a second identifier that identifies a user account corresponding to an operator of the second device; comparing, by the first computing device, the second identifier received from the second computing device to a first identifier that identifies a user account corresponding to the user of the first computing device; determining, by the first computing device, whether the conscious human activity is being performed by the user of the first computing device based on the comparison of the first identifier and the second identifier; and revising, by the first computing device, the provisional determination that the user is sleeping to indicate that the user is awake in response to a determination that the conscious human activity is being performed by the user of the first computing device in order to provide a more accurate sleep determination for the user.
- 17. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes:
provisionally determining, by a first computing device, that a user of the first computing device is sleeping based on data indicating that the user is not currently using the first computing device to provide a provisional determination that the user is sleeping;
receiving, by the first computing device, a communication from a second device indicating that conscious human activity is being performed with respect to the second device that is unrelated to the first computing device, wherein the communication includes a second identifier that identifies a user account corresponding to an operator of the second device;
comparing, by the first computing device, the second identifier received from the second computing device to a first identifier that identifies a user account corresponding to the user of the first computing device;
determining, by the first computing device, whether the conscious human activity is being performed by the user of the first computing device based on the comparison of the first identifier and the second identifier; and
revising, by the first computing device, the provisional determination that the user is sleeping to indicate that the user is awake in response to a determination that the conscious human activity is being performed by the user of the first computing device in order to provide a more accurate sleep determination for the user.
