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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Thomas Francis, Dubuque, IA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Techniques include receiving a user notification (e.g., a text-based notification, a phone call, or a voicemail) at a user device. The techniques further include receiving a pressure input from a user of the device at a pressure-sensitive display of the device and determining that the display is covered (e.g., obscured from the user's view). The techniques also include, in response to receiving the pressure input and determining that the display is covered, performing an action associated with the notification using the device (e.g., speak or playback the notification at the device, enable the user to vocally interact with the notification at the device, or forward the notification to another device for display, speech or playback output, and/or user vocal interaction). Additional techniques include, in response to receiving the pressure input and determining that the display is covered, setting the device into a predetermined state (e.g., of a software application).