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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam, Roswell, GA (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Mauro Marzorati, Lutz, FL (US);

Brian M. O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/3228 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 17/24 (2013.01); G06F 17/2775 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); Y02D 10/153 (2018.01);
Abstract

In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to proactively adjust timeout settings on a display device based on user activity. Specifically, a system and method are presented to adaptively adjust the inactivity timeout settings on a display device based on the application being used, the content being displayed on the device, and an analysis of the user's history with the application. The present invention calculates an inactivity timeout modifier which is utilized to modify the default operating system timeout value.


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