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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:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Denise A. Bell, Austin, TX (US);

Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Campbell, CA (US);

Adriana A. Morales, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for diverting a user focus from a user device is provided. The present invention may include detecting a user audience in proximity of a user device. The present invention may then include determining that a user of the user device should be alerted to the detected user audience. The present invention may further include, in response to determining that the user of the user device should be alerted to the detected user audience, transmitting an alert from the user device configured to divert a user focus from the user device to the detected user audience.


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