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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:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher James DiBona, Mountain View, CA (US);

Daniel Lawrence Morrill, Mountain View, CA (US);

Daniel Berlin, Potomac, MD (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and techniques are disclosed for detecting whether a wearable computing device is worn by a user or not. The detection can be made based on whether the device is secured to a user or based on a sensor. A device worn by a user may be operated in a private mode such that the user wearing the device is provided information that is useful while wearing the device. For example, the user may receive message notifications, news updates, telephone call information, or the like. A wearable computing device maybe operated in a public mode while not being worn by a user. While in the public mode, the device may provide non user specific information such as a current time, media items, or the like.


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