Somatosensory type notification alerts

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, contextual information associated with a user of the computing device;

determining, by the computing device, based at least in part on the contextual information, at least one of a current physiological condition of the user or a type of activity currently being performed by the user;

selecting, by the computing device, based at least in part on the at least one of the current physiological condition or the type of activity, a particular vibration pattern, from a plurality of vibration patterns, with which to output alerts for indicating a receipt of notification data; and

responsive to receiving the notification data, outputting, by the computing device, with particular vibration pattern, a vibration alert indicating receipt of the notification data.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, based on the contextual information, that the current physiological condition of the user is one of stressed, relaxed, and neither stressed nor relaxed,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is selected based on whether the current physiological condition of the user is stressed, relaxed, or neither stressed nor relaxed.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, based on the contextual information, that the current physiological condition of the user is stressed,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is a high frequency or high amplitude vibration in response to determining that the current physiological condition of the user is stressed.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, based on the contextual information, that the current physiological condition of the user is relaxed,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is a low frequency or low amplitude vibration in response to determining that the current physiological condition of the user is relaxed.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, based on the contextual information, that the current physiological condition of the user is neither stressed nor relaxed,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is a moderate frequency or moderate amplitude vibration in response to determining that the current physiological condition of the user is neither stressed nor relaxed.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, based on the contextual information, that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is either a physical activity or a non-physical activity;

wherein the particular vibration pattern is selected based on the type of activity currently being performed by the user is either a physical activity or a non-physical activity.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining, based on the contextual information, that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is a physical activity,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is a high level of intensity in response to determining that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is a physical activity.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining, based on the contextual information, that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is a non-physical activity,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is a low or moderate level of intensity in response to determining that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is a non-physical activity.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is a non-physical activity, determining, by the computing device, whether the non-physical activity is a stressful type of activity or a non-stressful type of activity,

wherein the particular vibration pattern is selected based on whether the non-physical activity is a stressful type of activity or a non-stressful type of activity.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of vibration patterns include a high intensity vibration, a low intensity vibration, and a moderate intensity vibration.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a wearable computing device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification data comprises information indicating that an event associated with the computing device has occurred.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, based on the contextual information, a type of application currently being used by the user,

wherein selecting the particular vibration pattern further comprises determining, based on the type of application, the at least one of the current physiological condition of the user or the type of activity currently being performed by the user.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the type of application currently being used by the user comprises either a game type application or a reading type application, and determining the at least one of the current physiological condition of the user or the type of activity currently being performed by the user, based on the type of application, comprises:

responsive to determining that the type of application is the game type application, determining, by the computing device, that the current physiological condition of the user is stressed; and

responsive to determining that the type of application is the reading type application, determining, by the computing device, that the current physiological condition of the user is relaxed.

15. A computing device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to:

receive contextual information associated with a user of the computing device;

determine, based at least in part on the contextual information, at least one of a current physiological condition of the user or a type of activity currently being performed by the user;

select, based at least in part on the at least one of the current physiological condition or the type of activity currently being performed by the user, a particular vibration pattern, from a plurality of vibration patterns, with which to output alerts for indicating a receipt of notification data; and

responsive to receiving the notification data, output, with the particular vibration pattern, a vibration alert indicating the receipt of the notification data.

16. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein:

the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine, based on the contextual information, that the current physiological condition of the user is one of stressed, relaxed, and neither stressed nor relaxed; and

the particular vibration pattern is selected based on whether the current physiological condition of the user is stressed, relaxed, or neither stressed nor relaxed.

17. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein:

the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine, based on the contextual information, that the type of activity currently being performed by the user is either a physical activity or a non-physical activity; and

the particular vibration pattern is selected based on the type of activity currently being performed by the user is either a physical activity or a non-physical activity.

18. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a computing device to:

receive contextual information associated with a user of the computing device;

determine, based at least in part on the contextual information, at least one of a current physiological condition of the user or a type of activity currently being performed by the user;

select, based at least in part on the at least one of the current physiological condition or the type of activity currently being performed by the user, a particular vibration pattern, from a plurality of vibration patterns, with which to output alerts for indicating a receipt of notification data; and

responsive to receiving the notification data, output, with the particular vibration pattern, a vibration alert indicating the receipt of the notification data.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors of the computing device to:

determine, based on the contextual information, a type of application currently being used by the user; and

select the particular vibration pattern by at least determining, based on the type of application, the at least one of the current physiological condition of the user or the type of activity currently being performed by the user.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein:

the type of application currently being used by the user comprises either a game type application or a reading type application; and

the instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors of the computing device to determine the at least one of the current physiological condition of the user or the type of activity currently being performed by the user, based on the type of application, by at least:

responsive to determining that the type of application is the game type application, determine that the current physiological condition of the user is stressed; and

responsive to determining that the type of application is the reading type application, determine that the current physiological condition of the user is relaxed.