Granted Patent B2

US 12,498,936 · App. 18/498,845 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Inventors: Adithya Gajulapally (Mountain View, CA); Jonathan Geddes (Saratoga Springs, UT); Hwan Moon Lee (Los Angeles, CA); Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau (Los Angeles, CA); Aaron Wangugi (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06F9/4401G06F9/445G06F21/35G06F9/4406G06F9/4416

Abstract

Claims (72)

1 . A method executed by one or more processors in a head-worn device including one or more display devices, the method comprising:

receiving an activation input;

performing a partial bootup of the head-worn device;

receiving a user-input instruction to perform a function;

determining whether the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible;

determining whether the user-input instruction is permitted for partial bootup execution;

based on the user-input instruction being permitted for partial bootup execution and being partial bootup compatible, executing the user-input instruction; and

based on the user-input instruction not being permitted for partial bootup execution, completing a bootup of the head-worn device even if the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining whether the user-input instruction requires user authentication in order to be executed; and

based on the user-input instruction being partial bootup compatible and not requiring user authentication, executing the user-input instruction.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the partial bootup of the head-worn device includes starting a lockscreen service and a camera service.

4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining whether the user-input instruction requires user authentication in order to be executed; and

based on the user-input instruction requiring user authentication, executing a user authentication procedure regardless of whether or not the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising,

verifying correct user authentication;

completing a bootup of the head-worn device; and

executing the user-input instruction.

6 . The method of claim 5 wherein verifying correct user authentication comprises:

receiving a password from a related mobile device.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

based on correct user authorization not being verified using the password received from the related mobile device, prompting user input of a password via the head-worn device.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

maintaining an authenticated state of the head-worn device based on proximity of the head-worn device to the related mobile device.

9 . A head-worn device comprising:

one or more cameras;

one or more display devices;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing user-input instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an activation input;

performing a partial bootup of the head-worn device;

receiving a user-input instruction to perform a function;

determining whether the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible;

determining whether the user-input instruction is permitted for partial bootup execution;

based on the user-input instruction being permitted for partial bootup execution and being partial bootup compatible, executing the user-input instruction; and

based on the user-input instruction not being permitted for partial bootup execution, completing a bootup of the head-worn device even if the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible.

10 . The head-worn device of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the user-input instruction requires user authentication in order to be executed; and

based on the user-input instruction being partial bootup compatible and not requiring user authentication, executing the user-input instruction.

11 . The head-worn device of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the user-input instruction requires user authentication in order to be executed; and

based on the user-input instruction requiring user authentication, executing a user authentication procedure regardless of whether or not the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible.

12 . The head-worn device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

verifying correct user authentication;

completing a bootup of the head-worn device; and

executing the user-input instruction.

13 . The head-worn device of claim 12 , wherein verifying correct user authentication comprises:

receiving a password from a related mobile device.

14 . The head-worn device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

based on correct user authorization not being verified using the password received from the related mobile device, prompting user input of a password via the head-worn device.

15 . The head-worn device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

maintaining an authenticated state of the head-worn device based on proximity of the head-worn device to the related mobile device.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including user-input instructions that when executed by a head-worn device including one or more display devices and one or more cameras, cause the head-worn device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an activation input;

performing a partial bootup of the head-worn device;

receiving a user-input instruction to perform a function;

determining whether the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible;

determining whether the user-input instruction is permitted for partial bootup execution;

based on the user-input instruction being permitted for partial bootup execution and being partial bootup compatible, executing the user-input instruction; and

based on the user-input instruction not being permitted for partial bootup execution, completing a bootup of the head-worn device even if the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the user-input instruction requires user authentication in order to be executed; and

based on the user-input instruction being partial bootup compatible and not requiring user authentication, executing the user-input instruction.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the partial bootup of the head-worn device includes starting a lockscreen service and a camera service.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the user-input instruction requires user authentication in order to be executed; and

based on the user-input instruction requiring user authentication, executing a user authentication procedure regardless of whether or not the user-input instruction is partial bootup compatible.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:

verifying correct user authentication;

completing a bootup of the head-worn device; and

executing the user-input instruction.

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