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Granted Patent B2
US 12,726,562 · App. 18/455,788 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Device configuration based on detected user state

Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal (Bangalore, IN); Ankur Varshney (Bangalore, IN); Bhashyam Krishnama Naidu Sukumar (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
H04M1/72463H04M1/72403H04M1/72454
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Patent No.
US 12,726,562
App. No.
18/455,788
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In aspects of device configuration based on detected user state, a mobile device includes device applications that can be initiated to display visual content or emit audio content in a secondary user mode of operation of the mobile device. The mobile device implements an access control module to detect a user state of a user accessing one or more of the device applications in the secondary user mode. The access control module can then categorize a device application as restricted based on the user state being a detected first state, or categorize the device application as allowed based on the user state being a detected second state.

Claims (38)

1 . A mobile device, comprising:

one or more device applications configured to at least one of display visual content or emit audio content in a secondary user mode of operation of the mobile device, the secondary user mode being initiated based on a primary user sharing the mobile device with a secondary user;

an access control module implemented at least partially in hardware, the access control module configured to:

detect a user state of the secondary user accessing the one or more device applications in the secondary user mode; and at least one of:

categorize a device application as restricted based on the user state indicating a destructive emotional response of the secondary user to the visual content being displayed or the audio content being emitted; or

categorize the device application as allowed based on the user state indicating a constructive emotional response of the secondary user to the visual content being displayed or the audio content being emitted.

2 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the access control module is configured to detect the user state of the secondary user as at least one of an emotion of the secondary user, a physiological state of the secondary user, or a body posture of the secondary user.

3 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the access control module is configured to generate a ranked list of the one or more device applications based at least in part on the user state and associated categorization of the respective device applications.

4 . The mobile device of claim 3 , wherein the access control module is configured to generate the ranked list of the one or more device applications to include captured screen shots of the visual content associated with the respective device applications.

5 . The mobile device of claim 4 , wherein the access control module is configured to generate a highlight reel of the captured screen shots of the visual content associated with the respective device applications.

6 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the access control module is configured to assess similar visual content or similar audio content based at least in part on categorization of the one or more device applications, and at least one of restrict or allow the similar visual content or the similar audio content based on assessment.

7 . The mobile device of claim 6 , wherein the access control module is configured to recommend allowed visual content that is assessed similar to the visual content or the audio content of the device application categorized as allowed.

8 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the access control module is configured to develop an acceptable content list specific to the secondary user, the acceptable content list including at least one of allowable visual content or allowable audio content.

9 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the access control module is configured to generate an emotional ranking associated with the one or more device applications based at least in part on the user state of the secondary user accessing the respective device applications.

10 . The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the access control module is configured to merge the emotional ranking that is associated with the one or more device applications with a different emotional ranking received from another device.

11 . A method, comprising:

executing one or more device applications configured to at least one of display visual content or emit audio content in a secondary user mode of device operation, the secondary user mode being initiated based on a primary user sharing a mobile device with a secondary user;

detecting one or more user states of the secondary user accessing the one or more device applications in the secondary user mode; and at least one of:

categorizing a device application as restricted based on a user state indicating a destructive emotional response of the secondary user to the visual content visual content being displayed or the audio content being emitted; or

categorizing the device application as allowed based on the user state indicating a constructive emotional response of the secondary user to at least one of the visual content being displayed or the audio content being emitted.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user state of the secondary user is detected as at least one of an emotion of the secondary user, a physiological state of the secondary user, or a body posture of the secondary user.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

generating a ranked list of the one or more device applications based at least in part on the one or more user states and associated categorization of the respective device applications.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the ranked list of the one or more device applications is generated to include captured screen shots of the visual content associated with the respective device applications.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

generating a highlight reel of the captured screen shots of the visual content associated with the respective device applications.

16 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

assessing similar visual content or similar audio content based at least in part on categorization of the one or more device applications, and at least one of restricting or allowing the similar visual content or the similar audio content based on assessment.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

developing an acceptable content list specific to the secondary user, the acceptable content list including at least one of allowable visual content or allowable audio content.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

generating an emotional ranking associated with the one or more device applications based at least in part on the one or more user states of the secondary user accessing the respective device applications.

19 . A system, comprising:

one or more device applications configured to at least one of display visual content or emit audio content in a secondary user mode of operation of a mobile device, the secondary user mode being initiated based on a primary user sharing the mobile device with a secondary user;

an access control module implemented at least partially in hardware, the access control module configured to:

categorize one or more detected user states of the secondary user as one of constructive or destructive based on an emotional response of the secondary user to at least one of the visual content being displayed or the audio content being emitted; and

generate an emotional ranking associated with the one or more device applications based at least in part on the one or more detected user states of the secondary user accessing the respective device applications.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the access control module is configured to detect each of the one or more detected user states of the secondary user as at least one of an emotion of the secondary user, a physiological state of the secondary user, or a body posture of the secondary user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2023
From: AGRAWAL, AMIT KUMAR; VARSHNEY, ANKUR; SUKUMAR, BHASHYAM KRISHNAMA NAIDU
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Reel/Frame 064703/0331 →
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