US 11,871,219 B2
Dynamically adapting provision of notification output to reduce user distraction and/or mitigate usage of computational resources
Vikram Aggarwal, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Moises Morgenstern Gali, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,135.
Application 17/479,135 is a continuation of application No. 16/819,326, filed on Mar. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,129,134.
Application 16/819,326 is a continuation of application No. 16/451,447, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,624,060, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 16/451,447 is a continuation of application No. 15/818,310, filed on Nov. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,368,333, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0007331 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 68/02 (2009.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06F 9/546 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
identifying, at a vehicle computing device of a vehicle, an electronic notification designated for rendering to a user via the vehicle computing device;
generating, by the vehicle computing device, a current predicted level of driving engagement being exerted in navigating the vehicle;
selecting, based on both (i) one or more properties of the electronic notification and (ii) the current predicted level of driving engagement, a particular modality for rendering notification content that is based on the electronic notification, wherein selecting the particular modality is from amongst a plurality of candidate modalities, including:
an audible only modality,
a graphical only modality, and
an audible and graphical modality; and
determining, based on both (i) the one or more properties of the electronic notification and (ii) the current predicted level of driving engagement, to immediately render the notification content in lieu of delaying rendering of the notification content; and
causing the vehicle computing to immediately render the notification content in the selected particular modality, wherein causing the vehicle computing device to immediately render the notification content is in response to determining to immediately render the electronic content in lieu of delaying rendering of the notification content.