US 11,899,855 B2
Changing a mode of operation of a computing device by a pen device
Ilan Geller, Herzliya (IL); Nadav Linenberg, Herzliya (IL); Eran Arbel, Netanya (IL); Uri Ron, Herzliya (IL); and Amir Zyskind, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,814.
Application 17/590,814 is a continuation of application No. 16/125,752, filed on Sep. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,269,428.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155885 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/03545 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a processor associated with a pen device;
a network interface associated with the pen device;
a sensor associated with the pen device; and
a memory associated with the pen device, the memory comprising computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the processor to:
obtain, via the sensor, gesture input data;
compare the obtained gesture input data to an application-specific gesture pattern;
based on the gesture input data matching the application-specific gesture pattern, transition the pen device to an active state;
responsive to detecting an uplink signal from a computing device, send, via the pen device, a wakeup event signal to change a mode of operation of the computing device, wherein the wakeup event signal requests a transition of the computing device from a low power state to an active state and triggers activation of a particular application, corresponding to the application-specific gesture pattern, to open; and
receive an adjusted application-specific gesture pattern from the computing device based at least in part on feedback provided regarding the wakeup event.