Application US20190104985 Consumer Sleep Technology

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Apple Inc.

Application US20190104985

Published 2019-04-11

Adjusting Alarms Based On Sleep Onset Latency

In some implementations, a mobile device can adjust an alarm setting based on the sleep onset latency duration detected for a user of the mobile device. For example, sleep onset latency can be the amount of time it takes for the user to fall asleep after the user attempts to go to sleep (e.g., goes to bed). The mobile device can determine when the user intends or attempts to go to sleep based on detected sleep ritual activities. Sleep ritual activities can include those activities a user performs in preparation for sleep. The mobile device can determine when the user is asleep based on detected sleep signals (e.g., biometric data, sounds, etc.). In some implementations, the mobile device can determine recurring patterns of long or short sleep onset latency and present suggestions that might help the user sleep better or feel more rested.

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1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, indication of a desired sleep timer; calculating, by the computing device, a sleep onset latency duration based on a difference between an intended sleep time and an actual sleep time; setting, by the computing device, an alarm timer in response to the actual sleep time being determined, the alarm timer being set to correspond to the desired sleep duration added to the sleep onset latency duration; and triggering, by the computing device, an alarm in response to expiration of the alarm timer.
8. A system, comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause: receiving, by a computing device, indication of a desired sleep timer; calculating, by the computing device, a sleep onset latency duration based on a difference between an intended sleep time and an actual sleep time; setting, by the computing device, an alarm timer in response to the actual sleep time being determined, the alarm timer being set to correspond to the desired sleep duration added to the sleep onset latency duration; and triggering, by the computing device, an alarm in response to expiration of the alarm timer.
15. A system, comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause: receiving, by a computing device, indication of a desired sleep timer; calculating, by the computing device, a sleep onset latency duration based on a difference between an intended sleep time and an actual sleep time; setting, by the computing device, an alarm timer in response to the actual sleep time being determined, the alarm timer being set to correspond to the desired sleep duration added to the sleep onset latency duration; and triggering, by the computing device, an alarm in response to expiration of the alarm timer.