Bells or other sound whatnot can often spoil your fun when you are watching a movie or play or when someone forgets to switch to silent mode smartphone with full theatrical performance. But Microsoft wants to make our much more discreet Gadgets: . The technology giant has filed a patent for a "quiet mode", which would be able to turn off sounds while darkening the screen
The beauty of the idea is that the mode can be activated automatically rather than relying on a human being to turn it on. Triggers, such as GPS, an event in your calendar, or even an action in your browser (such as buying movie tickets), are mentioned in the filing of patent, which was granted to Microsoft this week as reported The Next Web. In other words, it could avoid multiple hassle and shame the next time you forget to turn off your smartphone when you are in the moon.
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When the "stealth mode" is suitable, the screen will then slowly decrease brightness , and show some key information (such as the current time for easy checking). The user will also be able to enable or disable mode manually, especially if the situation requires. It's probably a bit optimistic to expect to see these features in Windows Phone 10 but Microsoft could surprise us with them.
"A problem with the ubiquity of mobile devices [] in many environments is that their use is not appropriate for all environments" , it said in the patent. "As an example, theater sound and light of a mobile device screen can be distracting to other theatergoers " says the patent.
Patent documents suggest that this new method could also be very useful during meetings, car, or at night when the consumer is asleep.
The beauty of the idea is that the mode can be activated automatically rather than relying on a human being to turn it on. Triggers, such as GPS, an event in your calendar, or even an action in your browser (such as buying movie tickets), are mentioned in the filing of patent, which was granted to Microsoft this week as reported The Next Web. In other words, it could avoid multiple hassle and shame the next time you forget to turn off your smartphone when you are in the moon.
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When the "stealth mode" is suitable, the screen will then slowly decrease brightness , and show some key information (such as the current time for easy checking). The user will also be able to enable or disable mode manually, especially if the situation requires. It's probably a bit optimistic to expect to see these features in Windows Phone 10 but Microsoft could surprise us with them.
Patent documents suggest that this new method could also be very useful during meetings, car, or at night when the consumer is asleep.