Posted on 03/28/2015 6:47:58 AM PDT by 9thLife
Apple has explored presenting iPhone users with non-dismissable notifications, such as requiring personal health data to be entered before resuming normal use of their device, in a concept that could help break bad habits.
The details were revealed in a newly published Apple patent application, discovered on Thursday by AppleInsider. Entitled "Notifications with Input-Based Completion," the filing describes prompts on an iPhone that would actively block access to using the device until certain data is entered.
The most prominent examples given by Apple in the filing are health-related. For example, screenshots show the user being prompted to check their weight or blood pressure through the iOS Reminders app.
Given Apple's recent launch of HealthKit and the accompanying Health app in iOS 8, along with the new fitness-focused Apple Watch, it's possible that Apple could use this method to encourage iPhone owners to keep up to date on the status of their health, rather than avoiding it.
In the application, Apple notes that data for these prompts can be received from connected third-party accessories. So in the case of checking blood pressure each day at 10 a.m., the data could be collected from an external sensor.
Other concepts presented by Apple include calories burnt per day, blood pressure, and body mass index. The system could also alert users when certain data exceeds a pre-set value, potentially helping the user to avoid serious health complications.
Of course, these non-dismissable alerts could also extend to actions beyond health data. In one example, the user is reminded to "take a picture of the construction," and the notification includes a quick link to the iPhone's camera.
Accompanying input boxes would also be found within the iOS Reminders app, with Apple showing text fields for blood pressure and weight, and as well as a camera button for the construction photo, next to the user-created tasks.
In the filing, Apple shows a new option for creating reminders entitled "Required User Input." Apple's concept also adds the ability to include tags, such as "Health" or "Projects," to reminders.
Published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week, the proposed invention was originally filed by Apple in September of 2013. It is credited to Gencer Cili.
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Pull that kind of crap on me and I’ll dump my iPhone so fast.
All the monitoring has gotten obnoxious. If someone wants to participate in such a health-monitoring system and elects to do so, that’s one thing. But being forced to input data in order to continue using the phone regardless is a recipe for losing customers, no matter how good the device itself may be otherwise.
What's disturbing is that they had the idea in the first place.
Like hell they will!
have anything to do with their top guy being a member of a privileged minority?
I could not say it better.
That is because the market share of Mac’s was too small for hackers to bother with. Why spend you time writing malicious code for 5% of the computers when you can write for 95%?
Does the Siri nanny come with Moochelle ‘s voice or Hillary’s?
“Comrade Smith! Drop that Big Mac!”
Where’s the app to send your NSA snoop a cyber hug?
Opportunity to short!
Why do I see the federal government jumping all over this and mandating it for all people who are enrolled in ObamaCare? I can see it now:
Thank you, Mr. Johnson for your latest upload of personal health data. We have scheduled you for a meeting with the End-of-Life Transition Panel for 3:00 tomorrow. Do not be late.
Better sell your Apple stock.
The first time someone gets a message that “You must lose one pound before you can make another call. Thank you for staying Green and for your cooperation.” they will throw their Iphone away.
Thanks for the ping. If this idea is implemented, it will generate a lot of complaints and probably lawsuits.
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
Apple has always been the liberal product. With a mentally ill homosexual at the helm this is to be expected.
Such minor controls as who turns it on or off, and when, would not be included in a patent application. The point of the patent is what it does and what purpose it fulfills and how it does it. This article based on Rush Limbaugh's comments and the patent application is not on how Apple will implement the actual invention if and when they do. Apple will make it user friendly. It's what they do. They will not make it an irritation to all users. They know better than that.
You are not giving Apple anything. The data is for YOU. Why lie to yourself?
Apple doesn't get this information ever. HealthKit is designed to provide YOU information on your self. Apple is not interested in amassing information on its customers. That WOULD make Apple susceptible to the HIPAA laws. They do not want to be under those regulations. . . and as they have said, they are not in the business of collecting customer data.
Why lie to myself? I’m hardly lying to myself, Swordmaker. I merely said what I would do if this turned out to be true.
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