Inferring user availability for a communication
US10516964B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/16
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The technology described herein manages communications received by a mobile computing device by ascertaining a user's availability to receive an incoming communication. The technology described herein can optimize the use of notification resources on a computing device to provide notifications only when a user is available to respond to a communication the notification announces. The user's availability to receive a communication can be inferred through the analysis of signal data that describes a present context of the mobile device and/or the mobile device's user. Upon determining a present level of availability, the technology described herein can take several different actions. The actions include generating an alternative notification for a newly received communication, generating no notification for a newly received communication, and communicating an automated “not available” message to the originator of a newly received communication.
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