Dynamic muting of communication notifications
US9473428B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and methods are provided for dynamically muting or suppressing notifications of new communications. When a new communication is received for a user of a communication device (e.g., a mobile telephone, a computer) while notifications are muted, no notification may be issued to the user or, alternatively, a muted notification that differs from a normal notification may be issued. A muted notification may have muted sound or no sound, abbreviated vibration or no vibration, or may otherwise be a dampened version of a normal notification. Dynamic muting may be applied or managed on the user's device or on a system that hosts the communication application for which notifications are muted. Different applications and/or communication sessions (e.g., different chat groups) may be muted differently (e.g., for different periods of time). When a group chat session is muted, the duration of muting may be proportional to the number of participants.
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