Private message notifications
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAkash Kumar, Ankita, Ashutosh Giri
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Abstract
The security and privacy are very important aspects of communication. Many technologies have been developed to keeping private messages secure while being transmitted from the sender to the receiver. However, the privacy of the messages can be compromised by notifications of the messages at the receiver. For example, a third party may see a visual notification of private text message displayed on a receiving device, such as a smart phone. Provided herein is an apparatus that receives a message, determines a privacy level of the message, selects a mode of notification of the message based on the determined privacy level of the message, and performs a notification action based on the selected mode of notification.
Claims27
A method of notification of a message received by a device, comprising:
- receiving the message;
- determining a privacy level of the message;
- selecting a mode of notification of the message based on the determined privacy level of the message, wherein selecting the mode of notification of the message includes switching from a default mode of notification to a different mode of notification;
- and
- performing a notification action based on the selected mode of notification.
An apparatus for notification of a message received by a device, comprising:
- means for receiving the message;
- means for determining a privacy level of the message;
- means for selecting a mode of notification of the message based on the determined privacy level of the message, wherein means for selecting the mode of notification of the message switches from a default mode of notification to a different mode of notification;
- and
- means for performing a notification action based on the selected mode of notification.
An apparatus for notification of a message received by a device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- receive the message;
- determine a privacy level of the message;
- select a mode of notification of the message based on the determined privacy level of the message, wherein selecting the mode of notification of the message includes switching from a default mode of notification to a different mode of notification, and
- perform a notification action based on the selected mode of notification.
A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for notification of a message received by a device, comprising code to:
- receive the message;
- determine a privacy level of the message;
- select a mode of notification of the message based on the determined privacy level of the message, wherein selecting the mode of notification of the message includes switching from a default mode of notification to a different mode of notification;
- and
- perform a notification action based on the selected mode of notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.