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US 11,057,866 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for providing notification
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-hyun Ryu, Han-joo Chae
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is currently being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether to send a notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information received by the transceiver.
Claims15
An electronic device comprising:
- a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device,
- determine a type of the notification event, and
- determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the type of the notification event and the status information, indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, received through the transceiver,
- in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, control to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,
- before sending the notification request to the at least one wearable device, receive, through the transceiver from the at least one wearable device, mode information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in a do-not-disturb mode in which the notification is not to be displayed to a user of the at least one wearable device,
- based on the received mode information, identify that the at least one wearable device is in the do-not-disturb mode, and
- based on identifying that the at least one wearable device is in the do-not-disturb mode, control to provide the notification corresponding to the notification event via at least one device among the electronic device and the at least one wearable device except for the at least one wearable device in the do-not-disturb mode,
- wherein, when the at least one wearable device is powered on and in the do-not-disturb mode, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being displayed to the user at the at least one wearable device.
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A method for providing a notification from an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving, from at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;
- in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing the notification at the electronic device,
- determining a type of the notification event, and
- determining whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the type of the notification event and the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use;
- and
- in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, controlling to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device;
- before sending the notification request to the at least one wearable device, receiving, from the at least one wearable device, mode information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in a do-not-disturb mode in which the notification is not to be displayed to a user of the at least one wearable device;
- based on the received mode information, identifying that the at least one wearable device is in the do-not-disturb mode, and
- based on identifying that the at least one wearable device is in the do-not-disturb mode, controlling to provide the notification corresponding to the notification event via at least one device among the electronic device and the at least one wearable device except for the at least one wearable device in the do-not-disturb mode,
- wherein, when the at least one wearable device is powered on and in the do-not-disturb mode, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being displayed to the user at the at least one wearable device.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions which control an electronic device to:
- receive, from at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;
- in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device,
- determine a type of the notification event, and
- determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the type of the notification event and the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use;
- and
- in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, control to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device;
- before sending the notification request to the at least one wearable device, receiving, from the at least one wearable device, mode information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in a do-not-disturb mode in which the notification is not to be displayed to a user of the at least one wearable device;
- based on the received mode information, identifying that the at least one wearable device is in the do-not-disturb mode, and
- based on identifying that the at least one wearable device is in the do-not-disturb mode, controlling to provide the notification corresponding to the notification event via at least one device among the electronic device and the at least one wearable device except for the at least one wearable device in the do-not-disturb mode,
- wherein, when the at least one wearable device is powered on and in the do-not-disturb mode, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being displayed to the user at the at least one wearable device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.