System using adaptive interrupts for controlling notifications to a user

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• receiving a communication for a user at an information handling system;
• intercepting a notification relating to the received communication;
• assessing an importance of the notification using contextual information associated with the notification;
• assessing busyness of the user at the information handling system by actively monitoring interactions between the user and multiple user applications currently executed by the user at the information handling system, wherein assessing the busyness of the user at the information handling system includes
• detecting user interactions with the multiple user applications currently executed at the information handling system using application program interfaces respectively associated with the multiple user applications, wherein the user interactions detected by an application programming interface of a user program includes at least one of
• a current state of the user application,
• a number of open windows of the user application,
• keyboard activity associated with the user application, and
• a number of keystrokes per unit time entered by the user application,
• determining user activity levels associated with the multiple user applications currently executed at the information handling system based on the detected user interactions,
• receiving the user activity levels at a notification prioritizer, and
• generating an activity score at the notification prioritizer based on the user activity levels received from the application programming interfaces of the multiple user applications, wherein
• the activity score is determined using a weighting of the activity levels, and
• the activity score corresponds to the degree of busyness of the user at the information handling system;
• and
• selectively interrupting the user with the notification based on the activity score and the importance of the notification.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• receiving a communication for a user at an information handling system;
• intercepting a notification relating to the received communication;
• assessing importance of the notification using contextual information associated with the notification;
• assessing busyness of the user at the information handling system by actively monitoring interactions between the user and multiple user applications currently executed at the information handling system, wherein assessing the busyness of the user at the information handling system includes
• detecting user interactions with the multiple user applications currently executed at the information handling system using application program interfaces respectively associated with the multiple user applications, wherein the user interactions detected by an application programming interface of a user program includes at least one of
• a current state of the user application,
• a number of open windows of the user application,
• keyboard activity associated with the user application, and
• a number of keystrokes per unit time entered by the user application,
• determining user activity levels associated with the multiple user applications currently executed at the information handling system based on the detected user interactions,
• receiving the user activity levels at a notification prioritizer, and
• generating an activity score at the notification prioritizer based on the user activity levels received from the application programming interfaces of the multiple user applications, wherein
• the activity score is determined using a weighting of the activity levels, and
• the activity score corresponds to the busyness of the user at the information handling system;
• and
• selectively interrupting the user with the notification based on the activity score and the importance of the notification.