Notification handling based on physical presence
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsRahul B. Desai, Amit Kumar Agrawal
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Abstract
Techniques for notification handling based on identity and physical presence are described and may be implemented to determine whether to route a notification from a first device (e.g., a mobile device) to a second device (e.g., a display device) for output at the second device. Generally, the described implementations utilize sensor data captured at a physical location to detect and/or identify persons present at the physical location and to determine whether to route notifications between devices based on the detected persons/identities.
Claims20
A mobile device comprising:
- a sensor system including one or more sensors;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a notification at the mobile device;
- detect, based on sensor data collected by the sensor system, a physical presence of a registered user of the mobile device and a physical presence of one or more persons other than the registered user of the mobile device;
- identify a notification profile that specifies one or more parameters for handling the notification based at least in part on the physical presence of the one or more persons other than the registered user of the mobile device, wherein the notification profile specifies, based on the physical presence of the one or more persons other than the registered user of the mobile device, that the notification is not to be delivered to an external display device;
- and
- determine, based on the notification profile, whether to deliver the notification for output by the external display device connected to the mobile device.
A method comprising:
- receiving a notification at a mobile device while content is being communicated from the mobile device to an external display device;
- receiving sensor data at the mobile device that indicates a physical presence of one or more persons in proximity to the external display device or the mobile device, wherein the sensor data indicates that only one person is in proximity to the external display device or the mobile device;
- identifying a notification profile that specifies one or more parameters for handling the notification based at least in part on the sensor data and the physical presence of the one or more persons, wherein the notification profile corresponds to a solo profile that specifies that all notifications received by the mobile device are to be delivered to the external display device for display;
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- determining, based on the notification profile, whether to deliver the notification for output by the external display device.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to:
- receive a notification at a first device while content is being communicated from the first device to a second device for display by the second device;
- detect, based on sensor data collected by a sensor system, a physical presence of multiple persons in proximity to the second device;
- identify a notification profile that specifies one or more parameters for handling the notification based at least in part on the physical presence of the multiple persons;
- and
- determine, based on the notification profile, whether to deliver the notification for display by the second device, wherein the notification profile specifies that the notification is not to be delivered from the first device to the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.