Apparatus and method for intelligent suppression of incoming multi-format multi-protocol communications

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more processing units, communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions to configure the one or more processing units to:
• receive a first message from a sender;
• apply a conditional expression to the first message;
• suppress a notification of the receipt of the first message based, at least in part, on the conditional expression not being met for the first message;
• and
• for each subsequently received message from the sender:
• apply the conditional expression to the respective subsequently received message from the sender;
• suppress a notification of the receipt of the respective subsequently received message based, at least in part, on the conditional expression not being met for the respective subsequently received message;
• and
• release a notification of the receipt of the first message and each subsequently received message based, at least in part, on the conditional expression being met for a first subsequently received message from the sender.

A computer-implemented method of communicating digital information, comprising:

• receiving a first message from a sender;
• applying a conditional expression to the first message;
• suppressing a notification of the receipt of the first message based, at least in part, on the conditional expression not being met for the first message;
• and
• for each subsequently received message from the sender:
• applying the conditional expression to the respective subsequently received message from the sender;
• and
• suppressing a notification of the receipt of the respective subsequently received message based, at least in part, on the conditional expression not being met for the respective subsequently received message;
• and
• releasing a notification of the receipt of the first message and each subsequently received message based, at least in part, on the conditional expression being met for a first subsequently received message from the sender.