Virtual notifications
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRussell Speight VanBlon, Carlos Munoz-Bustamante
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, data; repurposing, using a processor, an output based on the data; and providing, using an output device of the electronic device, the repurposed output as a notification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims27
A method, comprising:
- detecting, at an electronic device, data;
- repurposing, using a processor, an output based on the data;
- and
- providing, using an output device of the electronic device, the repurposed output as a notification.
The method of 1, wherein providing of the notification comprises relocation of a display screen element.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, using a processor of an electronic device, an event;
- displaying a notification for the event;
- identifying, using the processor, data indicating that the event has occurred, wherein said data is not obtained from user input at the electronic device;
- and
- automatically clearing the notification based on the data.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an output device;
- a processor operatively coupled to the output device;
- and
- a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect data;
- repurpose an output based on the data;
- and
- provide, using the output device, the repurposed output as a notification.
The apparatus of 15, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide comprise instructions that relocation of a display screen element.
A program product, comprising:
- a computer readable storage device comprising code executable by a processor, the code comprising:
- code that detects, at an electronic device, data;
- code that repurposes, using a processor, an output based on the data;
- and
- code that provides, using an output device of the electronic device, the repurposed output as a notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.