# US 2017/0289954 A1 · Intelligent notification delivery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0289954 A1 - Document ID: US20170289954A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/085,437 - Filed: 2016-03-30 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30 - Assignees: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. - Applicants: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. - Inventors: John Carl Mese; Scott Edwards Kelso; Aaron Michael Stewart; Russell Speight VanBlon; Nathan J. Peterson; Arnold S. Weksler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170289954A1 ## CPC - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - A61B 7/04: Electric stethoscopes - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens} - A61B 2562/0204: Acoustic sensors - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, an event has occurred; detecting, using a device sensor, that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; accessing, in a storage location, a rule set including a rule regarding the detecting that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; identifying, using a processor of the electronic device, a type of notification for the event based on the rule set; and providing, using an output device of the electronic device, a notification of the type identified. Other aspects are described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: detecting, at an electronic device, an event has occurred; detecting, using a device sensor, that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; accessing, in a storage location, a rule set comprising a rule regarding the detecting that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; identifying, using a processor of the electronic device, a type of notification for the event based on the rule set; and providing, using an output device of the electronic device, a notification of the type identified. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a user response to the notification; and modifying the rule set based on the user response. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the device sensor is used to detect another device; wherein the type of notification is modified based on the detection of a particular device identified in the rule set. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the type of notification for the event based on the rule set is changed from a default type selected in the rule set based on the detection of the particular device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the device sensor is used to detect a person; wherein the type of notification is modified based on the detection of a particular person identified in the rule set. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the device sensor is used to collect biometric data selected from the group consisting of electromyography data, sub-audible data, microphone data, and camera data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the type of notification for the event based on the rule set is changed from a default type selected in the rule set based on the detection of the particular person. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the device sensor is used to detect a geographic location; wherein the type of notification is modified based on the detection of a particular geographic location identified in the rule set. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the event comprises a message being received, and wherein the determining a user response to the notification comprises detecting that the message has been opened. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising overriding the notification in response to user input. ### Claim 11 A system, comprising: a device sensor; a processor operatively coupled to the device sensor; and a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: detect an event has occurred; detect, using the device sensor, that a user of the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; access a rule set comprising a rule regarding the detection that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; identify a type of notification for the event based on the rule set; and provide a notification of the type identified. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to: determine a user response to the notification; and modify the rule set based on the user response. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the device sensor is used to detect another device; wherein the type of notification is modified based on the detection of a particular device identified in the rule set. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the type of notification for the event based on the rule set is changed from a default type selected in the rule set based on the detection of the particular device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the device sensor is used to detect a person; wherein the type of notification is modified based on the detection of a particular person identified in the rule set. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the device sensor is used to collect biometric data selected from the group consisting of electromyography data, sub-audible data, microphone data and camera data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the type of notification for the event based on the rule set is changed from a default type selected in the rule set based on the detection of the particular person. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the device sensor is used to detect a geographic location; wherein the type of notification is modified based on the detection of a particular geographic location identified in the rule set. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the event comprises a message being received, and wherein the instructions that determine a user response to the notification comprise instructions that detect that the message has been opened. ### Claim 20 A product, comprising: a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising: code that detects, at an electronic device, an event has occurred; code that detects, using a device sensor, that a user of the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; code that accesses, in a storage location, a rule set comprising a rule regarding the detection that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; code that identifies, using a processor of the electronic device, a type of notification for the event based on the rule set; and code that provides, using an output device of the electronic device, a notification of the type identified.