Method and apparatus for providing notification
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-hyun RYU, Han-joo CHAE
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is currently being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether to send a notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information received by the transceiver.
Claims15
An electronic device comprising:
- a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device, determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the status information, indicating that the wearable device is in use, received through the transceiver,
- in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, control to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,
- wherein, if the at least one wearable device is in a mode in which a notification is not to be provided to a user, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being provided to the user at the at least one wearable device.
A method for providing a notification from an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving, from at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;
- in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device, determining whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use;
- and
- in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, controlling to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,
- wherein, if the at least one wearable device is in a mode in which a notification is not to be provided to a user, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being provided to the user at the at least one wearable device.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions which control an electronic device to:
- receive, from at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;
- in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device, determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use;
- and
- in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, control to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,
- wherein, if the at least one wearable device is in a mode in which a notification is not to be provided to a user, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being provided to the user at the at least one wearable device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.