Automatically suspending or reducing portable device notifications when viewing audio/video programs

A method, comprising:

• an output device generating user output in response to notifications;
• and
• a notification suspension subsystem, in response to determining that the portable electronic device is in the possession of a person who is viewing audio/video content being played by a media player device that is separate and remote from the portable electronic device, inhibiting the generation by the output device of user output in response to at least some of the notifications.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause operations to be performed, the operations including:

• generating, by an output device of a portable electronic device, user output in response to notifications;
• and
• in response to determining that the portable electronic device is in the possession of a person who is viewing audio/video content being played by a media player device that is separate and remote from the portable electronic device, inhibiting the generation by the output device of user output in response to at least some of the notifications.