Method for modifying notifications in an electronic device

A method in an electronic device having an input device, an output device, a memory and a processor, comprising:

• storing in the memory a plurality of applications including a calendar application having a plurality of calendar appointments, and a profile settings application having a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a notification behaviour having an identical set of parameters for each of the plurality of applications;
• executing the profile settings application by the processor to receive input for setting each of the notification behaviours for each of the profiles;
• receiving, independently from the calendar appointments, a string of text and a corresponding identifier of a first one of the profiles, and storing the string of text and the identifier in the memory in a profile string matcher executable by the processor;
• executing the profile string matcher to determine whether one of a plurality of portions of a description of a first one of the calendar appointments contains the string of text;
• and when one of the portions does contain the string of text, selecting the identifier stored in the profile string matcher to associate the first profile with the first calendar appointment;
• and
• generating a notification signal via the output device in response to an event generated by one of the applications during the first calendar appointment, the notification signal based on the notification behaviours of the first profile.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device having an input device, an output device and a memory interconnected with the processor, the instructions for implementing a method, comprising:

• storing in the memory a plurality of applications including a calendar application having a plurality of calendar appointments, and a profile settings application having a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a notification behaviour having an identical set of parameters for each of the plurality of applications;
• executing the profile settings application by the processor to receive input for setting each of the notification behaviours for each of the profiles;
• receiving, independently from the calendar appointments, a string of text and a corresponding identifier of a first one of the profiles, and storing the string of text and the identifier in the memory in a profile string matcher executable by the processor;
• executing the profile string matcher to determine whether one of a plurality of portions of a description of a first one of the calendar appointments contains the string of text;
• and when one of the portions does contain the string of text, selecting the identifier stored in the profile string matcher to associate the first profile with the first calendar appointment;
• and
• generating a notification signal via the output device in response to an event generated by one of the applications during the first calendar appointments the notification signal based on the notification behaviours of the first profile.