Variable incoming communication indicators
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsJames Allen Hymel, Finbarr Michael O'Carroll
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Abstract
An electronic device receives an incoming communication including an originating address. A user associated with the originating address is identified. A set of attributes associated with the incoming communication is identified. At least one incoming communication indicator presentation rule is selected based on at least one of the user that has been identified and the set of attributes that have been identified. An incoming communication indicator is presented based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule that has been selected.
Claims18
A method with an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving an incoming communication comprising an originating address;
- identifying a user associated with the originating address;
- identifying a set of attributes associated with the incoming communication;
- selecting at least one incoming communication indicator presentation rule based on at least one of the user that has been identified and the set of attributes that have been identified;
- determining that at least one attribute in the set of attributes associated with the incoming communication indicates a mood of the user associated with the originating address;
- selecting an image associated with the user associated with the originating address based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule and the attribute indicating the mood of the user, wherein the image expresses the mood of the user;
- and
- presenting the image as an incoming communication indicator based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule that has been selected.
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
- and
- an incoming communication manager communicatively coupled to the processor and the memory, the incoming communication manager configured to perform a method comprising:
- receiving an incoming communication comprising an originating address;
- identifying a user associated with the originating address;
- identifying a set of attributes associated with the incoming communication;
- selecting at least one incoming communication indicator presentation rule based on at least one of the user that has been identified and the set of attributes that have been identified;
- determining that at least one attribute in the set of attributes associated with the incoming communication indicates a mood of the user associated with the originating address;
- selecting an image associated with the user associated with the originating address based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule and the attribute indicating the mood of the user, wherein the image expresses the mood of the user;
- and
- presenting the image as an incoming communication indicator based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule that has been selected.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method comprising:
- receiving an incoming communication comprising an originating address;
- identifying a user associated with the originating address;
- identifying a set of attributes associated with the incoming communication;
- selecting at least one incoming communication indicator presentation rule based on at least one of the user that has been identified and the set of attributes that have been identified;
- determining that at least one attribute in the set of attributes associated with the incoming communication indicates a mood of the user associated with the originating address;
- selecting an image associated with the user associated with the originating address based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule and the attribute indicating the mood of the user, wherein the image expresses the mood of the user;
- and
- presenting the image as an incoming communication indicator based on the incoming communication indicator presentation rule that has been selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.