Automated notification muting responsive to predicted location

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable memory in circuit communication with the processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium in circuit communication with the processor;
• wherein the processor executes program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby:
• in response to determining a physical presence of a person within a geographic micro-location area that is defined by virtual micro-location area boundaries, determines a dwell time as an elapsed amount of time that the person dwells within the micro-location area as bounded by the micro-location area boundaries after determining the physical presence of the person;
• in response to determining that the dwell time meets a message trigger threshold time, determines whether the person is likely to be within the micro-location area at an end of a relevancy period of time elapsed after a current time as a function of a current geographic location position of the person, a speed of motion of the person, a direction of motion of the person, and a distance from the current geographic location position to the micro-location area boundaries;
• in response to determining that the dwell time meets the message trigger threshold time, determining whether the person is likely to be outside and proximate to the micro-location area at the end of the relevancy time period as a function of the current location position of the person within the micro-location area, the speed of motion of the person, and the distance to the micro-location boundaries;
• in response to determining that it is likely that the person will not be within the micro-location area at the end of the relevancy time period, mutes transmission to the person of a message that is associated with dwelling within the micro-location area for the trigger time;
• and
• in response to determining that the person is likely to be outside and proximate to the micro-location area at the end of the relevancy time period, transmitting the message associated with dwelling within the micro-location area for the trigger time to the person.

A computer program product for notification muting in response to predicted location relative to a micro-location area, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for execution by a processor that cause the processor to:
• in response to determining a physical presence of a person within a geographic micro-location area that is defined by virtual micro-location area boundaries, determine a dwell time as an elapsed amount of time that the person dwells within the micro-location area as bounded by the micro-location area boundaries after determining the physical presence of the person;
• in response to determining that the dwell time meets a message trigger threshold time, determine whether the person is likely to be within the micro-location area at an end of a relevancy period of time elapsed after a current time as a function of a current geographic location position of the person, a speed of motion of the person, a direction of motion of the person, and a distance from the current geographic location position to the micro-location area boundaries;
• in response to determining that the dwell time meets the message trigger threshold time, determining whether the person is likely to be outside and proximate to the micro-location area at the end of the relevancy time period as a function of the current location position of the person within the micro-location area, the speed of motion of the person, and the distance to the micro-location boundaries;
• in response to determining that it is likely that the person will not be within the micro-location area at the end of the relevancy time period, mute transmission to the person of a message that is associated with dwelling within the micro-location area for the trigger time;
• in response to determining that the person is likely to be outside and proximate to the micro-location area at the end of the relevancy time period, transmitting the message associated with dwelling within the micro-location area for the trigger time to the person.