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US 9,807,729 B2Granted
Notifications
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsDaniel Winston, Lyndsay Claire Watt
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Abstract
A notification of a received communication relating to a communication chain is presented. An input is received in response to that notification. Until a predetermined event occurs, the presentation of at least one type of notification of further received communications relating to that communication chain is suspended in dependence on said input.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive communications forming part of a communication chain;
- at least one processor;
- a display screen;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the computer program code being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
- present a notification of a communication received via the network interface, the notification presented in a portion of the display screen distinct from another portion of the display screen used by the communication chain;
- and
- provide, in response to the presented notification, a user interface in the portion of the display screen, the user interface configured to receive an input dismissing the notification and suspending, until a predetermined event occurs, the presentation of at least one type of notification of a further received communication relating to the communication chain.
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A method comprising:
- presenting a notification of a received communication relating to a communication chain in a portion of a display screen;
- displaying the communication chain in another portion of the display screen distinct from the portion of the display screen;
- and
- providing, in response to said presenting, a user interface in the portion of the display screen, the user interface for receiving an input to suspend, until a predetermined event occurs, the presentation of at least one type of notification of further received communications relating to the communication chain in dependence on said input.
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A computer readable storage medium comprising code configured to cause performing operations comprising:
- presenting, for no more than a predetermined display time, a notification of a received communication relating to a communication chain, the notification presented in a portion of a display screen distinct from another portion of the display screen used by the communication chain;
- and
- providing, in response to the presented notification, a user interface in the portion of the display screen, the user interface for receiving an input to suspend, until a predetermined event occurs, the presentation of at least one type of notification of further received communications relating to that communication chain in dependence on the input.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive communications forming part of a communication chain;
- at least one processor a display screen;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the computer program code being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
- present, for no more than a predetermined display time, a notification of a communication received via the network interface, the notification presented in a portion of the display screen distinct from another portion of the display screen used by the communication chain;
- and
- provide, in response to the presented notification, a user interface in the portion of the display screen, the user interface configured to receive an input dismissing the notification and suspending, for a predetermined time, the presentation of at least one type of notification of a further received communication relating to the communication chain in dependence on said input, the predetermined time being unalterable by a user of the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.