Method and apparatus for determining a notification representation indicative of a cognitive load

• US 10,027,606 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2013
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lucero, Andres, Vetek, Akos
• Primary Examiner(s): Survillo, Oleg
• Assistant Examiner(s): Moorad, Imran
• Application Number:
  US13/865,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,917 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5335 Message type or catagory, e.g. priority, indication

Abstract

A method comprising determining to provide a notification to a user, the notification being associated with notification content, determining a cognitive load associated with the notification content, determining a notification representation associated with the notification such that the notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by at least one processor of an apparatus, that an event has occurred that is associated with content;

generating, by the at least one processor, a notification that signifies the event;

identifying, by the at least one processor, at least a portion of the content to be notification content associated with the notification;

determining, by the at least one processor, a cognitive load of the notification content;

determining, by the at least one processor, a notification representation associated with the visual notification such that at least one of a size, shape and movement of the visual notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load;

moving, based on at least one signal from the at least one processor, the visual notification representation within a graphical user interface on a display according to a movement pattern of the visual notification representation based on at least an amount of deviation from a common movement direction along a movement path of the visual notification representation, and wherein the amount of the deviation is proportional to the cognitive load;

detecting, by the at least one processor, a user input associated with the notification at the graphical user interface; and

displaying, based on at least one further signal from the at least one processor, at least part of, the notification content on the display within the graphical user interface in response to detecting the user input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cognitive load is a value that reflects an amount of cognitive work associated with the user understanding the notification content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cognitive load is indicative of visual distraction associated with the visual notification representation of the notification content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein an opacity of the visual notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a speed of the movement is inversely proportional to the cognitive load.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a near-eye display.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, which when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

determining, by the at least one processor, that an event has occurred that is associated with content;

generating, by the at least one processor, a notification that signifies the event;

identifying, by the at least one processor, at least a portion of the content to be notification content associated with the notification;

determining, by the at least one processor, a cognitive load of the notification content;

determining, by the at least one processor, a visual notification representation associated with the notification such that at least one of a size, shape, and movement of the visual notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load;

moving, based on at least one signal output from the at least one processor, the visual notification representation within a graphical user interface on a display associated with the apparatus according to a movement pattern of the visual notification representation based on at least an amount of deviation from a common movement direction along a movement path of the visual notification representation, and wherein the amount of the deviation is proportional to the cognitive load;

detecting, by the at least one processor, a user input associated with the notification at the graphical user interface; and

displaying, based on at least one further signal output from the at least one processor, at least part of, the notification content on the display in response to detecting the user input.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the cognitive load is a value that reflects an amount of cognitive work associated with the user understanding the notification content.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the cognitive load is indicative of visual distraction associated with the visual notification representation of the notification content.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein an opacity of the visual notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the speed of the movement is inversely proportional to the cognitive load.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the visual notification representation is a flying entity.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is a mobile phone.

14. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the display is a near-eye display.

15. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the visual notification representation is absent any part of the notification content.

16. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform:

determining, by at least one processor of the computer, that an event has occurred that is associated with content;

generating, by the at least one processor, a notification that signifies the event;

identifying at least a portion of the content to be notification content associated with the notification;

determining, by the at least one processor, a cognitive load of the notification content;

determining, by the at least one processor, a visual notification representation associated with the notification such that at least one of a size, shape, and movement of the visual notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load;

moving, based on at least one signal from the at least one processor, the visual notification representation within a graphical user interface on a display associated with the computer according to a movement pattern of the visual notification representation based on at least an amount of deviation from a common movement direction along a movement path of the visual notification representation, and wherein the amount of the deviation is proportional to the cognitive load;

detecting, by the at least one processor, a user input at the graphical user interface of a user input associated with the notification; and

displaying, based on at least one further signal from the at least one processor, at least part of, the notification content on the display in response to detecting the user input.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the cognitive load is a value that reflects an amount of cognitive work associated with the user understanding the notification content.

18. The medium of claim 16, wherein the cognitive load is indicative of visual distraction associated with the visual notification representation of the notification content.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable of claim 16, wherein the display is a near-eye display.