Method and apparatus for providing notification

• US 10,051,604 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2017
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryu, Jong-hyun, Chae, Han-joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolourchi, Nader
• Application Number:
  US15/721,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 319 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is currently being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether to send a notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information received by the transceiver.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a wearable device, status information indicating whether the wearable device is being in use; and

a processor configured to;

in response to occurrence of an event at the electronic device, determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the event to the wearable device based on the status information received by the transceiver indicating that the wearable device is being in use; and

in response to determining to send the notification to the wearable device based on the status information indicating that the wearable device is being in use, control the transceiver to send the notification request to the wearable device,

wherein if the wearable device is in a first mode, the notification on the wearable device is skipped.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein when a screen of the wearable device is turned on by a user, the notification which was skipped is provided on the wearable device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the electronic device and the wearable device is in use, and based on determining that the electronic device is not in use and the wearable device is being in use, control the transceiver to send the notification to the wearable device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the notification request is configured to control the wearable device to display information related to the event.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein based on determining that the wearable device is in use, information related to the event is displayed on a display of the wearable device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store the content of the skipped notification.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the status information from a plurality of wearable devices, and the processor is further configured to, in response to occurrence of the event at the electronic device, determine at least one wearable device to be provided with the notification request among the plurality of the wearable devices except for a wearable device in the first mode, based on the status information received from the plurality of wearable devices.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set a form of a notification of the wearable device according to a user input.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to provide information related to the form of a notification of the wearable device to the wearable device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein based on setting a form of a notification of the wearable device as a turn off mode, the notification on the wearable device is skipped.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the wearable device is being in use if a screen of the wearable device is turned on.

12. A wearable device comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with an electronic device;

a notification provider configured to provide a notification corresponding to an event generated on the electronic device; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to transmit status information of whether the wearable device is currently being in use to the electronic device, and, in response to the transceiver receiving a notification request generated by the electronic device based on the transmitted status information indicating the wearable device is being in use, control the notification provider to provide the notification,

wherein if the wearable device is in a first mode, the notification on the wearable device is skipped.

13. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein when a screen of the wearable device is turned on by a user, the notification which was skipped is provided on the wearable device.

14. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the status information based on at least whether the wearable device is worn.

15. The wearable device of claim 12, further comprising a sensor configured to detect whether the wearable device is being worn.

16. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the sensor comprises at least one from among a touch sensor, biosensor, a gyroscope, and an accelerometer.

17. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the notification provider is further configured to provide a notification when the electronic device is not in use and the wearable device is being in use.

18. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to control the notification provider to display information related to the event based on the notification request.

19. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the skipped notification is stored in the electronic device.

20. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to set a form of a notification of the wearable device based on a user input via the electronic device.

21. The wearable device of claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured to receive information related to the form of a notification of the wearable device from the electronic device.

22. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein based on setting a form of a notification of the wearable device as a turn off mode according to a user input via the electronic device, the notification on the wearable device is skipped.

23. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the wearable device is being in use if a screen of the wearable device is turned on.

24. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions which control an electronic device to:

receive, from a wearable device, status information indicating whether the wearable device is being in use;

in response to occurrence of an event at the electronic device, determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the event to the wearable device based on the status information indicating that the wearable device is being in use; and

in response to determining to send the notification to the wearable device based on the status information indicating that the wearable device is being in use, control a transceiver to send the notification request to the wearable device,

wherein if the wearable device is in a first mode, the notification on the wearable device is skipped.