Method and apparatus for providing notification

• US 10,292,134 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2018
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• 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:
  US16/116,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20180376453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 258 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn.

Claims

1. A method of providing a notification by an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a wearable device, first information related to a state of the wearable device;

based on detecting an event, presenting a first notification for the detected event on a touch screen of the electronic device;

providing, to the wearable device, a notification information for the detected event based at least on the state of the wearable device such that a second notification for the detected event is presented on a touch screen of the wearable device;

receiving, from the wearable device, second information indicating that the second notification is checked at the wearable device; and

based on the received second information, stopping the presenting of the first notification on the touch screen of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the state of the wearable device comprises a state of the touch screen of the wearable device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the wearable device is in use based on the received first information, and providing to the wearable device the notification information based on determining that the wearable device is in use.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining that the wearable device is in use based on the received first information comprises determining that the wearable device is in use when the touch screen of the wearable device is turned-on state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the notification information comprises providing the notification information for the detected event based at least on the state of the wearable device and a state of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the state of the electronic device comprises a state of the touch screen of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the state of the wearable device comprises a state of the touch screen of the wearable device and third information indicating whether the wearable device is worn.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing of the notification information provides the notification information for the detected event based at least on the state of the touch screen of the wearable device and the third information.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver configured to communication with a wearable device;

a touch screen;

one or more processor configured to;

receive first information related to a state of the wearable device through the transceiver;

based on detecting an event, present a first notification for the detected event on the touch screen of the electronic device;

provide, to the wearable device, a notification information for the detected event based at least on the state of the wearable device such that a second notification for the detected event is presented on a touch screen of the wearable device;

receive, from the wearable device, second information indicating that the second notification is checked at the wearable device; and

based on the received second information, stop the presenting of the first notification on the touch screen of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the state of the wearable device comprises a state of the touch screen of the wearable device.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the one or more processor is further configured to determine that the wearable device is in use based on the received first information, and provide to the wearable device the notification information based on determining that the wearable device is in use.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processor is further configured to determine that the wearable device is in use when the touch screen of the wearable device is turned-on state.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the one or more processor is further configured to provide the notification information for the detected event based at least on the state of the wearable device and a state of the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the state of the electronic device comprises a state of the touch screen of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the state of the wearable device comprises a state of the touch screen of the wearable device and third information indicating whether the wearable device is worn.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the one or more processor is further configured to provide the notification information for the detected event based at least on the state of the touch screen of the wearable device and the third information.