Method for providing push notification and electronic device thereof

• US 10,616,358 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2018
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Jinwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Springer, James E
• Application Number:
  US16/028,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20190014187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

The present disclosure includes a method for providing a push notification and an electronic device thereof. The electronic device may include a display; a communication circuit configured to receive a push notification from a server; and a processor coupled with the display and the communication circuit. The processor is configured to obtain context information of the electronic device based on a specified exposure time of the push notification; determine whether a situation where the push notification is enabled to be output is detected, based on the context information; and display the push notification via the display when the situation where the push notification is enabled to be output is detected.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

at least one sensor;

a display;

a communication circuit; and

a processor coupled with the at least one sensor, the display and the communication circuit,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the communication circuit to receive, from a server, a push notification with information regarding a weighted situation of the push notification, wherein the server selects the weighted situation having the highest weight of a plurality of weighted situations;

in response to receiving the information regarding the weighted situation, obtain context information of the electronic device regarding the weighted situation for a specified time using the at least one sensor;

determine whether the weighted situation is detected, based on the context information obtained during the specified time; and

display, via the display, the push notification when the weighted situation is detected, wherein the server updates the weights of one of the plurality of weighted situations based on the situation where the push notification is displayed.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the push notification comprises information related to at least one of exposure-related information or a characteristic category, and

wherein the context information of the electronic device comprises at least one of information for determining whether the electronic device is used, or information regarding an application which is executed in the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein, when the push notification is received, the processor is configured to identify the exposure-related information of the push notification, and

wherein the exposure-related information comprises at least one of an exposure time, a valid time, a main text message, or a priority.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein, when the situation where the push notification is enabled to be output is not detected, the processor is configured to determine whether the valid time arrives, and

wherein, when the valid time arrives, the processor is configured to display, via the display, the push notification.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein, when an input for requesting a renotification of the push notification is received, the processor is configured to determine a renotification time of the push notification,

wherein, when the renotification time is to arrive earlier than the valid time, the processor is configured to display, via the display, the push notification at the renotification time, and

wherein, when the renotification time is to arrive later than the valid time, the processor is configured to display, via the display, the push notification at the valid time.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to identify the characteristic category of the push notification, and, when the characteristic category is an event notification, to obtain the context information.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein, when the push notification is an update notification, the processor is configured to identify an update setting of the electronic device, and to obtain the context information based on the update setting.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when an input for identifying the push notification is detected, the processor is configured to transmit information regarding a situation where the push notification is displayed to the server through the communication circuit.

9. An operating method of an electronic device, comprising:

receiving a push notification with information regarding a weighted situation of the push notification from a server, wherein the server selects the weighted situation having the highest weight of a plurality of weighted situations;

in response to receiving the information regarding the weighted situation, obtaining context information of the electronic device regarding the weighted situation for a specified time using at least one sensor of the electronic device;

determining whether the weighted situation is detected, based on the context information obtained during the specified time; and

displaying, via a display of the electronic device, the push notification when the weighted situation is detected, wherein the server updates the weights of one of the plurality of weighted situations based on the situation where the push notification is displayed.

10. The operating method of claim 9, wherein the push notification comprises information related to at least one of exposure-related information or a characteristic category, and

wherein the context information of the electronic device comprises at least one of information for determining whether the electronic device is used, or information regarding an application which is executed in the electronic device.

11. The operating method of claim 10, further comprising, when the push notification is received, identifying the exposure-related information of the push notification, and

wherein the exposure-related information comprises at least one of an exposure time, a valid time, a main text message, or a priority.

12. The operating method of claim 11, further comprising:

when the situation where the push notification is enabled to be output is not detected, determining whether the valid time arrives, and

when the valid time arrives, displaying, via the display, the push notification.

13. The operating method of claim 11, further comprising:

when an input for requesting a renotification of the push notification is received, determining a renotification time of the push notification,

when the renotification time is to arrive earlier than the valid time, displaying, via the display, the push notification at the renotification time; and

when the renotification time is to arrive later than the valid time, displaying, via the display, the push notification at the valid time.

14. The operating method of claim 10, further comprising:

identifying the characteristic category of the push notification; and

when the characteristic category is an event notification, obtaining the context information.

15. The operating method of claim 14, further comprising:

when the push notification is an update notification, identifying an update setting of the electronic device; and

obtaining the context information based on the update setting.

16. The operating method of claim 9, further comprising, when an input for identifying the push notification is detected, transmitting information regarding a situation where the push notification is displayed to the server.