Bounded-deferral policies for guiding the timing of alerting, interaction and communications using local sensory information
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates conveying notifications, comprising:
- a component to determine a time period to deliver information based upon an urgency of the information; and
a notification component to convey the information based at least in part upon endpoint sensing of at least one device and the time period.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate communications of important messages, communications, or interactions. Policies are introduced that consider a user'"'"'s current situation, including the cost of interrupting the user, or directly sensed surrogates for such a cost, and decide on a suitable time, within a deadline for delivering the information or establishing a communication. Deadlines for delivery are determined based on the urgency of the information that is inferred or detected from the message sender, type, and content. If a suitable context is not detected within a deadline, the information is delivered at the deadline. If it is determined that a suitable context will not achieved within a deadline, the information is transmitted immediately. Suitable contexts for delivery can be determined via the use of one or more sensors on or near endpoint devices, including accelerometers, microphones, touch sensing, and gaze and head pose detection. Other information, including appointment status as indicated on a user'"'"'s calendar, the time of day, and previously assessed patterns of availability can be employed in decisions about the deferral of alerts. Endpoint sensors, calendar information, and patterns of availability also may used to identify the likelihood that information will be received at a device. Such information can be passed back directly or in a summary form as the likelihood of transmission success to a central notification manager or used locally in decisions about the salience and repetition of alerting.
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62 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates conveying notifications, comprising:
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a component to determine a time period to deliver information based upon an urgency of the information; and
a notification component to convey the information based at least in part upon endpoint sensing of at least one device and the time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 56)
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27. A system that facilitates conveying notifications, comprising:
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a device that is associated with a user, the device gathering data related to at least one of an attentional state of the user and location of the user; and
a notification component that employs at least a portion of the data in connection with providing a notification. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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57. A system that facilitates communications, comprising:
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means for sensing a state of a user; and
means for employing the sensed state in connection with conveying a notification to the user.
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58. A method that facilitates conveying notifications, comprising:
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using at least one device to determine and/or infer information regarding an attentional state and/or location of a user; and
employing the information in connection with decision-making regarding conveying a notification to the user. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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