Intelligent incoming message notification
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to a telecommunications terminal; and
a processor for determining whether to notify a user of said signal'"'"'s arrival based on the calendrical time at said telecommunications terminal.
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Abstract
A telecommunications terminal that intelligently determines whether to notify the user of an incoming message is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiments, the terminal has a processor that makes this determination based on one or more of the following: the time and date (i.e., the “calendrical time”), environmental parameters (e.g., temperature, ambient luminosity, etc.), the user'"'"'s physiological parameters (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, etc.), the location of the user, the proximity of other wireless terminals in the vicinity, the semantic content of the message, the identity of the sender of the message, and whether the user is currently receiving another message. For example, a user might not want to be notified of an incoming message that arrives between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. unless the user is awake or the sender of the message is a family member.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to a telecommunications terminal; and
a processor for determining whether to notify a user of said signal'"'"'s arrival based on the calendrical time at said telecommunications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to a telecommunications terminal;
a processor for determining whether to notify a user of said signal'"'"'s arrival based on at least one of (i) the geo-location of said telecommunications terminal, (ii) a change in the geo-location of said telecommunications terminal, and (iii) the proximity of said geo-location to another person. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications terminal comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to said telecommunications terminal;
a sensor for sensing at least one environmental parameter; and
a processor for determining whether to notify a user of said signal'"'"'s arrival based on at least one of (i) the value of at least one of said environmental parameters, and (ii) a change in the value of at least one of said environmental parameters. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to a telecommunications terminal; and
a processor for determining whether to notify a user of said signal'"'"'s arrival based on the semantic content of said signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A telecommunications terminal comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a signal addressed to said telecommunications terminal;
a sensor for sensing at least one physiological parameter of a user; and
a processor for determining whether to alert said user to said signal'"'"'s arrival based on at least one of (i) the value of at least one of said physiological parameters, and (ii) a change in the value of at least one of said physiological parameters. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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