Method and apparatus for information notification
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1. An information notification system, comprising:
- an input receptive of at least one of;
(a) activity information relating to at least one user activity category; and
(b) environment information relating to at least one user environment category;
a delivery module operable to determine a manner of notification delivery based on at least one of the user activity category and the user environment category; and
an output operable to communicate a notification to the user in accordance with the manner of delivery.
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Abstract
An information notification system includes an input receiving activity information relating to a user activity category and/or environment information relating to a user environment category. A delivery module determines a manner of notification delivery based on the user activity category and the user environment category. An output communicates a notification to the user in accordance with the manner of delivery.
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1. An information notification system, comprising:
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an input receptive of at least one of;
(a) activity information relating to at least one user activity category; and
(b) environment information relating to at least one user environment category;
a delivery module operable to determine a manner of notification delivery based on at least one of the user activity category and the user environment category; and
an output operable to communicate a notification to the user in accordance with the manner of delivery. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 75)
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36. An information notification method, comprising:
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receiving at least one of;
(a) activity information relating to at least one selected user activity category; and
(b) environment information relating to at least one selected user environment category;
determining a manner of notification delivery based on at least one of the user activity category and the user environment category; and
communicating a notification to the user in accordance with the manner of delivery. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A device enrollment method for use with an information notification delivery system, comprising:
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establishing communication with an enrolling device over a communications network;
receiving device characteristic information from the enrolling device relating to device characteristics including device type and input/output capabilities of the device;
registering the device characteristic information in memory;
transmitting an application programming interface to the enrolling device based on the device type that is operable to render the enrolling device compliant with notification delivery functionality of the notification delivery system. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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76. A method of operation for a device operable to perform information notification delivery in a convenient, courteous, timely, natural, and safe manner, comprising:
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receiving at least one of;
(a) activity information relating to at least one selected user activity category; and
(b) environment information relating to at least one selected user environment category;
determining a manner of notification delivery based on the user activity category and the user environment category; and
communicating the notification to the user in accordance with the manner of delivery. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80)
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