NOTIFICATION PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
First Claim
1. A notification system, comprising:
- a context analyzer to determine a context associated with an entity; and
a notification manager to convey one or more notifications to the entity based at least in part on the determined context.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and methodology to enable a variety of information associated with one or more notification sources to be directed to one or more notification sinks via a notification platform architecture. The architecture includes a context analyzer for determining a user'"'"'s state such as location and attentional focus, wherein the user'"'"'s state is employed by a notification manager to make decisions regarding what, when and how information generated by the notification sources should be forwarded to the notification sinks, for example. These decisions can include a cost benefit analysis wherein considerations are given as to whether the benefits of notifying the user are outweighed by the costs of disrupting the user. Decision-theoretic policies and/or somewhat less formal heuristic policies can be employed to enable the decision-making process within the notification manager.
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20 Claims
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1. A notification system, comprising:
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a context analyzer to determine a context associated with an entity; and
a notification manager to convey one or more notifications to the entity based at least in part on the determined context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A notification system, comprising:
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a context analyzer to store information regarding notification parameters, and comprising;
a user notification parameters store to store default notification preferences for a user, and a user context module to determine a current context of the user, based on at least one context source;
at least one notification source to generate notifications intended for the user;
at least one notification sink to provide the notifications to the user; and
a notification manager to convey the notifications generated by the at least one notification source to the at least one notification sink based on the information stored in the context analyzer by performing a decision-theoretic analysis. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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