METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING COMPUTER MESSAGES
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a CPU;
a system memory in communication with said CPU;
a display medium;
a monitoring device acting to monitor a user'"'"'s focus on said display medium; and
a message management module acting to manage messages responsive to monitoring by said monitoring device.
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Abstract
An arrangement for determining those optimal times to permit an important pop-up message to be displayed by way of garnering a user'"'"'s attention, while permitting less important messages to be displayed at times when a user'"'"'s attention is unlikely to be garnered. In accordance with a particularly preferred embodiment, an arrangement is provided to recognize whether a user is looking towards a computer monitor and, at such times, to determine whether a blink rate of the user'"'"'s eyes corresponds to a degree of focus and concentration that would ensure a strong likelihood of the user seeing or “catching” a message that may then appear. If such likelihood is thus determined to be strong, then a critical message may preferably thence be displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a CPU; a system memory in communication with said CPU; a display medium; a monitoring device acting to monitor a user'"'"'s focus on said display medium; and a message management module acting to manage messages responsive to monitoring by said monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s focus on a computer display medium; and managing computer messages responsive to monitoring by said monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s focus on a computer display medium; and managing computer messages responsive to monitoring by said monitoring device.
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