Method and Apparatus for Alert Control

• US 20090140853A1
• Filed: 11/30/2007
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nielsen, Peter Dam, Kraft, Christian Rossing
• Application Number:
  US11/948,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20090140853A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/044 according to the level of ambient noise
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method, comprising monitoring at least one environmental factor related to a device, storing at least one event, and generating an alert based at least in part on the storing and the monitoring is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

monitoring at least one environmental factor related to a device;

storing at least one event; and

generating an alert based at least in part on said storing and said monitoring.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one environmental factor comprises at least one of sound, location, motion, and proximity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said alert comprises at least one of an audio signal, a visual signal, and a tactile signal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one event comprises at least one of a phone call, a message, and a voice mail notification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said storing further comprises storing said at least one event based at least in part on said at least one environmental factor being outside an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating further comprises generating said alert based at least in part on said at least one environmental factor being within an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing said at least one environmental factor to an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

8. An apparatus, comprising a processing element configured to:

monitor at least one environmental factor related to a device;

store at least one event; and

generate an alert based at least in part on said storing and said monitoring.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said at least one environmental factor comprises at least one of sound, location, motion, and proximity.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said alert comprises at least one of an audio signal, a visual signal, and a tactile signal.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said at least one event comprises at least one of a phone call, a message, and a voice mail notification.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said at least one event is stored based at least in part on said at least one environmental factor being outside an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said alert is generated based at least in part on said at least one environmental factor being within an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said processing element is further configured to compare said at least one environmental factor to an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion to monitor at least one environmental factor related to a device;

a second executable portion to store at least one event; and

a third executable portion to generate an alert based at least in part on said storing and said monitoring.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said at least one environmental factor comprises at least one of sound, location, motion, and proximity.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said alert comprises at least one of an audio signal, a visual signal, and a tactile signal.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said at least one event comprises at least one of a phone call, a message, and a voice mail notification.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said at least one event is stored based at least in part on said at least one environmental factor being outside an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said alert is generated based at least in part on said at least one environmental factor being within an environmental unfavorableness threshold.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising a fourth executable portion for comparing said at least one environmental factor to an environmental unfavorableness threshold.