COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATION CONTENT TYPE SELECTION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20100222027A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Scott, Sherryl Lee Lorraine, Martin-Cocher, Gaelle
• Granted Patent: US 8,463,242 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device for storing a plurality of notification preferences scheduled for respective different time periods. The notification preferences may be associated with different types of notification content. Further, a notification server may communicate with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network for determining a scheduled one of the notification preferences, and sending to the at least one mobile wireless communications device notifications including the corresponding type of notification content based on the scheduled one of the notification preferences.

Claims

1. A method for handling notifications by a mobile wireless communications device, the method comprising:

setting a plurality of notification preferences, each notification preference being scheduled for a time period, and the notification preferences being associated with different types of notification content;

sending a first notification preference of the plurality of notification content preferences to a notification server; and

receiving the notifications from the notification server, the notifications including the corresponding type of notification content based on the first notification preference and the time period.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the notifications are advertisements.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

setting an override option on the mobile wireless communications device;

detecting an override condition by the mobile wireless communications device

handling the notifications from the notification server based on a second notification preference when the override option is set and the override condition is detected.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the handling comprises:

delaying notifications that are not based on the second notification preference until a later time period.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the handling comprises:

dropping notifications that are not based on the second notification preference.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

setting an override option on the mobile wireless communications device;

detecting an override condition by the mobile wireless communications device;

sending a message to the notification server when the override option is set and the override condition is detected;

wherein the notifications from the notification server comprise notification content based on a second notification preference and the time period after the message was sent to the notification server.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the message comprises the second notification profile.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the message indicates that the override condition was detected.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the override condition is that the mobile wireless communications device is connected to a local area network.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the local area network comprises a virtual private network (VPN).

11. A method for sending notifications to a mobile wireless communications device comprising:

receiving a first notification preference from among a plurality of notification preferences from a mobile wireless communications device, the notification preference being scheduled for a time period, and the notification preferences being associated with different types of notification content;

sending the notifications to the mobile wireless communications device, the notifications including the corresponding type of notification content based on the first notification preference and the time period.

12. the method of claim 11 wherein the notifications are advertisements.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a message from the mobile wireless communications device;

wherein the notifications comprise notification content based on a second notification preference after the message was received by the notification server.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the message comprises the second notification profile.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the message indicates that an override condition was detected by the mobile wireless communications device.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the override condition is that the mobile wireless communications device is connected to a local area network.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the local area network comprises a virtual private network (VPN).

18. A computer-readable storage medium upon which a plurality of instructions is stored, the instructions which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method for handling notifications performed by a mobile wireless communications device, the method comprising:

setting a plurality of notification preferences, each notification preference being scheduled for a time period, and the notification preferences being associated with different types of notification content;

sending a first notification preference of the plurality of notification preferences to a notification server; and

receiving the notifications from the notification server, the notifications including the corresponding type of notification content based on the first notification preference and the time period.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

setting an override option on the mobile wireless communications device;

detecting an override condition by the mobile wireless communications device

handling the notifications from the notification server based on a second notification preference when the override option is set and the override condition is detected.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the handling comprises:

delaying notifications that are not based on the second notification preference until a later time period.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the handling comprises:

dropping notifications that are not based on the second notification preference.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

setting an override option on the mobile wireless communications device;

detecting an override condition by the mobile wireless communications device;

sending a message to the notification server when the override option is set and the override condition is detected;

wherein the notifications from the notification server comprise notification content based on a second notification preference and the time period after the message was sent to the notification server.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 wherein the message comprises the second notification profile.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of of claim 22 wherein the message indicates that the override condition was detected.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the notifications are advertisements.