INTERRUPT BLOCKER

• US 20120005387A1
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sedayao, Jeffrey C., Hassan, Vishwa, Devetter, Douglas P., Yoshi, Terry H., Stone, David W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,201 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/262
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/24 using interrupt G06F13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54

Abstract

A method comprises maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user, receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command, in response to the first command, forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices. Other embodiments may be described.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user;

receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command; and

in response to the first command, forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is coupled to the one more electronic devices via a network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user comprises maintaining a network address and an operational status associated with one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user comprises maintaining location information associated with one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command for the user comprises at least one of:

receiving the command directly from the user via an input/output module;

receiving the command directly from the user via a remote device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device; and

receiving the command indirectly through a scheduling module resident on the first electronic device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices comprises broadcasting the command to block interrupts on the network.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the command to block interrupts in an electronic device; and

in response to the command, implementing a block on interrupts generated by one or more applications executing on the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising removing the block on interrupts in response to at least one of:

a time duration which has elapsed; and

receiving a normal mode command.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

logic to;

maintain, in the electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user;

receive, in the electronic device, a first command for the user; and

in response to the first command, forward a command to block interrupts to one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 wherein the electronic device is coupled to the one more electronic devices via a network.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, comprising logic to maintain a network address and an operational status associated with the one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, comprising logic to maintain location information associated with the one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the command to block interrupts for the user comprises at least one of:

a command received directly from the user via an input/output module;

a command received directly from the user via a remote device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device; and

a command received indirectly through a scheduling module resident on the first electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, comprising logic to forward a command to block interrupts to one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices comprises broadcasting the command on the network.

15. A computer program product comprising logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configure the processor to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices by performing operations, comprising:

maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user;

receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command for the user; and

in response to the first command, forwarding a command to block interrupts to one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first electronic device is coupled to the one more electronic devices via a network.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, comprising logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configure the processor to maintain a network address and an operational status associated with the one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, comprising logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configure the processor to maintain location information associated with the one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the command to block interrupts for the user comprises at least one of:

a command received directly from the user via an input/output module;

a command received directly from the user via a remote device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device; and

a command received indirectly through a scheduling module resident on the first electronic device.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, comprising logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configure the processor to broadcast the command to block interrupts on the network.