USER INTERFACE WITH RECIPIENT STATUS INDICATION

• US 20140207880A1
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Malkin, Peter K., Martino, Jacquelyn A., Weisz, Justin D., Pickover, Clifford A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,699,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

A method of providing a user interface with recipient status information, in one aspect, may comprise detecting a message (e.g., online message such as instant messaging, chat, etc.) being initiated by a first user to a second user; gathering information associated with the second user; analyzing the gathered information; predicting a state of the second user based on the analyzing; and determining a notification action based on the predicted state of the second user, the notification action notifying the first user of the second user'"'"'s state; and presenting a notification comprising one or more of graphical, textual, auditory, or tactile indications or combinations thereof to the first user.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of providing a user interface with recipient status information, comprising:

detecting an instant message being initiated by a first user'"'"'s device to a second user'"'"'s device;

gathering information associated with a second user associated with the second user;

analyzing the gathered information;

predicting, by a processor, a state of the second user based on the analyzing, the state of the second user comprising one or more non-activity-level characteristics associated with the second user'"'"'s device;

determining a notification action based on the predicted state of the second user, the notification action notifying a first user associated with the first user'"'"'s device of the second user'"'"'s state; and

presenting a notification comprising one or more of graphical, textual, auditory, or tactile indications or combinations thereof to the first user.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the state of the second user comprises one or more of battery charge level of a device associated with the second user, phone call coming in for the second user, quality of service associated with the second user'"'"'s device, movement of the second user'"'"'s device, geolocation of the second user'"'"'s device, presence of one or more individuals in proximity to the second user, or calendar information associated with the second user, or combinations thereof.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the state is a forecast of the second user'"'"'s state.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises the graphical indication and the graphical indication comprises one or more of color, intensity, blink rate, window size, window shape, multimedia, or text, audio, or combinations thereof.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises the tactile indication and the tactile indication comprises a pattern of device vibration.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the pattern of device vibration is customized for the second user.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises the auditory indication and the auditory indication comprises a sound or music file, or combination thereof.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the sound or music file is customized for the second user.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the state comprises information on a number of other instant-message windows on a screen of the second user, a number of active instant-message windows on the screen, a number of other applications open, or combinations thereof.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, the second user is enabled to define and apply customized rules to the state in the analyzing.

11. A system for providing a user interface with recipient status information, comprising:

a processor;

a user interface module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable to detect an instant message being initiated by a first user'"'"'s device to a second user'"'"'s device;

an analyzer module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable to gather information associated with a second user associated with the second user'"'"'s device and analyze the gathered information;

a forecast module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable to predict a state of the second user based on the analyzing, the state of the second user comprising one or more non-activity-level characteristics associated with the second user'"'"'s device; and

an action module operable to execute on the processor, and further to determine a notification action based on the predicted state of the second user, the notification action for notifying a first user associated with the first user'"'"'s device of the second user'"'"'s state,

the user interface module further operable to present a notification comprising one or more of graphical, textual, auditory, or tactile indications or combinations thereof to the first user'"'"'s device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the state of the second user comprises one or more of battery charge level of a device associated with the second user, phone call coming in for the second user, quality of service associated with the second user'"'"'s device, movement of the second user'"'"'s device, geolocation of the second user'"'"'s device, presence of one or more individuals in proximity to the second user, or calendar information associated with the second user, or combinations thereof.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the state is a forecast of the second user'"'"'s state.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the notification comprises the graphical indication and the graphical indication comprises one or more of color, intensity, blink rate, window size, window shape, multimedia, or text, audio, or combinations thereof.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the notification comprises the tactile indication and the tactile indication comprises a pattern of device vibration.