ENHANCED NOTIFICATION FOR RELEVANT COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20140237042A1
• Filed: 02/21/2013
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ahmed, Maryam, Chakra, Al, Thomason, Michael S., Yu, Tong
• Granted Patent: US 9,621,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for providing a severity of a notification for a communication. A computing device determines a topic and associated information of a current activity, operating on the computing device. The computing device receives a communication and determines the topic and associated information of the communication. The computing device determines a level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the received communication and the topic and associated information of the current activity. The computing device determines whether the level of relevance exceeds a predefined threshold, and in response to determining that the level of relevance exceeds the predefined threshold, the computing device provides a notification, wherein the severity of the notification for the communication is proportional to the level of relevance.

Claims

1. A method for providing a severity of a notification for a communication, the method comprising:

a computing device determining a topic of a current activity and associated information of the current activity;

the computing device receiving a communication;

the computing device determining a topic of the communication and associated information of the communication;

the computing device determining a level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the communication, and the topic and associated information of the current activity;

the computing device determining whether the level of relevance exceeds a predefined threshold; and

in response to determining that the level of relevance exceeds the predefined threshold, the computing device providing a notification, wherein a severity of the notification for the communication is proportional to the level of relevance.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the severity of the notification includes an audible notification that increases or changes, as the level or relevance increases, by one or a combination of:

volume, duration, repetition, frequency of pitch, audible sound type.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the severity of the notification includes a visual notification that increases in severity or changes as the level of relevance increases, by one or a combination of:

intensity, brightness, color, flashing, moving, shape, size, positioning at or near a cursor position.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the severity of the notification includes multiple audible severity notifications or multiple visual severity notifications, or a combination of one or a multiple of audible and visual severity notifications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined threshold includes one or more predefined thresholds, each predefined threshold having a different level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the current activity and the topic and associated information of the communication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined threshold includes a configurable level of relevance and a configurable severity of notification.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a previously determined level of relevance of an unread communication is replaced with a newly determined level of relevance of the unread communication, upon a change of current activity.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining the level of relevance fails to exceed the predefined threshold, suppressing the notification.

9. A computer program product for providing a severity of a notification for a communication, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to determine a topic of a current activity and associated information of the current activity;

program instructions to receive a communication;

program instructions to determine a topic of the communication and associated information of the communication;

program instructions to determine a level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the communication and the topic and associated information of the current activity;

program instructions to determine whether the level of relevance exceeds a predefined threshold; and

in response to determining that the level of relevance exceeds the predefined threshold, program instructions to provide a notification, wherein a severity of the notification for the communication is proportional to the level of relevance.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions for the severity of the notification to include an audible notification that increases or changes as the level or relevance increases, by one or a combination of;

volume, duration, repetition, frequency of pitch, audible sound type.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions for the severity of the notification to include a visual notification that increases in severity or changes as the level of relevance increases, by one or a combination of;

intensity, brightness, color, flashing, moving, shape, size, positioning at or near a cursor position.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the severity of the notification includes a combination of one or more audible severity notifications and one or more visual severity notifications.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the predefined threshold includes one or more predefined thresholds, each predefined threshold having a different level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the current activity and the topic and associated information of the communication.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the predefined threshold includes a configurable level of relevance and a configurable severity of notification.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein a previously determined level of relevance of an unread communication, is replaced with a newly determined level of relevance of the unread communication, upon a change of current activity.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

in response to determining that the level of relevance fails to exceed the predefined threshold, program instructions to suppress the notification.

17. A computer system for providing a severity of a notification for a communication, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer-readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to determine a topic of a current activity and associated information of the current activity;

program instructions to receive a communication;

program instructions to determine a topic of the communication and associated information of the communication;

program instructions to determine a level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the communication and the topic and associated information of the current activity;

program instructions to determine whether the level of relevance exceeds a predefined threshold; and

in response to determining that the level of relevance exceeds the predefined threshold, program instructions to provide a notification, wherein a severity of the notification for the communication is proportional to the level of relevance.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

program instructions for the severity of the notification to include an audible notification that increases or changes as the level or relevance increases, by one or a combination of;

volume, duration, repetition, frequency of pitch, audible sound type.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

program instructions for the severity of the notification to include a visual notification that increases in severity or changes as the level of relevance increases, by one or a combination of;

intensity, brightness, color, flashing, moving, shape, size, positioning at or near a cursor position; and

program instructions for the severity of the notification to include an audible notification, or a visual notification or a combination of one or more audible severity notifications and one or more visual severity notifications.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the predefined threshold includes one or more predefined thresholds, each predefined threshold having a different level of relevance between the topic and associated information of the current activity and the topic and associated information of the communication.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the severity of the notification includes a combination of one or more audible severity notifications and one or more visual severity notifications.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the predefined threshold includes a configurable level of relevance and a configurable severity of notification.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein a previously determined level of relevance of an unread communication is replaced with a newly determined level of relevance of the unread communication, upon a change of current activity.

24. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

in response to determining the level of relevance fails to exceed the predefined threshold, program instructions to suppress the notification.