PRIORITIZED AND CONTEXTUAL DISPLAY OF AGGREGATED ACCOUNT NOTIFICATIONS

• US 20140280657A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Miller, Alison Beverly, Lemonnier, Samantha, Sonoda, Jaime Lynn, Samdal, Jamie, Maverick, Vance, Hwang, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 9,148,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities

Abstract

Systems and methods of providing notifications are described herein. A user account for which a request to provide content is received is identified. Responsive to identifying the user account and the content requested, one or more notifications to be provided along with the requested content is identified. Each of the notifications has a corresponding notification type identifier that indicates a type of notification. A priority level for each of the notifications is determined responsive to a global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier. The priority level for each of the notifications can be determined by identifying the notification type identifier for each notification, identifying a priority level that matches the notification type identifier and assigning the notification the identified priority level.

Claims

1. A method for providing notifications, comprising:

identifying a user account for which a request to provide content is received;

identifying one or more notifications to be provided along with the requested content responsive to identifying the user account and the content requested, each of the notifications having a corresponding notification type identifier indicating a type of notification;

determining a priority level for each of the notifications responsive to a global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier; and

providing, for display, one or more of the identified notifications based on a notification display policy and the priority levels of the identified notifications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more notifications comprises identifying a first notification corresponding to the identified user account generated by a first notification generation system and identifying a second notification corresponding to the requested content generated by a second notification generation system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a priority level for each of the notifications responsive to a global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier comprises:

identifying, for each notification, the notification type identifier;

identifying a priority level that matches the notification type identifier; and

assigning the notification the identified priority level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, for display, one or more of the identified notifications based on a notification display policy and the priority levels of the identified notifications comprises:

determining a format in which to display the identified notification based on the determined priority level; and

providing the identified notification for display in the determined format.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, for display, one or more of the identified notifications based on a notification display policy and the priority levels of the identified notifications comprises:

determining that the number of notifications having a first priority level is greater than a predetermined threshold number of notifications to display with the requested content;

selecting, from the notifications having the first priority level, the predetermined number of notifications according to a selection policy;

providing the selected predetermined number of notifications for display with the requested content; and

providing an object, which when accessed, provides the remaining notifications having the first priority level.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, for display, one or more of the identified notifications comprises providing notifications having a first priority level for display at a first location of the display.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing, for display, one or more of the identified notifications further comprises providing an indication of notifications having a second priority level for display at a second location of the display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested content is provided for display in a primary content slot and wherein the one or more notifications are provided for display in a dynamic notification slot, the dynamic notification slot configured to display notifications having a first priority level and configured to adjust in size based on a number of unaddressed notifications.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the placement of the primary content slot is responsive to the size of the dynamic notification slot.

10. A system for providing notifications, the system comprising:

a data processing system having at least one of a notification identification module, a notification prioritization module and notification presentation module, the data processing system configured to;

identify a user account for which a request to provide content is received;

identify one or more notifications to be provided along with the requested content responsive to identifying the user account and the content requested, each of the notifications having a corresponding notification type identifier indicating a type of notification;

determine a priority level for each of the notifications responsive to a global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier; and

provide for display, one or more of the identified notifications based on a notification display policy and the priority levels of the identified notifications.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more notifications comprises a first notification corresponding to the identified user account generated by a first notification generation system and a second notification corresponding to the requested content generated by a second notification generation system.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is configured to:

identify, for each notification, the notification type identifier;

identify a priority level that matches the notification type identifier; and

assign the notification the identified priority level.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is further configured to:

determine a format in which to display the identified notification based on the determined priority level; and

provide the identified notification for display in the determined format.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is further configured to:

determine that the number of notifications having a first priority level is greater than a predetermined threshold number of notifications to display with the requested content;

select, from the notifications having the first priority level, the predetermined number of notifications according to a selection policy;

provide the selected predetermined number of notifications for display with the requested content; and

provide an object, which when accessed, provides the remaining notifications having the first priority level.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein notifications having a first priority level are displayed in a first notification slot positioned at a first location of the display and notifications having a second priority level are displayed in a second notification slot positioned at a second location of the display.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the global prioritization policy is customized by the user according to one or more preferences of the user.

17. A computer readable storage medium having instructions to provide information via a computer network, the instructions comprising instructions to:

identify a user account for which a request to provide content is received;

identify one or more notifications to be provided along with the requested content responsive to identifying the user account and the content requested, each of the notifications having a corresponding notification type identifier indicating a type of notification;

determine a priority level for each of the notifications responsive to a global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier; and

provide, for display, one or more of the identified notifications based on a notification display policy and the priority levels of the identified notifications.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to identify a first notification corresponding to the identified user account generated by a first notification generation system and identify a second notification corresponding to the requested content generated by a second notification generation system.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to:

identify, for each notification, the notification type identifier;

identify a priority level that matches the notification type identifier; and

assign the notification the identified priority level.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to:

determine a format in which to display the identified notification based on the determined priority level; and

provide the identified notification for display in the determined format.