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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING A USER ON AN EXTERNAL DEVICE OF NOTIFICATIONS OR ALERTS ORIGINATING FROM A NETWORK-CONNECTED DEVICE

  • US 20150223033A1
  • Filed: 04/14/2015
  • Published: 08/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An accessory device for receiving notifications from a mobile end-user device, the accessory device comprising:

  • a wireless interface configured to receive at least one notification included in a first data transmission directly from the mobile end-user device via a short-range wireless protocol, the first data transmission having been generated by the mobile end-user device and addressed to the accessory device by the mobile end-user device,wherein the contents of the notification are based on a second data transmission received by the mobile end-user device from a network, where the second data transmission has been filtered by the mobile end-user device to determine whether to send the first data transmission to the accessory device, and where a final destination address of the second data transmission is the address of the mobile end-user device;

    memory coupled to the wireless receiver and configured to store the notification;

    an output device to provide information to a user; and

    a processor coupled to the wireless receiver, the memory and the output device and configured to review the notification stored in the memory and notify a user of the accessory device by using the output device that the notification has been received.

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