PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOTIFICATIONS

• US 20160050642A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: BROWN, David Andrew, Bryant, Cody, Steeves, Ryan David
• Granted Patent: US 9,838,999 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes, in response to receipt of selection of an option to enter a do not disturb mode at the portable electronic device, suppressing notifications for the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode. The method also includes, in response to exiting the do not disturb mode, discontinuing suppressing notifications for new communications received at the portable electronic device, providing an option to view the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode and, in response to receipt of selection of the option to view the communications received while in the do not disturb mode, displaying a consolidated list of the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode. The consolidated list includes a plurality of electronic communication types.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in response to receipt of selection of an option to enter a do not disturb mode at a portable electronic device, suppressing notifications for the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode;

in response to exiting the do not disturb mode;

discontinuing suppressing notifications for new communications received at the portable electronic device;

providing an option to view the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode and,

in response to receipt of selection of the option to view the communications received while in the do not disturb mode, displaying a consolidated list of the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode, the consolidated list including a plurality of electronic communication types, thereby providing a displayed list of all missed communications including at least two different communication types, the communication types comprising email messages, text messages, cellular telephone calls, voice-over-IP calls, and social media notifications.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising receiving a selection of an option to exit the do not disturb mode and exiting the do not disturb mode.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the consolidated list comprises displaying only those communications received while in the do not disturb mode.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the consolidated list comprises displaying the communications received while in the do not disturb mode in a list with communications received while not in the do not disturb mode.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the communications received while in the do not disturb mode are displayed utilizing display attributes that differ from the display attributes of the communications received while not in the do not disturb mode.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the communications received while in the do not disturb mode are labelled for identification as received while in the do not disturb mode.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the consolidated list of communications includes all communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication types included in the consolidated list of communications are selectable such that the list is user-customizable.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable device having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

8. (canceled)

11. A portable electronic device comprising:

a display;

an input device to receive input to the portable electronic device;

a wireless communications subsystem to enable wireless communication to and from the portable electronic device;

a processor coupled to the display, the input device, and to the wireless communications subsystem to;

in response to receipt of selection of an option to enter a do not disturb mode at the input device, suppress notifications for the communications received at the portable electronic device via the wireless communications subsystem while in the do not disturb mode;

in response to exiting the do not disturb mode;

discontinue suppressing notifications for new communications received at the portable electronic device;

provide an option to view the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode and,

in response to receipt of selection of the option to view the communications received while in the do not disturb mode, cause the display to display a consolidated list of the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode, the consolidated list including a plurality of electronic communication types, thereby providing a displayed list of all missed communications including at least two different communication types, the communication types comprising email messages, text messages, cellular telephone calls, voice-over-IP calls, and social media notifications.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the portable electronic device exits the do not disturb mode in response to receipt of a selection of an option to exit the do not disturb mode.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the consolidated list comprises only those communications received while in the do not disturb mode.

14. The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the consolidated list comprises the communications received while in the do not disturb mode in a list with communications received while not in the do not disturb mode.

15. The portable electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the communications received while in the do not disturb mode are displayed utilizing display attributes that differ from the display attributes of the communications received while not in the do not disturb mode.

16. The portable electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the communications received while in the do not disturb mode are labelled for identification as received while in the do not disturb mode.

17. The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the consolidated list of communications includes all communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode.

19. The portable electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the communication types included in the consolidated list of communications are selectable such that the list is user-customizable.

18. (canceled)