SELECTIVE DISPLAYING OF PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

• US 20170293466A1
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bostick, James E., Ganci, JR., John M., Keen, Martin G., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,282,165 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/10 using distance or distortion measures between unknown speech and reference templates
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

In an approach for selectively displaying a push notification, audio is captured using a microphone. A processor receives a push notification, wherein the push notification includes information. A processor identifies a keyword associated with the push notification based on the information. A processor determines that the captured audio includes the keyword. A processor determines whether to display the push notification based on the determination of whether the captured audio includes the keyword.

Claims

1. A method for selectively displaying a push notification, the method comprising:

capturing, by a microphone, audio by passively listening to an external environment of a computing device;

receiving, by the computing device, a push notification, wherein the push notification includes information;

identifying, by one or more processors, a keyword contained within the push notification based on the information;

determining, by one or more processors, whether the captured audio includes the keyword; and

determining, by one or more processors, whether to display the push notification based on the determination of whether the captured audio includes the keyword.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the captured audio includes the keyword, preventing, by one or more processors, the push notification from being displayed on the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the captured audio does not include the keyword, causing, by one or more processors, the push notification to be displayed on the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the keyword associated with the push notification comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, an external resource associated with the information;

analyzing, by one or more processors, the external resource; and

extracting, by one or more processors, the keyword based on the analysis of the external resource.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured audio comprises audio captured within a pre-defined period of time prior to receiving the push notification.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the captured audio includes the keyword comprises:

converting, by one or more processors, the captured audio to text;

searching, by one or more processors, the text for the keyword; and

determining, by one or more processors, that the text includes the keyword, based on the search.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

assigning, by one or more processors, a confidence level to the keyword, wherein the confidence level indicates a likelihood that audio containing the keyword includes the information of the push notification.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining whether to display the push notification based on the determination of whether the captured audio includes the keyword comprises:

determining whether to display the push notification based on the determination of whether the captured audio includes the keyword based on exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold indicates a minimum predefined confidence level.

9. A computer program product for selectively displaying a push notification, 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 capture, by a microphone, audio by passively listening to an external environment of a computing device;

program instructions to receive, by the computing device, a push notification, wherein the push notification includes information;

program instructions to identify a keyword contained within the push notification based on the information;

program instructions to determine whether the captured audio includes the keyword; and

program instructions to determine whether to display the push notification based on the determination of whether the captured audio includes the keyword.

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

program instructions to, responsive to determining that the captured audio includes the keyword, prevent the push notification from being displayed on the computing device.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions to identify the keyword associated with the push notification comprise:

program instructions to determine an external resource associated with the information;

program instructions to analyze the external resource; and

program instructions to extract the keyword based on the analysis of the external resource.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the captured audio comprises audio captured within a pre-defined period of time prior to the program instructions to receive the push notification.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions to determine that the captured audio includes the keyword comprise:

program instructions to convert the captured audio to text;

program instructions to search the text for the keyword; and

program instructions to determine that the text includes the keyword, based on the search.

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

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to assign a confidence level to the keyword, wherein the confidence level indicates a likelihood that audio containing the keyword includes the information of the push notification.

15. A computer system for selectively displaying a push notification, 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 processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to capture, by a microphone, audio by passively listening to an external environment of a computing device;

program instructions to receive, by the computing device, a push notification, wherein the push notification includes information;

program instructions to identify a keyword contained within the push notification based on the information;

program instructions to determine whether the captured audio includes the keyword; and

program instructions to determine whether to display the push notification based on the determination of whether the captured audio includes the keyword.

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to, responsive to determining that the captured audio includes the keyword, prevent the push notification from being displayed on the computing device.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instruction to identify a keyword associated with the push notification based on the information comprise:

program instructions to determine an external resource associated with the information;

program instructions to analyze the external resource; and

program instructions to extract the keyword based on the analysis of the external resource.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the captured audio comprises audio captured within a pre-defined period of time prior to the program instruction to receive the push notification.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions to determine that the captured audio includes the keyword comprise:

program instructions to convert the captured audio to text;

program instructions to search the text for the keyword; and

program instructions to determine that the text includes the keyword, based on the search.

20. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to assign a confidence level to the keyword, wherein the confidence level indicates a likelihood that audio containing the keyword includes the information in the push notification.