METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION

• US 20180324756A1
• Filed: 07/17/2018
• Published: 11/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: RYU, Jong-hyun, CHAE, Han-joo
• Granted Patent: US 11,057,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is currently being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether to send a notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information received by the transceiver.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use; and

a processor configured to;

in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device, determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the status information, indicating that the wearable device is in use, received through the transceiver,

in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, control to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,

wherein, if the at least one wearable device is in a mode in which a notification is not to be provided to a user, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being provided to the user at the at least one wearable device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the notification event comprises at least one from among a text message event, an appointment reminder event, a system event, a social network event, a phone call event, an e-mail event, a low battery event, and a change of setting event.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable device comprises a plurality of wearable devices, and

wherein the processor is further configured to set an order of notification to the plurality of wearable devices based on the status information.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether to send the notification request to a wearable device from among the plurality of wearable devices based on the status information and the order of notification.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control to send, through the transceiver, a plurality of notification requests to the plurality of wearable devices according to the order of notification.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the electronic device is currently in use, and in response to determining that the electronic device is currently in use, the processor controls to provide the notification on the electronic device and determines not to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the electronic device is currently in use, and

in response to determining that the electronic device is in use, control to send, through the transceiver, the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information and not to provide the notification on the electronic device.

8. A method for providing a notification from an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, from at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;

in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device, determining whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use; and

in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, controlling to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,

wherein, if the at least one wearable device is in a mode in which a notification is not to be provided to a user, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being provided to the user at the at least one wearable device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification event comprises at least one from among a text message event, an appointment reminder event, a system event, a social network event, a phone call event, an e-mail event, a low battery event, and a change of setting event.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one wearable device comprises a plurality of wearable devices, and further comprising setting an order of notification to the plurality of wearable devices based on the status information.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining whether to send the notification request to a wearable device from among the plurality of wearable devices based on the status information and the order of notification.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising sending a plurality of notification request to the plurality of wearable devices according to the order of notification.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the electronic device is currently in use; and

in response to determining that the electronic device is currently in use, controlling to provide the notification on the electronic device, and determining not to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the electronic device is currently in use, and

in response to determining that the electronic device is in use, controlling to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information and not to provide the notification on the electronic device.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions which control an electronic device to:

receive, from at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is in use;

in response to occurrence of a notification event for providing a notification at the electronic device, determine whether to send a notification request corresponding to the notification to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use; and

in response to determining to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information indicating that the at least one wearable device is in use, control to send the notification request to the at least one wearable device,

wherein, if the at least one wearable device is in a mode in which a notification is not to be provided to a user, the notification corresponding to the notification request is prevented from being provided to the user at the at least one wearable device.