Intelligent multimode message alerts
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a signal at a first telecommunications terminal; and
determining which of a plurality of transducers of said first telecommunications terminal to use to notify the user of said first telecommunications terminal of the arrival of said signal;
wherein the determination of which of said plurality of transducers to use is based on the proximity of said first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal.
27 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An apparatus that intelligently determines how to alert a user to the arrival of an incoming message at a telecommunications terminal, and what information is imparted to the user via the alert, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiments, the terminal has a processor that makes this determination based on one or more of the following: properties of the incoming message (e.g., who sent the message, a priority level associated with the message, the semantic content of the message, the length of the message, etc.), the time and date (i.e., the “calendrical time”), environmental parameters (e.g., temperature, ambient luminosity, etc.), the user'"'"'s physiological parameters (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, etc.), the location of the user, the proximity of other wireless terminals in the vicinity, whether the user is currently receiving another message, and the delivery mechanism of the other message (e.g., voice, text chat, etc.).
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
receiving a signal at a first telecommunications terminal; and determining which of a plurality of transducers of said first telecommunications terminal to use to notify the user of said first telecommunications terminal of the arrival of said signal; wherein the determination of which of said plurality of transducers to use is based on the proximity of said first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
-
7. A method comprising:
-
receiving a signal at a telecommunications terminal; and determining which of a plurality of transducers of said telecommunications terminal to use to notify the user of said telecommunications terminal of the arrival of said signal; wherein the determination of which of said plurality of transducers is based on a physiological parameter of said user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A method comprising:
-
receiving a signal at a telecommunications terminal; and determining which of a plurality of transducers of said telecommunications terminal to use to notify the user of said telecommunications terminal of the arrival of said signal; wherein the determination of which of said plurality of transducers is based on the semantic content of said signal and the calendrical time at said telecommunications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A method comprising:
-
receiving a signal at a telecommunications terminal; and determining which of a plurality of transducers of said telecommunications terminal to use to notify the user of said telecommunications terminal of the arrival of said signal; wherein the determination of which of said plurality of transducers is based on the semantic content of said signal and whether or not said telecommunications terminal is receiving another incoming signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
-
Specification