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Call intrusion

  • US 8,116,439 B1
  • Filed: 08/19/2005
  • Issued: 02/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a notification to a user, comprising:

  • determining that a notification is to be provided to a user by a server at a monitored endpoint, the determination being based on the server receiving an interrupt request associated with a call intrusion or GUI (Graphical User Interface) notification;

    determining that the user is currently engaged in a predetermined activity on a computational device at the monitored endpoint;

    identifying a next boundary in the predetermined activity in which to provide the notification to the user; and

    providing the notification to the user at the monitored endpoint in temporal proximity to the identified next boundary, wherein;

    the predetermined activity is providing user input to an application,the notification is a graphical icon,the computational device is a computational component,the next boundary is a pause in a user activity,the user input is at least one of typing on a keyboard, inputting voice commands, inputting commands using a stylus, and inputting commands using a mouse; and

    the identifying step further comprises;

    identifying a pause of at least a predetermined duration, wherein the identified next boundary is the identified pause.

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