Methods and arrangements for managing computer messages
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
a system memory in communication with the one or more processors;
one or more computing device display mediums;
one or more monitoring devices acting to monitor a user'"'"'s focus on the one or more computing device display mediums; and
a message management module acting to manage system messages responsive to monitoring by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein said message management module acts to;
categorize system messages as first category messages comprising one or more critical messages or second category messages comprising one or more non-critical messages, wherein the one or more critical messages includes at least one message selected from the group consisting of;
a low battery warning message and a back-up reminder message;
filter display of the system messages on the one or more computing device display mediums based on a user'"'"'s focus as determined by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein filtering comprises;
suppressing display of the one or more first category messages and permitting display of the one or more second category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being below a threshold value; and
suppressing display of the one or more second category messages and permitting display of the one or more first category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being above a threshold value.
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Abstract
An arrangement for determining those optimal times to permit an important pop-up message to be displayed by way of garnering a user'"'"'s attention, while permitting less important messages to be displayed at times when a user'"'"'s attention is unlikely to be garnered. In accordance with a particularly preferred embodiment, an arrangement is provided to recognize whether a user is looking towards a computer monitor and, at such times, to determine whether a blink rate of the user'"'"'s eyes corresponds to a degree of focus and concentration that would ensure a strong likelihood of the user seeing or “catching” a message that may then appear. If such likelihood is thus determined to be strong, then a critical message may preferably then be displayed.
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12 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; a system memory in communication with the one or more processors; one or more computing device display mediums; one or more monitoring devices acting to monitor a user'"'"'s focus on the one or more computing device display mediums; and a message management module acting to manage system messages responsive to monitoring by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein said message management module acts to; categorize system messages as first category messages comprising one or more critical messages or second category messages comprising one or more non-critical messages, wherein the one or more critical messages includes at least one message selected from the group consisting of;
a low battery warning message and a back-up reminder message;filter display of the system messages on the one or more computing device display mediums based on a user'"'"'s focus as determined by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein filtering comprises; suppressing display of the one or more first category messages and permitting display of the one or more second category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being below a threshold value; and suppressing display of the one or more second category messages and permitting display of the one or more first category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being above a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s focus on one or more computing device display mediums utilizing one or more monitoring devices; and configuring a message management module to manage messages responsive to monitoring by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein said message management module acts to; categorize system messages as first category messages comprising one or more critical messages or second category messages comprising one or more non-critical messages, wherein the one or more critical messages includes at least one message selected from the group consisting of;
a low battery warning message and a back-up reminder message;filter display of the system messages on the one or more computing device display mediums based on a user'"'"'s focus as determined by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein filtering comprises; suppressing display of the one or more first category messages and permitting display of the one or more second category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being below a threshold value; and suppressing display of the one or more second category messages and permitting display of the one or more first category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being above a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s focus on one or more computing device display mediums utilizing one or more monitoring devices; and managing computer messages utilizing a message management module responsive to monitoring by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein said message management module acts to; categorize system messages as first category messages comprising one or more critical messages or second category messages comprising one or more non-critical messages, wherein the one or more critical messages includes at least one message selected from the group consisting of;
a low battery warning message and a back-up reminder message;filter display of the system messages on the one or more computing device display mediums based on a user'"'"'s focus as determined by the one or more monitoring devices, wherein filtering comprises; suppressing display of the one or more first category messages and permitting display of the one or more second category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being below a threshold value; and suppressing display of the one or more second category messages and permitting display of the one or more first category messages at the one or more computing device display mediums responsive to the user'"'"'s focus being above a threshold value.
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