Interrupt blocker

• US 8,549,201 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sedayao, Jeffrey C., Hassan, Vishwa, Devetter, Douglas P., Yoshi, Terry H., Stone, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Myers, Paul R
• Application Number:
  US12/827,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20120005387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,189 Days
• Field of Search: 710/262
• US Class Current: 710/262
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/24 using interrupt G06F13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54

Abstract

A method comprises maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user, receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command, in response to the first command, forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices. Other embodiments may be described.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, in a first electronic device, a user identifier and a list of device identifiers for one or more remote electronic device associated with the user identifier;

storing a logical relationship between the user identifier and the device identifiers for one or more remote electronic devices in a memory coupled to the first electronic device;

receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command, wherein the first command comprises a user identifier; and

in response to the first command;

validating the user identifier;

retrieving the logical relationship between the user and the device identifiers for one or more remote electronic devices;

forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more remote electronic devices on the list of device identifiers;

receiving the command to block interrupts one or more remote electronic devices; and

in response to the command, blocking an output of a speaker on the one or more remote electronic devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is coupled to the one more electronic devices via a network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more device identifiers for electronic devices associated with a user comprises maintaining a network address and an operational status associated with one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more device identifiers for electronic devices associated with a user comprises maintaining location information associated with one or more electronic devices associated with the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command for the user comprises at least one of:

receiving the command directly from the user via an input/output module;

receiving the command directly from the user via a remote device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device; and

receiving the command indirectly through a scheduling module resident on the first electronic device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices comprises broadcasting the command to block interrupts on the network.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the command to block interrupts in an electronic device; and

in response to the command,

blocking an alert issued by an application.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising removing the block on interrupts in response to at least one of:

a time duration which has elapsed; and

receiving a normal mode command.

9. A system, comprising:

a first electronic device comprising logic to;

receive, in the first electronic device, a user identifier and a list of device identifiers for one or more remote electronic devices associated with the user identifier;

store a logical relationship between the user identifier and the device identifiers for one or more electronic devices in a memory coupled to the first electronic device;

receive, in the first electronic device, a first command, wherein the first command comprises a user identifier; and

in response to the first command;

validate the user identifier;

retrieve the logical relationship between the user and the device identifiers for one or more electronic devices; and

forward a command to block interrupts to one or more electronic devices on the list of device identifiers; and

wherein the one or more remote electronic devices comprises logic to;

receive the command to block interrupts in the one or more remote electronic devices; and

in response to the command, implement a block on interrupts generated by one or more applications executing on the one or more remote electronic devices by blocking an output of a speaker on the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 wherein the electronic device is coupled to the one more electronic devices via a network.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, comprising logic to maintain a network address and an operational status associated with the one or more device identifiers for electronic devices associated with the user.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, comprising logic to maintain location information associated with the one or more device identifiers for electronic devices associated with the user.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the command to block interrupts for the user comprises at least one of:

a command received directly from the user via an input/output module;

a command received directly from the user via a remote device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device; and

a command received indirectly through a scheduling module resident on the first electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, comprising logic to forward a command to block interrupts to one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices comprises broadcasting the command on the network.