Predictive forwarding of notification data

• US 8,738,723 B1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Faaborg, Alexander, Robison, Austin
• Primary Examiner(s): WINDER, PATRICE L
• Application Number:
  US14/102,124
• Time in Patent Office: 168 Days
• Field of Search: 709206-207, 709/224
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/203 for converged personal network application service interworking, e.g. OMA converged personal network services [CPNS]

Abstract

A computing system is described that receives notification data associated with a user, and responsive to determining that the user is interacting with a first computing device at a first particular time, outputs, for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data. The computing system determines that the user is interacting with a second computing device at a second particular time, and responsive to determining, based on the second particular time being less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device, outputs, for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing system, notification data associated with a user;

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with a first computing device at a first particular time, outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data;

determining, by the computing system, that the user is interacting with a second computing device at a second particular time; and

responsive to determining, based on the second particular time being less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device, outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device further comprises determining that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at the second particular time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification data is output for transmission to the first computing device in response to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at the first particular time and is not output for transmission to other computing devices, including the second computing device, at the first particular time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data is further responsive to determining that a priority level of the notification data satisfies a threshold.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data is further responsive to determining that the notification data includes time sensitive information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting, by the computing system and for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data is further responsive to determining that the notification data is associated with a contact of a contact list associated with the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification data comprises first notification data, the method further comprising:

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, outputting, for transmission to the first computing device, second notification data received by the computing system after the first particular time and prior to the third particular time.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device further comprises:

receiving, by the computing system, contextual information associated with the second computing device; and

determining, by the computing system and based on the contextual information, that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at the second particular time.

10. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

receive notification data associated with a user;

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with a first computing device at a first particular time, output, for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data;

determine that the user is interacting with a second computing device at a second particular time; and

responsive to determining, based on the second particular time being less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device, output, for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device by at least determining that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at the second particular time.

12. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data for transmission to the first computing device in response to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at the first particular time and to not output the notification data for transmission to other computing devices, including the second computing device, at the first particular time.

13. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data responsive to determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device further responsive to determining that a priority level of the notification data satisfies a priority threshold.

14. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data responsive to determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device and further responsive to determining that the notification data includes time sensitive information.

15. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data responsive to determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device, and further responsive to determining that the notification data is associated with a contact of a contact list associated with the user.

16. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, output, for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data.

17. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the notification data comprises first notification data, and wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, output, for transmission to the first computing device, second notification data received after the first particular time and prior to the third particular time.

18. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device by at least receiving contextual information associated with the second computing device, and determining, based on the contextual information, that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at the second particular time.

19. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the first computing device is a non-mobile computing device and the second computing device is a mobile computing device, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device based at least in part on contextual information associated with the second computing device, wherein the contextual information comprises sensor information of the second computing device.

20. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure one or more processors of a computing system to:

receive notification data associated with a user;

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with a first computing device at a first particular time, output, for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data;

determine that the user is interacting with a second computing device at a second particular time; and

responsive to determining, based on the second particular time being less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device, output, for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data.