Detecting movement for determining characteristics of user notification
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1. A method comprising:
- storing, in a mobile communications device, an association between a user notification alert and an event occurring at the mobile communications device;
detecting the event by the mobile communications device and triggering the associated user notification alert;
in response to the detecting of the event, detecting by the mobile communications device, using radar, movement of an external object in a range outside the mobile communications device; and
changing characteristics of the user notification alert based on the step of detecting movement.
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus and a computer program, where the method includes storing an association between a user notification and an event, detecting the event by an apparatus and detecting movement of an external object in a range outside the apparatus in response to the detected event. Furthermore, the method includes determining characteristics of the user notification based on the step of detecting movement.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing, in a mobile communications device, an association between a user notification alert and an event occurring at the mobile communications device; detecting the event by the mobile communications device and triggering the associated user notification alert; in response to the detecting of the event, detecting by the mobile communications device, using radar, movement of an external object in a range outside the mobile communications device; and changing characteristics of the user notification alert based on the step of detecting movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a movement detector, the movement detector comprising a radar equipped mobile communications device configured to detect movement of an external object in a range outside the mobile communications device; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the radar equipped mobile communications device at least to perform; storing an association between a user notification and an event; detecting the event and triggering the associated user notification; detecting the movement of the external object in response to the detected event; and changing characteristics of the user notification based on the step of the radar equipped mobile communications device detecting movement of the external object. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable program code which, when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus comprising a radar equipped mobile communications device, causes the processor in the radar equipped mobile communication device to:
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store an association between a user notification and a detected event; process the detected event and trigger the associated user notification corresponding to the detected event; process a detected movement of an external object outside the radar equipped mobile communications device in response to the detected event; and change characteristics of the user notification based on the step of processing the detected movement.
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