System and method for presenting alert notifications for master and slave devices if in idle operational states

• US 9,274,914 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2010
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Michael R., Manijak, Philip W., Ransom, Theodore E., Bernosky, Adam J., Schwarz, Martin, Penny, Roland
• Primary Examiner(s): PEYTON, TAMMARA R
• Application Number:
  US12/841,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,049 Days
• Field of Search: 710 15- 19, 235/375, 235/381, 705/1.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3013 where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16

Abstract

A method for presenting alert notifications includes identifying an alert condition for one of a master device, a slave device, and a production device. Operational states of the slave device and the master device are determined. For each of the slave device and the master device, upon a determination that the given device is in an idle state, that device is caused to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having processor executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed cause the implementation of a method for presenting alert notifications, the method comprising:

identifying an alert condition for one of a master device, a slave device, and a production device;

determining an operational state of the slave device and of the master device;

for each of the slave device and the master device, upon a determination that the given device is in an idle operational state, causing that device to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein

determining an operational state comprises determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an idle state displaying attraction content and that the other device is in an active state and not displaying attraction content;

causing comprises causing the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content.

3. The medium of claim 2, wherein causing the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content comprises causing that device to display a frame around the attraction content.

4. The medium of claim 3, wherein the method includes identifying a severity level corresponding to the alert condition, and wherein causing that device to display a frame around the attraction content comprises causing that device to display a frame haying a visual characteristic corresponding to the identified severity level.

5. The medium of claim 1, wherein:

determining an operational state comprises determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an idle state displaying attraction content and that the other device is in an active state and not displaying attraction content;

identifying an alert condition comprises identifying an alert condition for the one of the master device and the slave device determined to be in the active state; and

causing comprises causing the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

identifying an alert condition comprises identifying an alert condition for one of a master device, a plurality of slave device, and a production device;

determining an operational state comprises determining an operational state of the master device and of each of the slave devices;

for each of the plurality of slave devices and the master device, upon a determination that the given device is in an idle state, causing that device to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition.

7. The medium of claim 1, wherein:

determining an operational state comprises determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an active state and is displaying content for selecting product options;

identifying an alert condition comprises identifying an alert condition for the one of the master device and slave devices determined to be in an active state; and

the method including limiting the content for selecting product options according to the identified alert condition.

8. A method for presenting alert notifications, comprising:

identifying an alert condition for one of a master device, a slave device, and a production device;

determining an operational state of the slave device and of the master device;

for each of the slave device and the master device, upon a determination that the given device is in an idle state, causing that device to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein

determining an operational state comprises determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an idle state displaying attraction content and that the other device is in an active state and not displaying attraction content;

causing comprises causing the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein causing the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content comprises causing that device to display a frame around the attraction content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method includes identifying a severity level corresponding to the alert condition, and wherein causing that device to display a frame around the attraction content comprises causing that device to display a frame having a visual characteristic corresponding to the identified severity level.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein:

determining an operational state comprises determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an idle state displaying attraction content and that the other device is in an active state and not displaying attraction content;

identifying an alert condition comprises identifying an alert condition for the one of the master device and the slave device determined to be in the active state; and

causing comprises causing the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein:

identifying an alert condition comprises identifying an alert condition for one of a master device, a plurality of slave device, and a production device;

determining an operational state comprises determining an operational state of the master device and of each of the slave devices;

for each of the plurality of slave devices and the master device, upon a determination that the given device is in an idle state, causing that device to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein:

determining an operational state comprises determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an active state and is displaying content for selecting product options;

identifying an alert condition comprises identifying an alert condition for the one of the master device and slave devices determined not to be in an idle state; and

the method including limiting the content for selecting product options according to the identified alert condition.

15. A system for presenting alert notifications, comprising:

an alert engine to identify an alert condition for one of a master device, a slave device, and a production device;

a state engine to determine an operational state of the slave device and of the master device;

a notification engine to, for each of the slave device and the master device, cause that device to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition upon a determination by the state engine that the given device is in an idle state.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein, upon the state engine determining that one of the master device and the slave device is in an idle state displaying attraction content and that the other device is in an active state and not displaying attraction content, the notification engine is configured to cause the one of the master and slave devices determined to be in the idle state to display the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the notification engine is configured to cause the display of the notification without disrupting the display of the attraction content by causing a display of a frame around the attraction content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the alert engine is configured to determine a severity of the alert condition and the notification engine is configured to cause the display of the frame around the attraction content, the frame having a visual characteristic corresponding to the identified severity level.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the alert engine is configured to identify an alert condition for one of a master device, a plurality of slave device, and a production device;

the state engine is configured to determine an operational state of the master device and of each of the slave devices;

the notification engine is configured to, for each of the plurality of slave devices and the master device, upon a determination that the given device is in an idle state, causing that device to display a notification corresponding to the identified alert condition.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein, upon identification of an alert condition for a particular one of the master device and the slave device determined to be in an active state displaying content for selecting product options, the notification engine is configured to limit the content for selecting product options according to the identified alert condition.