Method and apparatus for do not disturb message delivery

• US 9,380,158 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2014
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hayes, David, Pham, Thanh Due, Cardoso, Jesus, Marcath, Jason G., Acevski, Darko, Lovett, Karin, Hsieh, Hsiao-An, Dalrymple, Beth Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US14/519,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20150035668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 340/455, 340/309.7, 340/457, 340/426.15, 340/438, 701/22, 320/132
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes detecting a vehicle state for which a user is to be notified. The method also includes sending a notification for a user regarding the vehicle state. The method further includes receiving a response that a do not disturb mode is enabled for the user. The method additionally includes queuing the notification for later delivery. The method also includes re-sending the notification for the user at a later point in time than when an original notification was sent.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor configured to;

present a plurality of charge-related events for which notification is provided;

receive input defining notification delivery criteria for the events, including a notification delivery strategy during a do-not-disturb period, wherein at least one event has always-deliver criteria associated therewith, ignoring do-not-disturb;

determine occurrence of one or more of the events during vehicle charging; and

deliver the notification for the determined event in accordance with the received delivery criteria.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the delivery criteria includes an always-deliver criteria.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the delivery criteria includes a queue-for-delivery criteria.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the queue-for-delivery criteria includes a queued-message delivery condition for delivering queued messages.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the delivery criteria includes a charge-state dependent delivery criteria.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the delivery criteria includes a preferred notification delivery method, and wherein the processor is configured to deliver the notification utilizing the preferred method.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting a plurality of charge-related events for which notification is provided;

receiving input defining notification delivery criteria for the events, including a notification delivery strategy during a do-not-disturb period, wherein at least one event has always-deliver criteria associated therewith, ignoring do-not-disturb;

determining occurrence of one or more of the events during vehicle charging; and

delivering the notification for the determined event in accordance with the received delivery criteria.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the delivery criteria includes an always-deliver criteria.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the delivery criteria includes a queue-for-delivery criteria.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the queue-for-delivery criteria includes a queued-message delivery condition for delivering queued messages.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the delivery criteria includes a charge-state dependent delivery criteria.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the delivery criteria includes a preferred notification delivery method, and wherein the method includes delivering the notification utilizing the preferred method.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

presenting a plurality of charge-related events for which notification is provided;

receiving input defining notification delivery criteria for the events, including a notification delivery strategy during a do-not-disturb period, wherein at least one event has always-deliver criteria associated therewith, ignoring do-not-disturb;

determining occurrence of one or more of the events during vehicle charging; and

delivering the notification for the determined event in accordance with the received delivery criteria.

14. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the delivery criteria includes an always-deliver criteria.

15. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the delivery criteria includes a queue-for-delivery criteria.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the queue-for-delivery criteria includes a queued-message delivery condition for delivering queued messages.

17. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the delivery criteria includes a charge-state dependent delivery criteria.

18. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the delivery criteria includes a preferred notification delivery method, and wherein the method includes delivering the notification utilizing the preferred method.