Method of providing notification and electronic device thereof

• US 9,509,828 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung-Hee, Shin, Sung-Hyuk, Park, Ken-Hyung, Lee, Ki-Huk, Cho, Chi-Hyun, Heo, Chang-Ryong
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US14/476,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20150061862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.11, 340/635, 455/567, 455/556.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of providing notification information in an electronic device includes establishing a wireless communication between the electronic device and an external device, detecting an event to be notified in the electronic device, obtaining a status of the electronic device, and determining whether to transmit an notification on the event to an external device, based on the status of the electronic device. An electronic device includes a transceiver configured to establish a wireless communication between the electronic device and an external device, and a processor configured to detect an event to be notified in the electronic device, obtain a status of the electronic device, and determine whether to transmit an notification on the event to an external device, based on the status of the electronic device. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing a communication path between the electronic device and an external device;

detecting an event to generate a notification in the electronic device;

obtaining status information associated with at least one of the electronic device or the external device;

selecting at least one of the electronic device or the external device in accordance with the status information associated with the at least one of the electronic device or the external device;

displaying the notification associated with the event by the electronic device when the electronic device is selected; and

transmitting the notification associated with the event to the external device when the external device is selected.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to transmit the notification to the external device when a screen of the electronic device is not available to display the notification.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is further configured to display the notification when the external device is not available to display the notification.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the event has a higher priority than the status information of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining which one of the electronic device and the external device being positioned within visibility of a user; and

displaying the notification on the determined device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

measuring a distance between the electronic device and the external device; and

transmitting the notification when the distance is less than a threshold distance.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the notification is transmitted to the external device, determining whether the notification on the external device is read; and

storing a reading status of the notification in the electronic device.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to establish a communication path between the electronic device and an external device;

a memory; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, configured to;

detect an event to generate a notification in the electronic device;

obtain status information associated with at least one of the electronic device or the external device;

select at least one of the electronic device or the external device in accordance with the status information associated with the at least one of the electronic device or the external device;

display the notification associated with the event in the electronic device when the electronic device is selected; and

transmit the notification associated with the event to the external device when the external device is selected.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the electronic device is configured to transmit the notification to the external device when a screen of the electronic device is not available to display the notification.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the electronic device is further configured to display the notification when the external device is not available to display the notification.

11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the event has a higher priority than the status information of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine which one of the electronic device and the external device being positioned within visibility of a user; and

display the notification on the determined device.

13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

measure a distance between the electronic device and the external device; and

transmit the notification when the distance is less than a threshold distance.

14. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the notification is transmitted to the external device, determine whether the notification on the external device is read; and

storing reading status of the notification to be stored in the electronic device.

15. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing a communication path between the electronic device and a first external device;

receiving notification information from a second external device;

identifying information of an application that is executed in the electronic device;

determining whether an input for identifying the notification information is detected in the electronic device as a function of time information;

executing, by the electronic device, a function corresponding to the notification information in response to the determination that the input is detected within a predetermined time; and

transmitting the notification information to the first external device in response to the determination that the input is not detected within the predetermined time.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the notification information includes phone call, and

wherein the time information includes a predetermined time period.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the time information is adjusted in accordance with a user input.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to establish a communication between the electronic device and a first external device, to receive notification information from a second external device;

a memory; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, configured to;

identify information of an application that is executed in the electronic device;

determine whether an input for identifying the notification information is detected in the electronic device as a function of time information;

execute, by the electronic device, a function corresponding to the notification information in response to the determination that the input is detected within a predetermined time; and

transmit the notification information to the first external device in response to the determination that the input is not detected within the predetermined time.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the notification information includes phone call, and wherein the time information includes a predetermined time period.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein the time information is adjusted in accordance with a user input.