Method and apparatus for providing notification

• US 9,629,120 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryu, Jong-hyun, Chae, Han-joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolourchi, Nader
• Application Number:
  US14/849,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• Field of Search: 455458
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• 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: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that are executable to perform a method of providing a notification from an electronic device to a wearable device capable of communicating with the electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining information indicating that the wearable device is being used;

determining that the wearable device is being used based on the information indicating that the wearable device is being used;

providing the notification to the wearable device based on determining that the wearable device is being used;

providing the notification via the electronic device; and

canceling the providing of the notification via the electronic device based on the wearable device indicating that the notification is accessed by a user using the wearable device.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises based on the wearable device not being used, suspending the providing of the notification until the wearable device is being used.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that the notification is permitted to be provided to the wearable device that is in use while a function is performed by the wearable device that is in use; and

providing the notification to the wearable device based on a result of the determining.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises obtaining information regarding a remaining charge capacity of a battery of the wearable device,

wherein the providing of the notification comprises providing the notification to the wearable device based on the remaining charge capacity of the battery of the wearable device.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sensing a state of the electronic device;

obtaining information regarding a state of the wearable device; and

determining a form of the providing of the notification, based on at least one selected from the state of the electronic device and the state of the wearable device.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises transforming a notification request protocol, which is to be transmitted to the wearable device, based on at least one selected from an operating system and a protocol of the wearable device.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

providing the notification to a second wearable device; and

requesting the second wearable device to cancel the notification based on the wearable device indicating that the notification is accessed by the user using the wearable device.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining that the wearable device is being used based on a display of the wearable device being turned on.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that are executable to perform a method of providing a notification at a wearable device, the method comprising:

communicating with an electronic device;

obtaining information indicating that the wearable device is being used;

providing a notification via the wearable device based on the information indicating that the wearable device is being used; and

based on the notification being accessed by a user using the wearable device, informing the electronic device that the notification being accessed by a user using the wearable device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that the notification is permitted to be provided to the wearable device; and

providing the notification to the wearable device based on a result of the determining.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises based on the wearable device not being used, suspending the providing of the notification at the wearable device until the wearable device is being used.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises obtaining information regarding a remaining charge capacity of a battery of the wearable device,

wherein the providing of the notification comprises providing the notification to the wearable device based on the remaining charge capacity of the battery of the wearable device.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

sensing a state of the wearable device; and

determining a form of the providing of the notification, based on the state of the wearable device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the information indicating that the wearable device is being used comprises information indicating that a display of the wearable device is turned on.