Intelligent notification redirection

• US 9,913,246 B1
• Filed: 02/10/2017
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Carey, James E., Chen, Jim C., Jonas, Charlie M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US15/430,333
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• Field of Search: 455417
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/29 using a combination of thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, by a mobile device, an indication to output a notification, determining an orientation of the mobile device, determining a location of a wearable device relative to the mobile device, and selecting, based on the determined orientation of the mobile device and the location of the wearable device relative to the mobile device, at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device to output the notification.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, an indication to output a notification;

determining an orientation of the mobile device;

determining a location of a wearable device relative to the mobile device;

determining that a notification class of the notification requires a proximity criterion to be satisfied;

determining that a relative positioning of the first user and the mobile device satisfy the proximity criterion by;

applying a facial recognition algorithm to image data provided by a camera of the mobile device; and

determining, based on the facial recognition algorithm, that the first user is present in the image data; and

selecting, based on the determined orientation of the mobile device and the location of the wearable device relative to the mobile device, at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device to output the notification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the orientation of the mobile device is determined based on a determined angle of orientation of the mobile device, wherein the angle of orientation of the mobile device is determined based on data provided by an accelerometer of the mobile device, wherein the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device are selected based on a first rule of a plurality of rules for outputting notifications, the method further comprising:

outputting the notification on the selected at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the orientation of the mobile device comprises an orientation with a display of the mobile device facing down; and

determining that the first rule of the plurality of rules requires the notification to be outputted on the wearable device,

wherein selecting the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device comprises selecting the wearable device based on the orientation of the mobile device, the location of the wearable device, and the first rule.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the orientation of the mobile device comprises an orientation with a display of the mobile device facing up; and

determining that the first rule of the plurality of rules requires the notification to be outputted on the mobile device,

wherein selecting the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device comprises selecting the mobile device based on the orientation of the mobile device, the user identified in proximity of the mobile device, and the first rule.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the wearable device is located at a distance from the mobile device that exceeds a distance threshold,

wherein the mobile device is selected to output the notification based on the distance exceeding the threshold and the identified first user in proximity of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a light level of image data provided by the camera of the mobile device exceeds a light threshold; and

determining that the mobile device is not concealed,

wherein the mobile device is selected to output the notification further based on the determination that the mobile device is not concealed.

7. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to perform an operation comprising;

receiving, by a mobile device, an indication to output a notification;

determining an orientation of the mobile device;

determining a location of a wearable device relative to the mobile device;

determining that a notification class of the notification requires a proximity criterion to be satisfied;

determining that a relative positioning of the first user and the mobile device satisfy the proximity criterion by;

applying a facial recognition algorithm to image data provided by a camera of the mobile device; and

determining, based on the facial recognition algorithm, that the first user is present in the image data; and

selecting, based on the determined orientation of the mobile device and the location of the wearable device relative to the mobile device, at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device to output the notification.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the orientation of the mobile device is determined based on a determined angle of orientation of the mobile device, wherein the angle of orientation of the mobile device is determined based on data provided by an accelerometer of the mobile device, wherein the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device are selected based on a first rule of a plurality of rules for outputting notifications, the operation further comprising:

outputting the notification on the selected at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, the operation further comprising:

determining that the orientation of the mobile device comprises an orientation with a display of the mobile device facing down; and

determining that the first rule of the plurality of rules requires the notification to be outputted on the wearable device,

wherein selecting the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device comprises selecting the wearable device based on the orientation of the mobile device, the location of the wearable device, and the first rule.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, the operation further comprising:

determining that the orientation of the mobile device comprises an orientation with a display of the mobile device facing up; and

determining that the first rule of the plurality of rules requires the notification to be outputted on the mobile device,

wherein selecting the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device comprises selecting the mobile device based on the orientation of the mobile device, the user identified in proximity of the mobile device, and the first rule.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, the operation further comprising:

determining that the wearable device is located at a distance from the mobile device that exceeds a distance threshold,

wherein the mobile device is selected to output the notification based on the distance exceeding the threshold and the identified first user in proximity of the mobile device.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, the operation further comprising:

determining that a light level of image data provided by the camera of the mobile device exceeds a light threshold; and

determining that the mobile device is not concealed,

wherein the mobile device is selected to output the notification further based on the determination that the mobile device is not concealed.

13. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, performs an operation comprising;

receiving, by a mobile device, an indication to output a notification;

determining an orientation of the mobile device;

determining a location of a wearable device relative to the mobile device;

determining that a notification class of the notification requires a proximity criterion to be satisfied;

determining that a relative positioning of the first user and the mobile device satisfy the proximity criterion by;

applying a facial recognition algorithm to image data provided by a camera of the mobile device; and

determining, based on the facial recognition algorithm, that the first user is present in the image data; and

selecting, based on the determined orientation of the mobile device and the location of the wearable device relative to the mobile device, at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device to output the notification.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the orientation of the mobile device is determined based on a determined angle of orientation of the mobile device, wherein the angle of orientation of the mobile device is determined based on data provided by an accelerometer of the mobile device, wherein the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device are selected based on a first rule of a plurality of rules for outputting notifications, the operation further comprising:

outputting the notification on the selected at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, the operation further comprising:

determining that the orientation of the mobile device comprises an orientation with a display of the mobile device facing down; and

determining that the first rule of the plurality of rules requires the notification to be outputted on the wearable device,

wherein selecting the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device comprises selecting the wearable device based on the orientation of the mobile device, the location of the wearable device, and the first rule.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, the operation further comprising:

determining that the orientation of the mobile device comprises an orientation with a display of the mobile device facing up; and

determining that the first rule of the plurality of rules requires the notification to be outputted on the mobile device,

wherein selecting the at least one of the mobile device and the wearable device comprises selecting the mobile device based on the orientation of the mobile device, the user identified in proximity of the mobile device, and the first rule.

17. The mobile device of claim 13, the operation further comprising:

determining that the wearable device is located at a distance from the mobile device that exceeds a distance threshold,

wherein the mobile device is selected to output the notification based on the distance exceeding the threshold and the identified first user in proximity of the mobile device.