Notifications with custom user interface

• US 9,967,387 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2017
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Marcos, Paul D., Platzer, Andrew E., Hill, Forest A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Odom, Curtis
• Application Number:
  US15/619,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20180007188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724094 Interfacing with a device worn on the user's body to provide access to telephonic functionalities, e.g. accepting a call, reading or composing a message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• 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 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

Notifications for an accessory device are received at a mobile companion device. The notifications are directed to a notification processing application of the companion device that processes notifications intended for accessory device applications. The notification processing application determines an identifier of the accessory application for which the notification is intended, and provides the identifier to a notification display application at the accessory device, which determines user interface and display properties for the notification. The accessory device requests external (dynamic) user interface and display properties from the companion device, as needed, and upon receipt generates a notification display at the accessory device.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a memory;

at least one network interface; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory and the at least one network interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform;

generating a notification identifier for an accessory application at an accessory device;

identifying an application identifier for the accessory application at the accessory device;

generating a notification intended for the accessory application at the accessory device, wherein the notification includes notification information corresponding to the intended accessory device application; and

sending, to a companion device, the notification intended for the accessory application at the accessory device.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the notification identifier is configured to be used by the accessory application at the accessory device in order to obtain the notification from the companion device and provide the notification to the accessory device.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the notification information comprises the notification identifier and the application identifier that identify the accessory application for which the notification is intended.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a server device.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the notification is sent by the device to the companion device through a network connection.

6. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a computer system of a device to perform operations comprising:

generating a notification identifier for an accessory application at an accessory device;

identifying an application identifier for the accessory application at the accessory device;

generating a notification intended for the accessory application at the accessory device, wherein the notification includes notification information corresponding to the intended accessory device application; and

sending, to a companion device, the notification intended for the accessory application at the accessory device.

7. The computer program product according to claim 6, wherein the notification identifier is configured to be used by the accessory application at the accessory device in order to obtain the notification from the companion device and provide the notification to the accessory device.

8. The computer program product according to claim 6, wherein the notification information comprises the notification identifier and the application identifier that identify the accessory application for which the notification is intended.

9. The computer program product according to claim 6, wherein the device is a server device.

10. The computer program product according to claim 6, wherein the notification is sent by the device to the companion device through a network connection.

11. A method performed by a device, the method comprising:

generating a notification identifier for an accessory application at an accessory device;

identifying an application identifier for the accessory application at the accessory device;

generating a notification intended for the accessory application at the accessory device, wherein the notification includes notification information corresponding to the intended accessory device application; and

sending, to a companion device, the notification intended for the accessory application at the accessory device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification identifier is configured to be used by the accessory application at the accessory device in order to obtain the notification from the companion device and provide the notification to the accessory device.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification information comprises the notification identifier and the application identifier that identify the accessory application for which the notification is intended.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the device is a server device.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification is sent by the device to the companion device through a network connection.