Method of providing activity notification and device thereof

• US 10,748,409 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2019
• Issued: 08/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chae, Han-joo, Nah, Hyun-soo, Ryu, Jong-hyun, Cha, Sang-ok, Choi, Seung-eok, Choi, Won-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US16/412,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20190279489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 462 Days
• Field of Search: 34053911
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1023 Media gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

A method of providing an activity notification is provided. The method includes registering, by the device, information about the activity notification according to a request for registering the activity notification, and transmitting, by the device, the registered information about the activity notification to a management device, wherein the management device performs a process of providing the activity notification.

Claims

1. An electronic device for providing notifications, comprising:

a memory storing instructions for providing the notifications; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to at least;

execute an application by the electronic device;

receive, by the processor, a request for registering of a notification related to a function included in the application while the application is executing;

in response to receiving the request, control the electronic device to display a user interface to set a condition for triggering the notification related to the function;

receive, by the processor, notification triggering condition information based on the user interface;

store, in the memory, notification information including the notification triggering condition information, function-related information related to the function, and execution information for the application;

check, by the processor, a condition for triggering a notification based on the notification triggering condition information;

control the electronic device to trigger the notification based on a result of checking the condition for triggering the notification; and

control the electronic device to output the notification,

wherein the notification allows for input for executing the application based on the function-related information and the execution information.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the notification triggering condition information is determined based on the function.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the function is determined according to at least one of an operation of the application executed by the electronic device or a user input received while the application is executing.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the request for registering of the notification related to the function and the notification triggering condition information are received based on audio information.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to control to transmit, from the electronic device to an external device, the notification information so that the external device manages the notification information.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the notification-triggering condition comprises at least one of location-related information or time-related information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the notification-triggering condition further comprises at least one of a state of the electronic device, a surrounding environment of the electronic device, or health information of a user of the electronic device.

8. A method for providing notifications using an electronic device, the method comprising:

executing an application by the electronic device;

receiving, by the electronic device, a request for registering of a notification related to a function included in the application while the application is executing;

in response to receiving the request, displaying a user interface to set a condition for triggering the notification related to the function;

receiving, by the electronic device, notification triggering condition information based on the user interface;

storing, in the electronic device, notification information including the notification triggering condition information, function-related information related to the function, and execution information for the application;

checking, by the electronic device, a condition for triggering a notification based on the notification triggering condition information;

triggering, by the electronic device, the notification based on a result of checking the condition for triggering the notification; and

outputting the notification,

wherein the notification provides for input for executing the application based on the function-related information and the execution information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the notification triggering condition information is determined based on the function.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the function is determined according to at least one of an operation of the application executed by the electronic device or a user input received while the application is executing.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the request for registering of the notification related to the function and the notification triggering condition information are received based on audio information.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, from the electronic device to an external device, the notification information so that the external device manages the notification information.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the notification-triggering condition comprises at least one of location-related information or time-related information.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the notification-triggering condition further comprises at least one of a state of the electronic device, a surrounding environment of the electronic device, or health information of a user of the electronic device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for providing notifications, the instructions, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causing the electronic device to at least:

execute an application by the electronic device;

receive, by the processor, a request for registering of a notification related to a function included in the application while the application is executing;

in response to receiving the request, control the electronic device to display a user interface to set a condition for triggering the notification related to the function;

receive, by the processor, notification triggering condition information based on the user interface;

store, in a memory, notification information including the notification triggering condition information, function-related information related to the function, and execution information for the application;

check, by the processor, a condition for triggering a notification based on the notification triggering condition information;

control the electronic device to trigger the notification based on a result of checking the condition for triggering the notification; and

control the electronic device to output the notification,

wherein the notification provides for input for executing the application based on the function-related information and the execution information.

16. An electronic device comprising a processor operatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15.