Modulation of Visual Notification Parameters Based on Message Activity and Notification Value

• US 20130054706A1
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Graham, Mary, Sittig, Aaron, Tseng, Erick
• Application Number:
  US13/220,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054706A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A communications device that modulates one or more operating parameters of a visual message indicator to reflect one or more aspects of messaging activity directed or relating to a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising

accessing a message transmitted by a remote host;

identifying an affinity value associated with the message, wherein the affinity value corresponds to a computed social affinity between one or more attributes of the message and a user; and

modulating one or more operating parameters of a message indicator of a communications device based at least in part on the affinity value.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more operating parameters comprise at least one of intensity, period and duty cycle.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more operating parameters comprise color.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising modulating the color of the message indicator based on a type of the message.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the affinity value for the message is received from the remote host.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding the message to a buffer of messages;

and adjusting a cumulative notification value based on the affinity value of the message, wherein the cumulative notification value is operative to control at least one of the one or more operating parameters of the message indicator.

7. A method comprising

accessing a buffer of messages received from one or more respective remote hosts;

determining a cumulative notification value associated with the messages in the buffer; and

modulating one or more operating parameters of a message indicator based on the cumulative notification value.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the one or more operating parameters comprise at least one of intensity, period and duty cycle.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the one or more operating parameters comprise color.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising modulating the color of the message indicator based on a type of at least one of the messages in the buffer.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the cumulative notification value is based on the number of messages in the buffer and respective affinity values associated with the messages.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the affinity values are received from a remote host.

13. The method of claim 7 further comprising

expiring older messages from the buffer.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

one or more network interfaces;

one or more processors;

computer program code stored in a computer readable medium, the computer program code comprising instructions operative to cause the one or more processors to;

access a buffer of messages received from one or more respective remote hosts;

determine a cumulative notification value associated with the messages in the buffer; and

modulate one or more operating parameters of a message indicator based on the cumulative notification value.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the one or more operating parameters comprise at least one of intensity, period and duty cycle.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the one or more operating parameters comprise color.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the computer program code further comprises instructions operative to cause the one or more processors to:

modulate the color of the message indicator based on a type of at least one of the messages in the buffer.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the cumulative notification value is based on the number of messages in the buffer and respective affinity values associated with the messages.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the affinity values are received from a remote host.

20. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the computer program code further comprises instructions operative to cause the one or more processors to:

expire older messages from the buffer.