MANAGING MOBILE NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED VIA A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20190058771A1
• Filed: 08/16/2017
• Published: 02/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Yalamanchili, Kalyan C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,834,217 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

Mobile devices often receive mobile notifications via a wireless communication network. The mobile notifications may relate to apps operating on the mobile devices. Techniques described herein allow users to manage such mobile notifications by defining, at a mobile device, preferences for managing mobile notifications related to apps operating on the mobile device. The mobile device receives, via a wireless communication network, the mobile notifications. Based at least in part on the preferences, the mobile notifications received at the mobile device are managed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining, at a mobile device, preferences for managing mobile notifications related to applications operating on the mobile device;

receiving, at the mobile device via a wireless communication network, mobile notifications; and

based at least in part on the preferences, managing the mobile notifications received at the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the mobile notifications comprises:

based at least in part on a particular application to which mobile notifications relate, categorizing the mobile notifications into separate groups with respect to the particular application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile device from a user of the mobile device, a request to clear all mobile notifications;

prior to clearing all mobile notifications, providing, by the mobile device, an alert to the user regarding clearing of all mobile notifications; and

in response to the alert, receiving, by the mobile device from the user, a verification to clear all mobile notifications.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile device from the user, a request to recover one or more mobile notifications that have been cleared.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the mobile notifications comprises:

automatically sharing mobile notifications with one or more predefined recipients.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

classifying, by a user of the mobile device, one or more mobile notifications as favorites.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to clearing one or more mobile notifications that have been classified as favorites, recovering one or more of the one or more mobile notifications that have been cleared.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein defining the preferences for managing mobile notifications comprises:

limiting an ability to recover one or more of the one or more mobile notifications that have been cleared to a predetermined amount of time.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the mobile notifications comprises:

automatically clearing one or more mobile notifications from different applications, wherein automatically clearing the mobile notifications is based upon the mobile notifications from different applications comprising similar content.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

keeping a most recently received mobile notification from the mobile notifications from different applications that comprise similar content.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

keeping a mobile notification from the mobile notifications from different applications that comprise similar content based upon a length of the mobile notification.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the mobile notifications comprises:

automatically organizing mobile notifications into folders based upon applications to which the mobile notifications relate; and

for each folder that includes mobile notifications, displaying an indicator comprising a number of mobile notifications within a corresponding folder.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the mobile notifications comprises:

displaying only a predetermined number of mobile notifications per application based upon an order of receipt.

14. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

programming instructions that, when executed by the processor, program the mobile device to perform operations including;

receive preferences from a user of the mobile device for managing mobile notifications related to applications operating on the mobile device;

receive, via a wireless communication network, mobile notifications; and

based at least in part on the preferences, manage the mobile notifications received at the mobile device.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

receive, from the user of the mobile device, a request to clear all mobile notifications;

prior to clearing all mobile notifications, provide an alert to the user regarding clearing of all mobile notifications; and

in response to the alert, receive, from the user, a verification to clear all mobile notifications.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receive, from the user, a request to recover one or more mobile notifications that have been cleared.

17. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein manage the mobile notifications comprises:

automatically clear one or more mobile notifications from different applications, wherein automatically clearing the mobile notifications is based upon the mobile notifications from different applications comprising similar content.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

keep a most recently received mobile notification from the mobile notifications from different applications that comprise similar content.

19. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

keep a mobile notification from the mobile notifications from different applications that comprise similar content based upon a length of the mobile notification.

20. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein manage the mobile notifications comprises:

automatically organize mobile notifications into folders based upon applications to which the mobile notifications relate; and

for each folder that includes mobile notifications, display an indicator comprising a number of mobile notifications within a corresponding folder.

21. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein manage the mobile notifications comprises:

display only a predetermined number of mobile notifications per application based upon an order of receipt.