System and method for customizing notifications in a mobile electronic device
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions for providing;
an address book application for storing contact information of one or more contacts;
a plurality of event generation and handling components associated with different device event types and for generating a notification event upon occurrence of an event handled by the respective event generation and handling component;
a profile management component for managing user profiles defining user preferences of notifications associated with different incoming device event types and managing profile exceptions defining one or more notification exceptions to the user profiles, each of the one or more notification exceptions defining one or more of the contacts from the address book application and at least one attribute from the respective contact for selecting the respective notification exception; and
a user notification component for generating a user notification for a generated notification event from one or more of the plurality of event generation and handling components, the user notification generated in accordance with one of the one or more profile exceptions when an attribute of the generated notification event matches an attribute associated with the respective exception profile.
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Abstract
An electronic device and method for providing customizing notifications is disclosed. Event generation and handling components are associated with different device event types and for generating a notification event upon occurrence of an event handled by the respective event generation and handling component is provided. Profile management component manages user profiles defining user preferences of notifications associated with different incoming device event types and managing profile exceptions defining one or more notification exceptions to the user profiles. A user notification component generates a user notification for a generated notification event from one or more of the plurality of event generation and handling components in accordance with one of the one or more profile exceptions if a condition of the generated notification event matches a condition of the profile exception or matches with an active user profile of the user profiles that is selected for specifying current user preferences for notifications.
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18 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions for providing; an address book application for storing contact information of one or more contacts; a plurality of event generation and handling components associated with different device event types and for generating a notification event upon occurrence of an event handled by the respective event generation and handling component; a profile management component for managing user profiles defining user preferences of notifications associated with different incoming device event types and managing profile exceptions defining one or more notification exceptions to the user profiles, each of the one or more notification exceptions defining one or more of the contacts from the address book application and at least one attribute from the respective contact for selecting the respective notification exception; and a user notification component for generating a user notification for a generated notification event from one or more of the plurality of event generation and handling components, the user notification generated in accordance with one of the one or more profile exceptions when an attribute of the generated notification event matches an attribute associated with the respective exception profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for generating a notification in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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storing in an address book application contact information of one or more contacts; managing user profiles defining user preferences of notifications associated with different incoming device event types and managing profile exceptions defining one or more notification exceptions to the user profiles, each of the one or more notification exceptions defining one or more of the contacts from the address book application and at least one attribute from the respective contact for selecting the respective notification exception; generating a notification event upon occurrence of an incoming event handled by an event generation and handling component associated with one or more different device event types; generating a user notification for the generated notification event in accordance with one of a plurality of profile exceptions, defining notification options and a condition specifying when to use the profile exception, when a condition of the generated notification event matches the condition of the profile exception; and generating the user notification for the generated notification event in accordance with a user profile defining user preferences of notifications associated with different device event types, when an attribute of the generated notification event matches an attribute associated with the respective profile exception. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable memory containing instructions for generating a notification in an electronic device, the instruction which when executed by a processor providing:
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storing in an address book application contact information of one or more contacts; managing user profiles defining user preferences of notifications associated with different incoming device event types and managing profile exceptions defining one or more notification exceptions to the user profiles, each of the one or more notification exceptions defining one or more of the contacts from the address book application and at least one attribute from the respective contact for selecting the respective notification exception; generating a notification event upon occurrence of an incoming event handled by an event generation and handling component associated with one or more different device event types; generating a user notification for the generated notification event in accordance with one of a plurality of profile exceptions, defining notification options and a condition specifying when to use the profile exception, when a condition of the generated notification event matches the condition of the profile exception; and generating the user notification for the generated notification event in accordance with a user profile defining user preferences of notifications associated with different device event types, when an attribute of the generated notification event matches an attribute associated with the respective profile exception.
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