Urgency notification delivery channel
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1. A method comprising:
- by a computing device, receiving an indication of a communication from a first user to a second user; and
by the computing device, calculating an explicit urgency score of the communication and a local urgency score of the communication, wherein the explicit urgency score is based at least in part on an explicit indication of urgency provided by the first user, wherein the local urgency score is based at least in part on social-networking information associated with the first or second user and information locally stored on the computing device, and wherein the social-networking information and the information locally stored on the computing device each comprise interactions between the first and second users;
by the computing device, calculating a composite urgency score based at least in part on the explicit urgency score and the local urgency score;
by the computing device, determining an urgency of the communication based at least in part on the composite urgency score; and
by the computing device, providing an indication of the urgency as determined for presentation to the second user.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a first computing device communicating with a second computing device through a communications channel transmits an out-of-band message indicative of the urgency of the communication through a notification channel. In particular embodiments, a server acts as a proxy for relaying the out-of-band message from the first device to the second device. The second device calculates an implicit urgency score based on the communication characteristics, and combines the implicit score with the explicit urgency indicator to determine whether a call is urgent. In particular embodiments, communication handling may be affected by the determination of urgency.
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1. A method comprising:
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by a computing device, receiving an indication of a communication from a first user to a second user; and by the computing device, calculating an explicit urgency score of the communication and a local urgency score of the communication, wherein the explicit urgency score is based at least in part on an explicit indication of urgency provided by the first user, wherein the local urgency score is based at least in part on social-networking information associated with the first or second user and information locally stored on the computing device, and wherein the social-networking information and the information locally stored on the computing device each comprise interactions between the first and second users; by the computing device, calculating a composite urgency score based at least in part on the explicit urgency score and the local urgency score; by the computing device, determining an urgency of the communication based at least in part on the composite urgency score; and by the computing device, providing an indication of the urgency as determined for presentation to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising software that is operable, when executed, to:
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receive an indication of a communication from a first user to a second user; and calculating an explicit urgency score of the communication and a local urgency score of the communication, wherein the explicit urgency score is based at least in part on an explicit indication of urgency provided by the first user, wherein the local urgency score is based at least in part on social-networking information associated with the first or second user and information locally stored on a computing device comprising the media, and wherein the social-networking information and the information locally stored on the computing device each comprise interactions between the first and second users; calculating a composite urgency score based at least in part on the explicit urgency score and the local urgency score; determining an urgency of the communication based at least in part on the composite urgency score; and provide an indication of the urgency as determined for presentation to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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