Interrupt blocker

• US 9,304,956 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sedayao, Jeffrey C., Hassan, Vishwa, Devetter, Douglas P., Stone, David W., Yoshi, Terry H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Myers, Paul R
• Application Number:
  US14/043,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 379/210.02, 455/417
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/24 using interrupt G06F13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54

Abstract

A method comprises maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user, receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command, in response to the first command, forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices. Other embodiments may be described.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

logic to;

associate a plurality of communication devices with a user;

determine the user has a do not disturb status at a first time; and

forward a silent mode command to at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices associated with the user, wherein the silent mode command causes the at least one communication device to block incoming alerts generated by one or more applications executing on the at least one communication device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising logic to:

determine the user does not have the do not disturb status at a second time; and

allow incoming communications from one or more of the plurality of communication devices at the second time in response to the lack of the do not disturb status.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the silent mode command causes the at least one communication device to block an output of a speaker on the at least one communication device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the incoming communications comprises one or more of an email, a text message, and a phone call.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the do not disturb status determination comprises referencing calendar data associated with the user.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the do not disturb status determination comprises receiving a do not disturb status from the user.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable medium to store instructions, the instructions, when read by a machine, to cause the machine to:

associate a plurality of communication devices with a user;

determine the user has a do not disturb status at a first time; and

forward a silent mode command to at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices associated with the user, wherein the silent mode command causes the at least one communication device to block incoming alerts generated by one or more applications executing on the at least one communication device.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the non-transitory machine readable medium comprises instructions to further cause the machine to:

determine the user does not have the do not disturb status at a second time;

and

allow incoming communications from one or more of the plurality of communication devices at the second time in response to the lack of the do not disturb status.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the silent mode command causes the at least one communication device to block an output of a speaker on the at least one communication device.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the incoming communications comprises one or more of an email, a text message, and a phone call.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the do not disturb status determination comprises referencing calendar data associated with the user.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the do not disturb status determination comprises receiving a do not disturb status from the user.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

logic to;

associate a plurality of communication devices with a user;

determine the user has a do not disturb status at a first time; and

forward a silent mode command to at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices associated with the user, wherein the silent mode command causes the at least one communication device to block incoming alerts generated by one or more applications executing on the at least one communication device.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, comprising logic to:

determine the user does not have the do not disturb status at a second time; and

allow incoming communications from one or more of the plurality of communication devices at the second time in response to the lack of the do not disturb status.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the silent mode command causes the at least one communication device to block an output of a speaker on the at least one communication device.

16. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the incoming communications comprises one or more of an email, a text message, and a phone call.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the do not disturb status determination comprises referencing calendar data associated with the user.

18. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the do not disturb status determination comprises receiving a do not disturb status from the user.