Reconfiguring an electronic message to effect an enhanced notification

• US 9,560,000 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2011
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Appelman, Barry, Hussain, Muhammad Mohsin
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, John B
• Application Number:
  US13/189,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282955A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,017 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification. An enhancement engine reconfigures the electronic message to the enhanced notification if stored information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification. Reconfiguring the electronic message may include reconfiguring the message to provide special handling, routing or presentation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile device associated with a user, an electronic message associated with an application from among a plurality of applications on the mobile device;

accessing, by at least one processor at the mobile device, preference settings on the mobile device that comprise notification settings for each of the plurality of applications on the mobile device, wherein a notification setting for a given application indicates whether to provide one or more notifications upon receiving a given electronic message associated with the given application;

based on the electronic message being associated with the application, identifying a notification setting for the application;

based at least in part on the identified notification setting, providing a first notification for the electronic message via a first delivery mechanism on the mobile device and a second notification for the electronic message via a second delivery mechanism on the mobile device;

detecting a user interaction with the first notification provided via the first delivery mechanism; and

upon detecting the user interaction with the first notification, removing the second notification provided via the second delivery mechanism.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining presence information associated with the user that indicates at least one of an online presence of the user, a presence of the user on the mobile device, or a physical location of the user; and

selecting the first delivery mechanism from a plurality of possible delivery mechanisms based at least on the determined presence information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first delivery mechanism comprises a pop-up window based on the determined presence of the user on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the user has not viewed the first notification nor the second notification in a predetermined amount of time; and

delivering a third notification via a third delivery mechanism.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first delivery mechanism and second delivery mechanism are determined based at least on historical information associated with previous deliveries of notifications to the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the user with an opportunity to subscribe to receive notifications for electronic messages associated with the application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user preferences further comprise preferences associated with an electronic message of a first type from a plurality of message types associated with the application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the first notification via the first delivery mechanism comprises removing content from the electronic message.

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

receive, at a mobile device associated with a user, an electronic message associated with an application from among a plurality of applications on the mobile device;

access, at the mobile device, preference settings on the mobile device that comprise notification settings for each of the plurality of applications on the mobile device, wherein a notification setting for a given application indicates whether to provide one or more notifications upon receiving a given electronic message associated with the given application;

based on the electronic message being associated with the application, identify a notification setting for the application;

based at least in part on the identified notification setting, provide a first notification for the electronic message via a first delivery mechanism on the mobile device and a second notification for the electronic message via a second delivery mechanism on the mobile device;

detect a user interaction with the first notification provided via the first delivery mechanism; and

upon detecting the user interaction with the first notification, remove the second notification provided via the second delivery mechanism.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

determine presence information associated with the user that indicates at least one of an online presence of the user, a presence of the user on the mobile device, or a physical location of the user; and

select the first delivery mechanism from a plurality of possible delivery mechanisms based at least on the determined presence information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first delivery mechanism comprises a pop-up window based on the determined presence of the user on the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

determine the user has not viewed the first notification nor the second notification in a predetermined amount of time; and

provide a third notification via a third delivery mechanism.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the first delivery mechanism and second delivery mechanism are determined based at least on historical information associated with previous deliveries of notifications to the user.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to provide the user with an opportunity to subscribe to receive notifications for electronic messages associated with the application.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the user preferences further comprise preferences associated with an electronic message of a first type from a plurality of message types associated with the application.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein providing the first notification via the first delivery mechanism comprises removing content from the electronic message.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to:

receive, at a mobile device associated with a user, an electronic message associated with an application from among a plurality of applications on the mobile device;

access, at the mobile device, preference settings on the mobile device that comprise notification settings for each of the plurality of applications on the mobile device, wherein a notification setting for a given application indicates whether to provide one or more notifications upon receiving a given electronic message associated with the given application;

based on the electronic message being associated with the application, identifying a notification setting for the application;

based at least in part on the identified notification setting, provide a first notification for the electronic message via a first delivery mechanism on the mobile device and a second notification for the electronic message via a second delivery mechanism on the mobile device;

detect a user interaction with the first notification provided via the first delivery mechanism; and

upon detecting the user interaction with the first notification, remove the second notification provided via the second delivery mechanism.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to:

determine presence information associated with the user that indicates at least one of an online presence of the user, a presence of the user on the mobile device, or a physical location of the user; and

selecting the first delivery mechanism from a plurality of possible delivery mechanisms based at least on the determined presence information.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first delivery mechanism comprises a pop-up window based on the determined presence of the user on the mobile device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to:

determine the user has not viewed the first notification nor the second notification in a predetermined amount of time; and

provide a third notification via a third delivery mechanism.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first delivery mechanism and the second delivery mechanism are determined based at least on historical information associated with previous deliveries of notifications to the user.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to provide the user with an opportunity to subscribe to receive notifications for electronic messages associated with the application.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user preferences further comprise preferences associated with an electronic message of a first type from a plurality of message types associated with the application.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein providing the first notification via the first delivery mechanism comprises removing content from the electronic message.