OPPORTUNISTIC TIMING OF DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS

• Main Authors: PATTEN, Michael, PRASAD, Richa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.09.2019
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

202 - NOTIF CATION OPPORTUNITY NOTIFICATION (51) International Patent Classification: H04L 29/08 (2006.01) H04W 4/23 (2018.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/021637 (22) International Filing Date: 09 March 2018 (09.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/460,721 16 March 2017 (16.03.2017) US (71) Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LI- CENSING, LLC [US/US]; One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). (72) Inventors: PRASAD, Richa; MICROSOFT TECHNOL- OGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Red- mond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). PATTEN, Michael; MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). (74) Agent: MINHAS, Sandip S. et al.; MICROSOFT TECH- NOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Red- mond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: OPPORTUNISTIC TIMING OF DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS (57) : Many devices are configured to present notifications to a user in an environment, such as mobile phones that ring or buzz to notify the user of an incoming call, and navigation devices that present verbal instructions to a driver of a vehicle. Many such devices present such audio notifications when information with potential relevance to the user is initially identified, but such techniques may interrupt an activity of the user, such as a conversation. Instead, 304 a device may monitor an activity of the user within an environment to detect a MICROPHONE notification opportunity when notifications may be presented to the user without interrupting the activity (e.g., a break in the conversation, or a gap of idle time between a first scheduled appointment and a second scheduled appointment). The device may present notifications of pertinent information to the user during the notification opportunities rather than interrupting the activity of the user. 302 300 02 E . UDIT12 312 _EDIC3 OUTPUT OUTPUT 14 304 ENVIRONMENT 306 N 114-. SILENCE RING RING RING 14 FIG. 3 O N C 102 z - 106 ACTIVITY (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 20 September 2018 (20.09.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit VIII °nolo VIII imiolionom oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/169763 Al [Continued on next page] WO 2018/169763 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDEFIEDEMIRIMOMEINEVOIS Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(H)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: - with international search report (Art. 21(3))