Living notifications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11570749-B2
Application number	US-202117322311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2021
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system relating to a notification system for merging a new message into a pending notification.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a computer system perform operations, the operations comprising:
assigning a portion of memory to a notification having at least one field, wherein the portion includes exclusive assignments in the memory for the at least one field, the at least one field comprising a first field that corresponds to a message of a communication;
receiving a new communication from another device, wherein the new communication contains a new message;
determining whether to evaluate the new communication for an indicator based on whether the new communication originates from a predetermined source or the new communication is of a predetermined type;
when the new communication does not originate from the predetermined source or the new communication is not of the predetermined type, processing the new communication without merging the new communication into the notification or overwriting the first field with the new message; and
when the new communication originates from the predetermined source or the new communication is of the predetermined type, determining to evaluate whether the new communication contains the indicator, and, if the new communication contains the indicator, merging the new communication into the notification by overwriting the first field with the new message.

2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1 , wherein
when the new communication is of a first predetermined type associated with communications relating to a general user account information notification, the operations include processing the new communication without merging the new communication into the notification or overwriting the first field with the new message, and
when the new communication is of a second predetermined type associated with communications relating to a bid status notification, the operations include determining to evaluate whether the new communication contains the indicator.

3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 2 , wherein
when the new communication originates from a first entity corresponding to a first predetermined source, the operations include processing the new communication without merging the new communication into the notification or overwriting the first field with the new message, and
when the new communication originates from a second entity corresponding to a second predetermined source, the operations include determining to evaluate whether the new communication contains the indicator.

4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying a source of the new communication based on at least one of a phone number associated with the new communication, a server associated with the new communication, or a company associated with the new communication.

5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing, for presentation on a display space of an electronic device, the notification having the at least one field, and
merging the new communication into the notification comprises overwriting the first field with the new message such that a same portion of the display space which is used to display the message of the communication is subsequently used to display the new message of the new communication which replaces the message of the communication.

6. A wearable computing device, comprising:
a display portion having a display space;
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to perform operations, the operations including:
assigning a portion of the memory to a notification having a plurality of fields, wherein the portion of the memory includes exclusive assignments in the memory for at least one field among the plurality of fields, the at least one field comprising a first field that corresponds to a message of a communication,
receiving a new communication from another device, wherein the new communication contains a new message;
determining whether to evaluate the new communication for an indicator based on whether the new communication originates from a predetermined source or the new communication is of a predetermined type,
when the new communication does not originate from the predetermined source or the new communication is not of the predetermined type, processing the new communication without merging the new communication into the notification or overwriting the first field with the new message, and
when the new communication originates from the predetermined source or the new communication is of the predetermined type, determining to evaluate whether the new communication contains the indicator, and, if the new communication contains the indicator, merging the new communication into the notification by overwriting the first field with the new message such that a same portion of the display space which is used to display the message of the communication is subsequently used to display the new message of the new communication which replaces the message of the communication.

7. The wearable computing device of claim 6 , wherein
merging the new communication into the notification includes not overwriting at least one other field among the plurality of fields in which information of the communication included in the at least one other field does not change with respect to information of the new communication which is to be included in the at least one other field.

8. The wearable computing device of claim 6 , wherein the wearable computing device is a smartwatch.

9. The wearable computing device of claim 6 , wherein
when the new communication is of a first predetermined type associated with communications relating to a general user account information notification, the operations include processing the new communication without merging the new communication into the notification or overwriting the first field with the new message, and
when the new communication is of a second predetermined type associated with communications relating to a bid status notification, the operations include determining to evaluate whether the new communication contains the indicator.

10. The wearable computing device of claim 9 , wherein
when the new communication originates from a first entity corresponding to a first predetermined source, the operations include processing the new communication without merging the new communication into the notification or overwriting the first field with the new message, and
when the new communication originates from a second entity corresponding to a second predetermined source, the operations include determining to evaluate whether the new communication contains the indicator.

11. The wearable computing device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying a source of the new communication based on at least one of a phone number associated with the new communication, a server associated with the new communication, or a company associated with the new communication.

Assignees

• Fitbit Inc

Inventors

• Behrens Heiko
• Levak Henry
• Wong Yoon Kean

Classifications

• H04W68/00 Primary

  User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like · CPC title

• H04L67/55 Primary

  Push-based network services · CPC title