Intelligent alerts in multi-user environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019012902-A1
Application number	US-201715642408-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 6, 2017
Priority date	Jul 6, 2017
Publication date	Jan 10, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques for providing a notification to a user in a home network are provided. An example method according to the disclosure includes receiving an alert for the user, determining a location of the user, determining one or more proximate devices based on the location of the user, determining a location of one or more proximate non-interested users based on the proximate devices, determining an activity of the user, determining a preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the user, the location of one or more proximate non-interested users, and the activity of the user, generating a notification message based at least in part on the preferred notification device, and sending the notification message to the preferred notification device.

First claim

1 . A method of providing a notification to a user in a home network, comprising:
receiving, at a communication device, an alert for the user; determining, by the communication device, a location of the user; determining, by the communication device, one or more proximate devices based on the location of the user; determining, by the communication device, a location of one or more proximate non-interested users based on the proximate devices; determining, by the communication device, an activity of the user; determining, by the communication device, a preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the user, the location of one or more proximate non-interested users, and the activity of the user; generating, by the communication device, a notification message for the user based at least in part on the preferred notification device and the alert; and sending, by the communication device, the notification message to the preferred notification device.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein determining the location of the user is based on one or more presence sensors in the home network.

3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
calculating, by the communication device, a target sound level for the preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the one or more proximate non-interested users; and
generating, by the communication device, the notification message based at least in part on the target sound level.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the target sound level includes a beam steering element and a volume element.

5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the volume element is based at least in part on the user.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining, by the communication device, an activity for each of the one or more proximate non-interested users; and
calculating, by the communication device, a target sound level for each of the proximate devices based at least in part on the activity for each of the one or more proximate non-interested users.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the communication device is a central controller.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the notification message includes one or more information elements configured to cause a device to display the notification message to the user.

9 . An apparatus for providing a notification to a user in a home network, comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive an alert for the user; and at least one processor operably coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
determine a location of the user;
determine one or more proximate devices based on the location of the user;
determine a location of one or more proximate non-interested users based on the proximate devices;
determine an activity of the user;
determine a preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the user, the location of one or more proximate non-interested users, and the activity of the user;
generate a notification message for the user based at least in part on the preferred notification device and the alert; and
send the notification message to the preferred notification device.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the at least one processor is operably coupled to one or more presence sensors in the home network.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
calculate a target sound level for the preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the one or more proximate non-interested users; and
generate the notification message based at least in part on the target sound level.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the target sound level includes a beam steering element and a volume element.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the volume element is based at least in part on the user.

14 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine an activity for each of the one or more proximate non-interested users; and
calculate a target sound level for each of the proximate devices based at least in part on the activity for each of the one or more proximate non-interested users.

15 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the notification message includes one or more information elements configured to cause a device to display the notification message to the user.

16 . An apparatus for providing a notification to a user in a home network, comprising:
means for receiving an alert for the user; means for determining a location of the user; means for determining one or more proximate devices based on the location of the user; means for determining a location of one or more proximate non-interested users based on the proximate devices; means for determining an activity of the user; means for determining a preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the user, the location of one or more proximate non-interested users, and the activity of the user; means for generating a notification message for the user based at least in part on the preferred notification device and the alert; and means for sending the notification message to the preferred notification device.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the means for determining the location of the user includes means for detecting the presence of the user.

18 . The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:
means for calculating a target sound level for the preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the one or more proximate non-interested users; and
means for generating the notification message based at least in part on the target sound level.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the target sound level includes a beam steering element and a volume element.

20 . The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the volume element is based at least in part on the user.

21 . The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:
means for determining an activity for each of the one or more proximate non-interested users; and
means for calculating a target sound level for each of the proximate devices based at least in part on the activity for each of the one or more proximate non-interested users.

22 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the notification message includes one or more information elements configured to cause a device to display the notification message to the user.

23 . A method for providing a notification to a user in a home network, comprising:
receiving, at a communication device, an alert from an electronic device; determining, by the communication device, a location for one or more users in the home network; determining, by the communication device, an activity for the one or more users in the home network; determining, by the communication device, an alert relevancy for the one or more users in the home network based on the electronic device; determining, by the communication device, a notification user and a notification device based at least in part on the location, the activity, and the alert relevancy for the one or more users in the home network; generating, by the communication device, a notification message for the notification user based at least in part on the notification user, the notification device, and the alert; and sending, by the communication device, the notification message to the notification device.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Kumar Akash
• Venkatraman Sai Pradeep

Classifications

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title