Method and apparatus for do not disturb message delivery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9380158-B2
Application number	US-201414519314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	Oct 5, 2011
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes detecting a vehicle state for which a user is to be notified. The method also includes sending a notification for a user regarding the vehicle state. The method further includes receiving a response that a do not disturb mode is enabled for the user. The method additionally includes queuing the notification for later delivery. The method also includes re-sending the notification for the user at a later point in time than when an original notification was sent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
present a plurality of charge-related events for which notification is provided;
receive input defining notification delivery criteria for the events, including a notification delivery strategy during a do-not-disturb period, wherein at least one event has always-deliver criteria associated therewith, ignoring do-not-disturb;
determine occurrence of one or more of the events during vehicle charging; and
deliver the notification for the determined event in accordance with the received delivery criteria.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery criteria includes an always-deliver criteria.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a queue-for-delivery criteria.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the queue-for-delivery criteria includes a queued-message delivery condition for delivering queued messages.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a charge-state dependent delivery criteria.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a preferred notification delivery method, and wherein the processor is configured to deliver the notification utilizing the preferred method.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:
presenting a plurality of charge-related events for which notification is provided;
receiving input defining notification delivery criteria for the events, including a notification delivery strategy during a do-not-disturb period, wherein at least one event has always-deliver criteria associated therewith, ignoring do-not-disturb;
determining occurrence of one or more of the events during vehicle charging; and
delivering the notification for the determined event in accordance with the received delivery criteria.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the delivery criteria includes an always-deliver criteria.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a queue-for-delivery criteria.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the queue-for-delivery criteria includes a queued-message delivery condition for delivering queued messages.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a charge-state dependent delivery criteria.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a preferred notification delivery method, and wherein the method includes delivering the notification utilizing the preferred method.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
presenting a plurality of charge-related events for which notification is provided;
receiving input defining notification delivery criteria for the events, including a notification delivery strategy during a do-not-disturb period, wherein at least one event has always-deliver criteria associated therewith, ignoring do-not-disturb;
determining occurrence of one or more of the events during vehicle charging; and
delivering the notification for the determined event in accordance with the received delivery criteria.

14. The storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the delivery criteria includes an always-deliver criteria.

15. The storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a queue-for-delivery criteria.

16. The storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the queue-for-delivery criteria includes a queued-message delivery condition for delivering queued messages.

17. The storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a charge-state dependent delivery criteria.

18. The storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the delivery criteria includes a preferred notification delivery method, and wherein the method includes delivering the notification utilizing the preferred method.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Hayes David
• Pham Thanh Due
• Cardoso Jesus
• Marcath Jason G
• Acevski Darko
• Lovett Karin
• Hsieh Hsiao-An
• Dalrymple Beth Ann

Classifications

• H04L12/5895

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W4/046

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/1895

  for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates · CPC title

• H04M3/42365 Primary

  Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity · CPC title