Method and apparatus for preclusion of causation of rendering of a notification at a notification time

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9955000-B2
Application number	US-201415110574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2014
Priority date	Jan 17, 2014
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A method comprising determining that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period associated with an apparatus possession alarm, the apparatus possession alarm being associated with an apparatus, and the pre-notification possession time period being a duration of time prior to a notification time associated with the apparatus possession alarm, receiving motion information indicative of movement of the apparatus, and precluding causation of rendering of a notification at the notification time based, at least in part, on the receipt of the motion information is disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
determination that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period associated with an apparatus possession alarm, the apparatus possession alarm being associated with an apparatus, and the pre-notification possession time period being a duration of time prior to a notification time associated with the apparatus possession alarm;
initiation of motion information monitoring based, at least in part, on the determination that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period;
receipt of motion information indicative of movement of the apparatus; and
preclusion of causation of rendering of a notification at the notification time based, at least in part, on the receipt of the motion information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform determination that a user has possession of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the receipt of the motion information, wherein the preclusion of causation of rendering of the notification at the notification time is based, at least in part, on the determination that the user has possession of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
determination that another current time is within another pre-notification possession time period associated with another apparatus possession alarm, the other apparatus possession alarm being associated with the apparatus, and the other pre-notification possession time period being a duration of time prior to another notification time associated with the other apparatus possession alarm;
determination that the other pre-notification possession time period has elapsed absent receipt of another motion information indicative of another movement of the apparatus; and
causation of rendering of another notification at the other notification time based, at least in part, on the determination that the other pre-notification possession time period has elapsed absent receipt of the other motion information.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
receipt of information indicative of a notification termination input subsequent to causation of rendering of the other notification; and
causation of termination of rendering of the other notification based, at least in part, on the notification termination input.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
receipt of different motion information indicative of a different movement of the apparatus subsequent to causation of rendering of the other notification; and
causation of termination of rendering of the other notification based, at least in part, on the receipt of the different motion information.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform determination that a user has possession of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the receipt of the different motion information, wherein the causation of termination of rendering of the other notification is based, at least in part, on the determination that the user has possession of the apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform termination of motion information monitoring based, at least in part, on the receipt of the motion information.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motion information is received by way of at least one motion sensor comprised by the apparatus.

9. A method comprising:
determining that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period associated with an apparatus possession alarm, the apparatus possession alarm being associated with an apparatus, and the pre-notification possession time period being a duration of time prior to a notification time associated with the apparatus possession alarm;
initiating motion information monitoring based, at least in part, on determining that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period;
receiving motion information indicative of movement of the apparatus; and
precluding causation of rendering of a notification at the notification time based, at least in part, on receiving the motion information.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining that a user has possession of the apparatus based, at least in part, on receiving the motion information, wherein precluding causation of rendering of the notification at the notification time is based, at least in part, on determining that the user has possession of the apparatus.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining that another current time is within another pre-notification possession time period associated with another apparatus possession alarm, the other apparatus possession alarm being associated with the apparatus, and the other pre-notification possession time period being a duration of time prior to another notification time associated with the other apparatus possession alarm;
determining that the other pre-notification possession time period has elapsed absent receipt of another motion information indicative of another movement of the apparatus; and
causing rendering of another notification at the other notification time based, at least in part, on determining that the other pre-notification possession time period has elapsed absent receipt of the other motion information.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving information indicative of a notification termination input subsequent to causing rendering of the other notification; and
causing termination of rendering of the other notification based, at least in part, on the notification termination input.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving different motion information indicative of a different movement of the apparatus subsequent to causing rendering of the other notification; and
causing termination of rendering of the other notification based, at least in part, on receiving the different motion information.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising terminating motion information monitoring based, at least in part, on receiving the motion information.

15. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:
determination that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period associated with an apparatus possession alarm, the apparatus possession alarm being associated with an apparatus, and the pre-notification possession time period being a duration of time prior to a notification time associated with the apparatus possession alarm;
initiation of motion information monitoring based, at least in part, on the determination that a current time is within a pre-notification possession time period;
receipt of motion information indicative of movement of the apparatus; and
preclusion of causation o

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Xue Chaomin
• Jiang Zhenghao
• Chen Le
• Bai Shiwei

Classifications

• H04M1/72566 Primary

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• G06Q10/109 Primary

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