Changing sound alerts during a messaging session
View Patent ↗Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.
1. a method comprising:
receiving a first electronic message from a first source;
providing, on a client device, a first alert at a first volume to indicate receipt of the first electronic message,
receiving a second electronic message from the first source; and
determining, using at least one processor, that the second electronic message is a subsequent message, wherein the second message is different from the first message,
based on the determination that the second message is a subsequent message, providing, on the client device, a second alert at a second volume to indicate receipt of the subsequent electronic message, wherein the first volume is different than the second volume.
2. the method wherein the first source comprises a co-user of a communication system.
3. the method wherein the electronic message comprises an instant message.
4. the method wherein the first alert comprises an identifier associated with the first co-user and is played upon receiving electronic messages from the first user.
5. the method wherein the second volume is twenty-five percent or less of the first volume.
6. the method as recited in claim 1 ,further comprising:
receiving a third electronic message from a second source; and
playing, on the client device, a third alert at a third volume to indicate receipt of the third electronic message.
7. the method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the third alert comprises an identifier associated with the second source and is played upon receiving electronic messages from the second source.
8. the method as recited in claim 7 , wherein:
the third electronic message comprises a notification; and
the second source comprises a software application.
9. a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform steps comprising:
receiving a first electronic message from a first source;
providing a first alert at a first volume to indicate receipt of the first electronic message;
receiving a second electronic message from the first source,
determining, using at least one processor, that the second electronic message is a subsequent message, wherein the second message is different from the first message,
based on the determination that the second message is a subsequent message, providing, on the client device, a second alert at a second volume to indicate receipt of the subsequent electronic message, wherein the first volume is different than the second volume.
10. the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 9 , wherein the second volume is twenty-five percent or less of the first volume.
11. the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the first alert differs from the second alert.
12. the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 11 , wherein the first alert comprises an identifier associated with the first source and is played upon receiving electronic messages from the first source.
13. the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 9 , wherein the electronic message comprises an instant message.
14. a method comprising:
receiving, at a first client device, a first electronic message from a first source;
providing, at the first client device, a first alert at a first volume to indicate receipt of the first electronic message from the first source;
receiving, at the first client device, a second electronic message from the first source,
determining, using at least one processor, whether the second electronic message is a subsequent message,
if the second electronic message is a subsequent message, providing, on the client device, a second alert at a second volume to indicate receipt of the second electronic message from the first source, the second volume is different than the first volume;
if the second electronic message is not a subsequent message, providing, the second alert at the first volume to indicate receipt of the second electronic message from the first source.
15. the method as recited in claim 14 , wherein:
determining whether the second electronic message is a subsequent message comprises determining if a predetermined period of time has lapsed since receipt of an electronic message.
16. the method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the first and second electronic messages comprise instant messages.
17. the method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the first client device comprises a mobile device.
18. the method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the first source and comprises a co-user of a communications system.
19. the method as recited in claim 18 , further comprising:
receiving a third electronic message from a second source; and
playing, on the client device, a third alert at a third volume to indicate receipt of the third electronic message;
wherein third electronic message comprises a notification, and the second source comprises a software application.
20. the method as recited in claim 19 , wherein the software application comprises an instant messaging program.