IP Library Granted Patent US 9,407,591
Granted Patent B2
US 9,407,591 · App. 14/242,917 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Predictive forwarding of notification data

Inventors: Alexander Faaborg (Mountain View, CA); Austin Robison (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Google Inc.
H04L51/24G06F3/0481H04L51/04
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Patent No.
US 9,407,591
App. No.
14/242,917
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computing system is described that receives notification data associated with a user, and responsive to determining that the user is interacting with a first computing device at a first particular time, outputs, for transmission to the first computing device, the notification data. The computing system determines that the user is interacting with a second computing device at a second particular time, and responsive to determining, based on the second particular time being less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device, outputs, for transmission to the second computing device, the notification data.

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

while a user is interacting with a first computing device at a first particular time:

receiving, by the first computing device, notification data associated with the user; and

outputting, by the first computing device, for display, a graphical indication of the notification data;

determining, by the first computing device, that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at a second particular time; and

responsive to determining that the second particular time is less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, outputting, by the first computing device and for transmission to a second computing device, the notification data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the notification data is further responsive to:

determining, by the first computing device, that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device; and

determining, by the first computing device, that the user is interacting with the second computing device at the second particular time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification data is received by the first computing device at the first particular time and is not received by the second computing device at the first particular time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the notification data is further responsive to determining that a priority level of the notification data satisfies a threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the notification data is further responsive to determining that the notification data includes time sensitive information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the notification data is further responsive to determining that the notification data is associated with a contact of a contact list associated with the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical indication of the notification data is an initial graphical indication, the method further comprising:

after outputting the notification data, ceasing outputting, by the first computing device, the initial graphical indication of the notification data; and

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, outputting, by the first computing device, for display, a subsequent graphical indication of the notification data.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification data comprises first notification data, the method further comprising:

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, outputting, by the first computing device, for display, a graphical indication of second notification data received by the first computing device and after the first particular time and prior to the third particular time.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical indication of the notification data is an initial graphical indication, the method further comprising:

after outputting the notification data, ceasing outputting, by the first computing device, the initial graphical indication of the notification data; and

responsive to determining that the user did not view the notification data at the second computing device, outputting, by the first computing device, for display, a subsequent graphical indication of the notification data.

10. A first computing device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to:

while a user is interacting with the first computing device at a first particular time:

receive notification data associated with the user; and

output, for display, a graphical indication of the notification data;

determine that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at a second particular time; and

responsive to determining that the second particular time is less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, output, for transmission to a second computing device, the notification data.

11. The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data in further response to:

determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device; and

determining that the user is interacting with the second computing device at the second particular time.

12. The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the notification data is received by the first computing device at the first particular time and is not received by the second computing device at the first particular time.

13. The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data at least in response to determining that a priority level of the notification data satisfies a threshold.

14. The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data at least in response to determining that the notification data includes time sensitive information.

15. The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the notification data at least in response to determining that the notification data is associated with a contact of a contact list associated with the user.

16. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure one or more processors of a first computing device to:

while a user is interacting with the first computing device at a first particular time:

receive notification data associated with the user; and

output, for display, a graphical indication of the notification data;

determine that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at a second particular time; and

responsive to determining that the second particular time is less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time output, for transmission to a second computing device, the notification data.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises further instructions, that when executed, configure the one or more processors of the first computing device to output the notification data in further response to:

determining that the user did not view the notification data at the first computing device; and

determining that the user is interacting with the second computing device at the second particular time.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the graphical indication of the notification data is an initial graphical indication, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises further instructions, that when executed, configure the one or more processors of the first computing device to:

after outputting the notification data, cease output of the initial graphical indication of the notification data; and

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, output, for display, a subsequent graphical indication of the notification data.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the notification data comprises first notification data, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises further instructions, that when executed, configure the one or more processors of the first computing device to:

responsive to determining that the user is interacting with the first computing device at a third particular time after the second particular time, output, for display, a graphical indication of second notification data received by the first computing device and after the first particular time and prior to the third particular time.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the graphical indication of the notification data is an initial graphical indication, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises further instructions, that when executed, configure the one or more processors of the first computing device to:

after outputting the notification data, cease output of the initial graphical indication of the notification data; and

responsive to determining that the user did not view the notification data at the second computing device, output, for display, a subsequent graphical indication of the notification data.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044566/0657 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2014
From: FAABORG, ALEXANDER; ROBISON, AUSTIN
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 032578/0382 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14102124 · Dec 10, 2013
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