Automatically modifying notifications based on distance from a paired wearable smart device

1. A method, comprising:

pairing a wearable smart device with a mobile communication device;

determining whether the wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device including determining that the wearable smart device is out of range of a wireless personal area network signal of the mobile communication device while being accessible to the mobile communication device via a wireless local area network;

the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device communicating over a wireless local area network to determine whether both the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device have wireless personal area network communication enabled; and

automatically disabling notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the wearable smart device is out of range of a wireless personal area network signal of the mobile communication device while being accessible via the wireless local area network, includes determining that both the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device have wireless personal area network communication enabled.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notifications are selected from audible alerts and vibration alerts.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

automatically re-enabling notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the wearable smart device is within a predetermined distance of the mobile communication device and determining that notifications are currently disabled as a result of previously determining that the wearable smart device had moved away from the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining that the wearable smart device is within a predetermined distance of the mobile communication device, includes re-establishing a wireless personal area network connection between the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

automatically re-enabling notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the wearable smart device is no longer being worn by a user.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

automatically re-enabling notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the mobile communication device and wearable smart device are unable to communicate over both the wireless personal area network and the wireless local area network.

8. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to:

pair a wearable smart device with a mobile communication device;

determine whether the wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device including a determination that the wearable smart device is out of range of a wireless personal area network signal of the mobile communication device while being accessible to the mobile communication device via a wireless local area network;

determine, via communication between the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device over the wireless local area network, whether both the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device have wireless personal area network communication enabled; and

automatically disable notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions executable by a processor to determine that the wearable smart device is out of range of a wireless personal area network signal of the mobile communication device while being accessible via the wireless local area network include program instructions executable by a processor to determine that both the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device have wireless personal area network communication enabled.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , the program instructions further executable by a processor to:

automatically re-enable notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the wearable smart device is within a predetermined distance of the mobile communication device and determining that notifications are currently disabled as a result of previously determining that the wearable smart device had moved away from the mobile communication device.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to:

pair a wearable smart device with a mobile communication device;

determine whether the wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device including detecting an increasing difference between a wireless local area network signal strength detected by the mobile communication device and a wireless local area network signal strength detected by the wearable smart device;

determine, via communication between the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device over the wireless local area network, whether both the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device have wireless personal area network communication enabled; and

automatically disable notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device.