US 11,924,706 B2
Notification management in physical surroundings
Akash U. Dhoot, Pune (IN); Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Visakhapatnam (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); and Shailendra Moyal, Pune (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,222.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076128 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for managing notification settings on a user device within premises, the method comprising:
determining a notification rule to be enforced on the premises, the notification rule indicating the notification settings to be set on the user device while within the premises, wherein the notification settings include different types of sensory feedback for notifications received on the user device, and wherein the notification rule determines which type of sensory feedback from the different types of sensory feedback to set on the user device while within the premises;
determining a location for managing the notification settings on the user device;
determining a defined surrounding within the premises based on the location, the notification rule being based on the defined surrounding;
determining a user device location of the user device within the premises;
determining whether the user device location is within the defined surrounding; and
as a result of the user device location being within the defined surrounding, transmitting instructions indicative of the notification rule to the user device to set the notification settings on the user device based on the notification rule.