Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quiet hours for notifications
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Application No.: US15149013Application Date: 2016-05-06
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Publication No.: US11178271B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Imran A. Chaudhri , Gregory Novick , Scott Forstall , Morgan Grainger , George R. Dicker , Tyler Hawkins
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kubota & Basol LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/72463
- IPC: H04M1/72463 ; G06F3/01 ; H04M19/04 ; G06F3/0488 ; H04M1/72451 ; H04M1/72457 ; G06F3/048 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/16

Abstract:
In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to automatically turn off notifications when generating a notification would cause a disturbance or be unwanted by a user. The device can be configured with quiet hours during which notifications that would otherwise be generated by the computing device can be suppressed. In some implementations, quiet hours can be configured as a time period with a start time and an end time. In some implementations, quiet hours can be derived from application data. For example, calendar data, alarm clock data, map data, etc. can be used to determine when quiet hours should be enforced. In some implementations, the device can be configured with exceptions to quiet hour notification suppression. In some implementations, the user can identify contacts to which the quiet hours notification suppression should not be applied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160255188A1 QUIET HOURS FOR NOTIFICATIONS Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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