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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada, Hyderabad, IN;
Surendra Kompala, Hyderabad, IN;
Anand Krishna Puranik, Hyderabad, IN;
Tushar Gupta, Kanpur, IN;
Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Bangalore, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various features related to selectively forwarding alerts/notifications for communications received at a first device to a paired device based on a user's privacy settings, are described. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus maybe a first device, e.g., a UE, including at least one processor. In some configurations, the at least one processor is configured to receive a communication, and determine whether the communication is from a contact associated with a restricted group. The at least one processor maybe further configured to perform, based on the determining, one of: blocking an alert corresponding to the communication from being forwarded to a second device, or forwarding the alert corresponding to the communication to the second device. The second device maybe one of a wearable device, a car infotainment unit, a home entertainment unit, or a business conferencing unit, paired with the first device.