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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2017
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventors:

Nathan J. Peterson, Oxford, NC (US);

John Scott Crowe, Durham, NC (US);

Gary David Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Jennifer Lee-Baron, Morrisville, NC (US);

Amy Leigh Rose, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Bryan Loyd Young, Tualatin, OR (US);

Assignee:

Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/6058 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); H04M 2201/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for delaying notification delivery based on user activity. A method includes detecting, by a processor, an external sound using a microphone, determining that the external sound comprises a message that is of interest to the user, and notifying the user of the message in response to determining that the message is of interest to the user.


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