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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Daniel E. Badt, Atlantis, FL (US);
Peter J. Guasti, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Gary R. Hanson, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Amado Nassiff, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Edwin A. Rodriguez, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Harvey Ruback, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
Carl A. Smith, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Ronald E. Vanbuskirk, Indiantown, FL (US);
Huifang Wang, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Steven G. Woodward, Boca Raton, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer system has a notification manager for playing a message to a user by selecting one of a plurality of audio notifications. The method includes the step of setting a priority level for each notification arriving into a queue. The notification is inserted into a position in the queue based upon the priority level of the notification, such that the audio notifications at the queue top have a generally higher priority than audio notifications at the queue bottom. The notification at the top of the queue can be selected if the priority level of the notification is greater than a predetermined gate level. Once a notification is selected, a message corresponding to the selected notification is played to the user.