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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:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Denise A. Bell, Austin, TX (US);

Jana Jenkins, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, San Jose, CA (US);

Sarah Plantenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 19/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 19/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for smart device notifications in surface computing. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for smart device notifications in surface computing includes registering in memory of a surface computing system, a placement of multiple different smart devices upon a surface of the surface computing system. The method also includes detecting a receipt of a notification in one of the smart devices. Finally, the method includes rendering in a visual display of the surface computing system, an indication of a particular one of the smart devices in which the receipt of the notification is detected.


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