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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
AL Chakra, Apex, NC (US);
Liam Harpur, Dublin, IE;
Michelle M. Purcell, Killurin, IE;
John Rice, Tivoli, IE;
Al Chakra, Apex, NC (US);
Liam Harpur, Dublin, IE;
Michelle M. Purcell, Killurin, IE;
John Rice, Tivoli, IE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computing device can receive an incoming message. The incoming message can be one directed to a set of different client machines at approximately the same time. The computing device can perform a mitigation action that alters a presentation characteristic of the audible alert for the incoming message. The mitigation action ensures that the computing device and at least a subset of the other client devices within a predefined audio range of the computing device do not audibly present alerts for the incoming message in an unsynchronized manner.