Title:
ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING ALERTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001009755
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An architecture for managing alerts and notifications is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computerized system includes three modules, an attentional status module, a peripheral information notification and alerts module, and a notification decision-making module. The attentional-status module generates a probability distribution over the user's focus of attention. The peripheral information notification and alerts module receives alerts from different sources, including the operating system, standard applications, and special plug-ins designed to work with the architecture. The notification decision-making module is to alert the user of the alerts received by the peripheral information notification and alerts module, based on the probability generated by the attentional status module.
Inventors:
HORVITZ ERIC J
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/020843
Publication Date:
May 25, 2001
Filing Date:
July 31, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORP (US)
International Classes:
G06F9/44; G06F11/32; G06F17/18; G08B27/00; G08B31/00; (IPC1-7): G06F9/44
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998025195A2 | 1998-06-11 |
Foreign References:
| US5617526A | 1997-04-01 |
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