Alternate notification selection

摘要

Embodiments of the invention relate to management of notifications responsive to the arrival and departure of mobile devices in a defined area. A prioritized list is shared among mobile devices in a defined area. Upon detection, mobile devices add their respective selected notifications to the prioritized list. A mobile device entering the defined area receives the prioritized list and in response to detecting a shared selected notification on the prioritized list, one of the mobile devices in the area changes its selected notification to an alternative notification. A second mobile device entering the defined area would likewise receive the prioritized list and change its selected notification to a second alternative notification responsive to a shared selected notification on the list. At such time as a device leaves the area, the list is again updated and all notifications exclusive to the device are removed from the list.

主权项

1. A computer program product for use with a mobile device, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, which when executed causes a computer to implement the method comprising:
creating a prioritized list of notifications for a defined area responsive to detecting a first mobile device in the area, wherein the list of notifications comprises at least one ringtone; responsive to detecting a second mobile device in the area sharing a first selected notification with the first device, changing the first selected notification of the second device to a first alternate notification, and adding the first alternate notification to the list; responsive to detecting a third mobile device in the defined area sharing a second selected notification with one of the first device and the second device, the detection of the third mobile device sharing the second selected notification including receipt of an electromagnetic transmission received over a network, replacing the second selected notification of the third device, wherein responsive to a second alternate notification of the third device differing from the notification selections of the first and second devices, replacing the second selected notification with the second alternate notification and adding the second alternate notification to the list, and wherein responsive to the second alternate notification of the third device being shared with the notification selections of the first and second devices, replacing the second selected notification by a first custom notification unique to the third device and adding the first custom notification to the list; and negotiating arrival and departure of mobile devices in the area, including responsive to one of the devices leaving the area, removing a priority notification exclusive to the departing mobile device from the list and updating the list to reflect a notification selection of each remaining device.