PROVIDING AUDIBLE NOTIFICATIONS FOR WEBMAIL APPLICATIONS

摘要

A system and machine-implemented method for providing an audible notification to a user while an active window of an application is running in the foreground on the user's device. A first content update is detected in the active window, and a signal to produce an audible notification in response to the detection of the first content update is provided to the user's device. After a subsequent content update is detected in the active window, an elapsed time from the audible notification in response to the detection of the first content update is determined. A signal to produce an audible notification in response to the detection of the subsequent content update is provided to the user's device when the elapsed time is longer than a predetermined interval.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for providing an audible notification to a user while an active window of a first application is running in the foreground on a user's device, the method comprising:
detecting a first content update in the active window of the first application; providing to the user's device a first signal to produce a first audible notification in response to the detection of the first content update; detecting a plurality of subsequent content updates in the active window within a predetermined period of time after providing the first signal to produce the first audible notification; aggregating the subsequent content updates for representation in a second audible notification; and providing to the user's device a second signal to produce the second audible notification after the predetermined of time expires, the second audible notification describing the aggregated subsequent content updates