Patent ID: 11871219
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
identifying, at a vehicle computing device of a vehicle, an electronic notification designated for rendering to a user via the vehicle computing device;
generating, by the vehicle computing device, a current predicted level of driving engagement being exerted in navigating the vehicle;
selecting, based on both (i) one or more properties of the electronic notification and (ii) the current predicted level of driving engagement, a particular modality for rendering notification content that is based on the electronic notification, wherein selecting the particular modality is from amongst a plurality of candidate modalities, including:
an audible only modality,
a graphical only modality, and
an audible and graphical modality; and

determining, based on both (i) the one or more properties of the electronic notification and (ii) the current predicted level of driving engagement, to immediately render the notification content in lieu of delaying rendering of the notification content; and
causing the vehicle computing to immediately render the notification content in the selected particular modality, wherein causing the vehicle computing device to immediately render the notification content is in response to determining to immediately render the electronic content in lieu of delaying rendering of the notification content.