Patent ID: 9420087
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a companion device, the method comprising: receiving, at the companion device, a notification intended for an accessory application at an accessory device, wherein the received notification includes a notification identifier and context data of the notification; storing the context data in memory of the companion device; directing the received notification to a notification processing application executing on the companion device; determining, by the notification processing application, an accessory application identifier from the received notification, the accessory application identifier identifying the accessory application for which the received notification is intended; and providing, by the notification processing application, the notification identifier of the received notification and the determined accessory application identifier to a forwarding application at the accessory device, wherein the forwarding application is configured to determine a notification display application executing on the accessory device in accordance with the determined accessory application identifier; receiving, at a companion daemon executing on the companion device, a request from the accessory device for content, the request including the notification identifier of the received notification; retrieving, from the companion device memory, the context data of the received notification using the notification identifier in the request; obtaining the content based on the retrieved context data; and sending the obtained content and context data from the companion device to the accessory device for display with the notification.