Patent ID: 9622213
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A message notification method, comprising: receiving a message by an electronic device; detecting whether a screen of the electronic device is in an unobservable state when the message is received, the unobservable state indicating that the screen of the electronic device is downward or covered based on gravity of the electronic device, light intensity in front of the screen, and a distance between the screen and an object in front of the screen; detecting whether the electronic device is in a silent mode, wherein the silent mode is configured to be independent of the unobservable state; and controlling a message notification assembly configured at a non-screen side of the electronic device to generate a visual prompt and an audio prompt if the screen of the electronic device is in the unobservable state and the electronic device is in the silent mode.