Patent ID: 9554355
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: accessing, in a device, first sensor data associated with a first activity of a user; determining, by a hardware processor, that the user is engaged in the first activity based at least in part on the first sensor data; receiving, by the device, a notification while the user is engaged in the first activity; determining to hold the notification based on the determining that the user is engaged in the first activity; accessing second sensor data associated with the user; determining that the user is no longer engaged in the first activity based at least in part on the second sensor data; presenting, by the device, the notification based on the determining that the user is no longer engaged in the first activity; receiving, by the device, a second notification while the user is engaged in the first activity; accessing a second priority specification associated with the second notification, the second priority specification indicating a level of priority for presenting the second notification compared to other notifications; determining to present the second notification on the device while the user is engaged in the first activity based on the second priority specification; and receiving, at the device a setting indicting that auction notifications be identified as high priority within a predetermined amount of time of an expiration of an associated auction, wherein the second notification comprises an auction notification; and wherein the determining to present the second notification on the device is based on the predetermined amount of time until the expiration of the associated auction.