Patent ID: 9584645
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for device communications, the method comprising: receiving one or more notification preferences via a user interface, wherein the one or more notification preferences identify at least that a wearable device is authorized to perform vibration-based communication-receipt notifications; storing the one or more notification preferences within a memory of the mobile device; receiving a viewable communication at a mobile device communicatively coupled to the wearable device, the viewable communication sent over a communication network; transmitting the viewable communication from the mobile device to the wearable device, thereby triggering a vibration-based communication receipt notification at the wearable device; receiving a read update from the wearable device at the mobile device, the read update identifying that the viewable communication has been viewed via the wearable device; and executing instructions stored in the memory of the mobile device, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor of the mobile device causes the mobile device to: mark the viewable communication as read at the mobile device, and identify a possible emergency based on the wearable device having been in motion for at least a predetermined duration of time.