Patent ID: 8934877
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a second computing device, a communication from a first computing device; by the second computing device, calculating an urgency score for the communication, wherein the urgency score is calculated based at least in part on downgrade information associated with the first computing device; determining, based on the urgency score, whether to flag the communication as urgent; and in response to a positive determination: notifying a user of the second computing device of the communication; receiving, from the user, an input to reduce the urgency of the communication; and in response to the input, updating the downgrade information associated with the first computing device; wherein: the urgency score is a composite score comprising a local implicit urgency value calculated by the second computing device; and the local implicit urgency value is calculated by the second computing device based on a number of communications from the first computing device received in a predetermined temporal window.