Patent ID: 7444383

Claim:
A system that facilitates conveying at least one notification, comprising: a processor coupled to a memory, the processor executing: a prioritization component that infers an urgency of an obtained message, the inference is based at least in part on considerations of a message sender, a message type or message content; a context analyzer that employs a decision model to infer information regarding an attentional state and an availability state of a user, the inference is based at least in part on an expected utility of conveying the obtained message to the user, the expected utility is determined through analysis of a value of conveying the obtained message versus a cost of conveying the obtained messaged, the context analyzer utilizes end point sensing of at least one device to gather context information of the user employed to evaluate value and cost of conveying the obtained message; a resolution component that determines a time period to deliver the message based upon the urgency of the obtained message, the time period is a bounded deferral period that is bounded between a time the message is obtained and a deadline for making the user aware of the obtained message that contains information of value to the user, the bounded deferral period depends at least in part on the urgency of the information; and a notification component that conveys the obtained message to the user based at least in part upon the inferred attentional and availability states and the bounded deferral period such that the message is conveyed within the bounded deferral period.