Attention and event management

Abstract

The present disclosure provides techniques for dynamic driver attention and event notification management based on the current contextual information about a vehicle, driver attention, and a distraction weight of a notification of an event. A method may include receiving a first contextual information about a motorized vehicle. An indication of the occurrence of a first event may be received. It may be determined that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information. As a result, a first notification of the first event may be provided to a user of the motorized vehicle.

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         23 . A method of managing notifications in an event management system having one or more processors, a memory and a network interface, comprising:
 receiving first contextual information about a motorized vehicle from a plurality of sources;   receiving an indication of the occurrence of a first event;   dynamically determining a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information.   determining that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies the first notification threshold; and   providing a first notification of the first event to a user of the motorized vehicle.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the plurality of sources include at least one of a mobile device, a sensor associated with a mobile device, the motorized vehicle, a sensor associated with the motorized vehicle, a GPS, and a navigation system. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the contextual information includes at least one of an upcoming vehicle maneuver, an upcoming step in a sequence of navigation instructions, a rotation position of the steering wheel, or a gear that the motorized vehicle is in. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the first event is one of a gas level notification, a traffic alert, an upcoming step in a set of navigation instructions, car failure notification, or playback of a song. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising:
 receiving second contextual information about a motorized vehicle from a plurality of sources;   receiving an indication of the occurrence of a second event;   dynamically determining a second notification threshold based on the second contextual information.   determining that the second event has a second event notification weight that does not satisfy the second notification threshold based on the second contextual information; and   delaying a notification of the second event to the user of the motorized vehicle until the second event notification weight satisfies a third notification threshold based on third contextual information.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein providing the first notification of the first event comprises displaying the first notification within a user interface of a multimedia system associated with the motorized vehicle. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein providing the first notification of the first event comprises displaying the first notification within a user interface of a mobile device. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the indication of the occurrence of the first event is received from a mobile device associated with the user. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the step of determining that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information is performed by a multimedia system associated with the motorized vehicle. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the step of determining that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information is performed by a mobile device associated with the user. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the first event is selected from the group consisting of: receipt of an email, receipt of a text message, an incoming call, receipt of an alert, receipt of a notification associated with an application, and receipt of a push notification. 
     
     
         34 . A system for managing notifications, comprising:
 a processor configured to:   receive first contextual information about a motorized vehicle from a plurality of sources;   receive an indication of the occurrence of a first event;   dynamically determine a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information.   determine that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies the first notification threshold; and   provide a first notification of the first event to a user of the motorized vehicle.   
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the plurality of sources include at least one of a mobile device, a sensor associated with a mobile device, the motorized vehicle, a sensor associated with the motorized vehicle, a GPS, and a navigation system. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the contextual information includes at least one of an upcoming vehicle maneuver, an upcoming step in a sequence of navigation instructions, a rotation position of the steering wheel, or a gear that the motorized vehicle is in. 
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the first event is one of a gas level notification, a traffic alert, an upcoming step in a set of navigation instructions, car failure notification, or playback of a song. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 receive second contextual information about a motorized vehicle from a plurality of sources;   receive an indication of the occurrence of a second event;   dynamically determine a second notification threshold based on the second contextual information.   determine that the second event has a second event notification weight that does not satisfy the second notification threshold based on the second contextual information; and   delay a notification of the second event to the user of the motorized vehicle until the second event notification weight satisfies a third notification threshold based on third contextual information.   
     
     
         39 . The system, of  claim 34 , wherein providing the first notification of the first event comprises displaying the first notification within a user interface of a multimedia system associated with the motorized vehicle. 
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein providing the first notification of the first event comprises displaying the first notification within a user interface of a mobile device. 
     
     
         41 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the indication of the occurrence of the first event is received from a mobile device associated with the user. 
     
     
         42 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the processor is a component of a multimedia system associated with the motorized vehicle. 
     
     
         43 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the processor is a component of a mobile device associated with the user. 
     
     
         44 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the first event is selected from the group consisting of: receipt of an email, receipt of a text message, an incoming call, receipt of an alert, receipt of a notification associated with an application, and receipt of a push notification.