Managing message notifications in a computing environment

Abstract

A tool for managing message notifications in a computing environment includes a computer determining a user receives a notification of a first message received in a collaboration application on a computing device of the user, and determining a topic for the first message. The computer then determines whether the user suppresses the notification of the first message by determining whether a gesture received from the user corresponds to a gesture map stored for the collaboration application, and if so, the computer stores the topic for the first message associated with an indication the user suppressed the notification. The computer further determines a second message is received, determines a topic of the second message, and then determines whether the user previously suppressed the topic of the second message. If the user previously suppressed the topic of the second message, the computer suppresses a notification for the second message.

1 . A method for managing message notification in a computing environment, the method comprising:
 determining, by one or more computer processors, a user receives a notification of a first message received in a collaboration application on a computing device of the user;   determining, by the one or more computer processors, a topic for the first message;   determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the user suppresses the notification of the first message, wherein determining whether the user suppresses the notification of the first message includes
 determining, by the one or more computer processors, a gesture received from the user; 
 determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the gesture 
   corresponds to a gesture map stored for the collaboration application, the gesture map including a set of gestures mapped to each type of collaboration application indicating message suppression for each collaboration application; and
 responsive to determining the gesture corresponds to the gesture map for the collaboration application, suppressing, by the one or more computer processors, the notification; 
   responsive to determining the user suppresses the notification, storing, by the one or more computer processors, the topic for the first message associated with an indication the user suppressed the notification for the collaboration application;   determining, by the one or more computer processors, a second message is received on the computing device of the user;   determining, by the one or more computer processors, a topic of the second message;   determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the user previously suppressed the topic of the second message;   responsive to determining the user previously suppressed the topic of the second message, suppressing, by the one or more computer processors, a notification for the second message;   determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the user suppresses a notification associated with the second message; and   responsive to determining the user suppressed the notification associated with the second message, storing, by the one or more computer processors, the topic of the second message associated with an indication the user suppressed the notification.