These patents involve location reminders, email notifications, video playback and Siri, the flagship feature of Apple's current iOS lineup.
This was about having a seat at the table of discussion about how best to connect with people in an era where the noise of images, notifications, videos, and texts are a standard part of everyone's day.
Give workers a clear notification that video or audio monitoring is being carried out, and where and why it is being carried out.
After he physically (virtually?) tapped on the notification, the video call opened in a separate window and Zuck was able to chat while engaging with the virtual environment while the call stayed in his field-of-view.
Most security software companies today sell "family" products, many including reports, notifications and video supervision.
New features include incoming event notifications, inline video playback, the ability to display social networking links and new preference settings.
The AWS division provides cloud computing services to household names including Dropbox, Spotify, Netflix, Uber, Samsung and even the CIA - helping them send notifications, stream video and synchronise data.
Checking the box next to "New video notifications" will activate notifications for these and one option below.
If it's you, it may send a welcome note; if it's your child, you can get a message to your phone that they got home on time; and if it's a stranger, you'll get a notification with a video clip to check who it is.
A few minutes later, they'll get a notification that a video has been stitched together for them.
Google says this could be used to add a laugh track, applause, music or a sound notification to a video stream.
