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A system for controlling the delivery of notifications. The system brokers and serializes the delivery of notifications from multiple sources. In addition, a shared notion of user context is provided, for determining the appropriate handling for each of the notifications. In one embodiment, a user c

A system for controlling the delivery of notifications. The system brokers and serializes the delivery of notifications from multiple sources. In addition, a shared notion of user context is provided, for determining the appropriate handling for each of the notifications. In one embodiment, a user context consists of a condition that may be true or false, and an instruction that is to be followed if the condition is true. For example, if a user is listening to music, the instruction may be to show the notification on the screen but not play any sound for the notification. A user's contexts are declared by the operating system and arbitrary programs. The user's contexts may be presented to the user for modification in accordance with the user's preferences. The user may also define rules, which dictate how notifications that contain specified elements should be handled, and may provide exceptions to the instructions of the user's contexts.

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The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components for implementing a method for controlling a delivery of notifications on a personal computing device, comprising

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components for implementing a method for controlling a delivery of notifications on a personal computing device, comprising:declaring a plurality of user contexts including at least a first user context, a user context comprising a condition that is true or false and an instruction that is to be followed if the condition is true wherein the condition is derived from one or more applications executing on the personal computing device;defining a first rule that, in combination with the first user context, forms a dynamic context that specifies how to deliver a notification containing a first specified element when the first user context is true, wherein the first specified element is a variable value defined by a value within a current user context;defining a second rule that dictates how to control the delivery of notifications that contain at least a second specified element;receiving notifications from a plurality of sources wherein the plurality of sources includes the one or more applications, the notifications including a first notification containing a first specified element and a second notification containing a second specified element;delivering the second notification in accordance with the second rule, without consideration of the plurality of user contexts;determining that the first user context applies to the first notification; anddelivering the first notification according to the dynamic context.