Predicting User Responsiveness to Smartphone Notifications for Edge Computing

Assessing the perceptibility of smartphone notifications in smart lighting spaces

“…To infer thus reliable conclusions on how a notification modality influenced response time, a study should capture all types of information (what were the programmed notification modalities, user perapp preferences and what was the current ringer mode at the time of notification). In a more recent in-thewild study [18], further proof is provided that device ringer mode is not correlated to notification response time, and that additionally, since this study attempted to determine the actual modality that was used to deliver the notification (depending on ringer mode and programmed modality), only vibration seemed to correlate negatively with response times. This finding is consistent with another recent study (although the focus was aimed at a specific type of notification) [19].…”

“…Further from this, there are numerous issues that may impact in-the-wild notification studies, for example, some notifications are persistent (i.e. not user-dismissable) [33], and others are issued by the operating system (as implemented by individual manufacturers) and immediately dismissed as a means of intra-app communication [18]. Previous studies reporting modality impact on response time did not consider addressing these data issues, with the exception of [18].…”

“…not user-dismissable) [33], and others are issued by the operating system (as implemented by individual manufacturers) and immediately dismissed as a means of intra-app communication [18]. Previous studies reporting modality impact on response time did not consider addressing these data issues, with the exception of [18]. A clearer demonstration of the internal validity issues from the aforementioned studies comes from [32], where it was discovered that ringer mode (unknown, silent, vibration or sound) is a weak predictor of the attentiveness of a user towards their mobile device with the purpose of noticing a message notification, while other indicators that are not pertinent to the notification itself (e.g.…”