Notifying a user of events in a computing device
First Claim
1. A method performed by one or more processors of a mobile computing device, comprising:
- presenting, along a first edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a status bar indicating at least one of a time, a remaining battery strength, and a signal strength;
detecting an event comprising reception of a text message or an email by the mobile computing device;
presenting a banner alert, along an edge of the touch-sensitive display and separate from the status bar, indicating the detected event;
in response to a user tapping on the banner alert rather than swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display, invoking an application that displays the text message or email corresponding to the detected event;
in response to the user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display rather than tapping on the banner alert, dismissing the banner alert from the touch-sensitive display without invoking the corresponding application;
in response to the banner alert being dismissed, relegating the banner alert to an event summary; and
presenting the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and includes at least one of a first icon indicating a number of missed text messages and a second icon indicating a number of missed emails.
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Abstract
In a computing device, event notifications take the form of alerts that can be presented in different ways. The particular form of each event notification depends on the nature of the event, the user task being performed at the time the event occurs, the user'"'"'s preferences, or any combination thereof. In one aspect, the present invention presents event notifications in the form of banner alerts. Obtrusiveness is minimized by presenting the notification at a location near the edge of the screen (such as a bottom edge), and slightly shrinking the active display area to make room for the event notification. In this manner, event notifications can be presented without obscuring any part of the active display area. In addition, the user can obtain more information about the event by activating the notification (for example by tapping on it). In another aspect, the present invention provides a summary of pending event notifications. Thus, if the user is unable to (or does not wish to) respond to or acknowledge a notification when it is presented, the user can later view the event notification summary at his or her convenience, and can act on the event notifications at that time.
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28 Claims
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1. A method performed by one or more processors of a mobile computing device, comprising:
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presenting, along a first edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a status bar indicating at least one of a time, a remaining battery strength, and a signal strength; detecting an event comprising reception of a text message or an email by the mobile computing device; presenting a banner alert, along an edge of the touch-sensitive display and separate from the status bar, indicating the detected event; in response to a user tapping on the banner alert rather than swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display, invoking an application that displays the text message or email corresponding to the detected event; in response to the user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display rather than tapping on the banner alert, dismissing the banner alert from the touch-sensitive display without invoking the corresponding application; in response to the banner alert being dismissed, relegating the banner alert to an event summary; and presenting the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and includes at least one of a first icon indicating a number of missed text messages and a second icon indicating a number of missed emails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display; one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile computing device to; present, along a first edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a status bar indicating at least one of a time, a remaining battery strength, and a signal strength; detect an event comprising reception of a text message or an email by the mobile computing device; present a banner alert, along an edge of the touch-sensitive display and separate from the status bar, indicating the detected event; in response to a user tapping on the banner alert rather than swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display, invoke an application that displays the text message or email corresponding to the detected event; in response to the user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display rather than tapping on the banner alert, dismiss the banner alert from the touch-sensitive display without invoking the corresponding application; in response to the banner alert being dismissed, relegate the banner alert to an event summary; and present the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and includes at least one of a first icon indicating a number of missed text messages and a second icon indicating a number of missed emails. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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