Previewing a new event on a small screen device
First Claim
1. In a computing device having a plurality of applications for managing respective events, individual ones of said applications each represented by an application icon on a screen of a graphical user interface for the device, a method for previewing new events on the screen comprising:
- in response to a new event of a one of said applications, visually modifying the one of said applications'"'"' icon to notify of the new event.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for previewing new eve in a computing device having a plurality of applications for managing respective events are described. Individual applications are each represented by an application icon on a screen of a graphical user interface for the device. When a new event occurs, particularly when the new event relates to a specific one of a plurality of similar applications, the invention provides a convenient way to denote which application relates to the event. In response to a new event of a one of the applications, the application'"'"'s icon is visually modified to notify of the new event. A visual modification may be determined in response to the new event, for example, to preview a content of the event. The visual modification may include a count of all new events that remain to be disposed. On a selection of the visually modified icon, additional previewing may be provided. Activation of the application having a visually modified application icon may be configured to automatically initiate the application at the new event.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computing device having a plurality of applications for managing respective events, individual ones of said applications each represented by an application icon on a screen of a graphical user interface for the device, a method for previewing new events on the screen comprising:
in response to a new event of a one of said applications, visually modifying the one of said applications'"'"' icon to notify of the new event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a computing device having a controller coupled to a memory, the memory storing a plurality of applications for managing respective events, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the applications, the GUI comprising:
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a main screen for displaying on the computing device, the screen comprising a plurality of icons, each icon associated with one of the plurality of applications;
at least one monitoring component to determine the occurrence of new events of the applications; and
at least one icon modifying component to modify a one of the icons for display on the main screen in response to a new event of the application associated with the one of the icons to notify of the new event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless handheld device comprising:
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a controller;
a memory coupled to the controller, the memory storing a plurality of applications for execution by the controller to manage respective events and a graphical user interface (GUI) for the applications, the GUI comprising;
a main screen for displaying on the device, the screen comprising a plurality of icons, each icon associated with one of the plurality of applications;
at least one monitoring component to determine the occurrence of new events of the applications; and
at least one icon modifying component to modify a one of the icons for display on the main screen in response to a new event of the application associated with the one of the icons to notify of the new event.
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