SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20090293013A1
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Dominguez, Dianne P., O'Shaugnessy, Kevin M., Akamine, Michael K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,392,847 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A computing device includes a display and a processor coupled to the display and configured to display a plurality of items of information in a time-sequential manner, with a predetermined time interval between items of information being displayed. At least one of the items of information includes data originating from an application operating on the computing device.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a display; and

a processor coupled to the display and configured to display a plurality of items of information in a time-sequential manner on the display, with a predetermined time interval between items of information being displayed;

wherein at least one of the items of information includes data originating from an application operating on the computing device.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the application is an information management application running on the processor.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the at least one of the items of information provides an indication of at least one of a voicemail, an email, and a calendar appointment.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen display.

5. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to receive a selection of one of the items of information via the display and provide additional content in response to receiving the selection.

6. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the additional content is one of email data, voicemail data, and data retrieved via a wireless network.

7. The computing device of claim 1, where the processor is further configured to adjust at least one of the time interval between items of information being displayed and a direction in which the items of information are scrolled across the display.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a handheld computing device.

9. A computing device, comprising:

a display; and

a processor coupled to the display and configured to display a plurality of message items, each message item associated with content, the message items being displayed in a scrolling fashion on the display;

wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether to display each of the message items based on the content.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the content associated with each message item originates from a content source.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein at least one content source is an email application and the processor determines whether to display the message item representing the content associated with the email application based on whether the email application has any new or unread email messages.

12. The computing device of claim 10, wherein at least one content source is a calendar application and the processor determines whether to display the message item representing the content associated with the calendar application based on a calendar entry in the calendar application.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the calendar entry represents an appointment for a user.

14. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to provide each of the message items further based on the relevancy of the content to the user.

15. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising:

a memory;

wherein for each message item, the processor is configured to store data required to display the message item in the memory prior to displaying the image.

16. A method of presenting content on an electronic device, comprising:

displaying a plurality of images on a display, the images being displayed with a predetermined time interval between images and in a predetermined order;

receiving an input from a user; and

adjusting at least one of the time interval and the predetermined order based on the input.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the display is a touch screen display and the input is received by the display.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the input is a gesture received from the user comprising a direction and a speed.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the time interval between images is based upon the speed of the gesture.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the predetermined order is determined by the direction of the gesture.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the images provides an indication of at least one of a voicemail, an email, and a calendar appointment.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to temporarily adjust the time interval and the predetermined order in response to the input.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of images are substantially the same size and occupy substantially the same display area.

24. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing data required to display the plurality of images in a memory prior to displaying the plurality of images.