GLANCEABLE ANIMATED NOTIFICATIONS ON A LOCKED DEVICE
First Claim
1. A system for animating notifications in a display of a locked mobile computing device, said system comprising:
- a memory area for storing one or more notifications received by a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is locked, each of the notifications having one or more characteristics associated therewith; and
a processor programmed to;
access a plurality of the notifications stored in the memory area;
generate representations of the accessed notifications based at least on the characteristics associated therewith;
sort the generated representations based at least on the characteristics associated therewith;
present the sorted representations to a user by animating, based at least on the characteristics, the sorted representations across a display of the locked mobile computing device;
receive, from the user, input associated with one or more of the presented representations, said input corresponding to an action to perform on said one or more of the presented representation; and
perform said corresponding action while the mobile computing device is locked.
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Abstract
Providing content and/or functionality through a display of a locked computing device. Configuration data defined by a user or application vendor identifies the content and/or functionality to be made available. Upon receipt of the content, the computing device modifies the received content based on the configuration data and provides the modified content to the user through the display of the locked computing device. The computing device also interacts with the user in accordance with the functionality identified by the configuration data. In some embodiments, notifications about voice mail or electronic mail messages are displayed to the user through a locked touch screen display. Responsive to a finger tap or other user input, additional yet limited information relating to the notifications is displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for animating notifications in a display of a locked mobile computing device, said system comprising:
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a memory area for storing one or more notifications received by a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is locked, each of the notifications having one or more characteristics associated therewith; and a processor programmed to; access a plurality of the notifications stored in the memory area; generate representations of the accessed notifications based at least on the characteristics associated therewith; sort the generated representations based at least on the characteristics associated therewith; present the sorted representations to a user by animating, based at least on the characteristics, the sorted representations across a display of the locked mobile computing device; receive, from the user, input associated with one or more of the presented representations, said input corresponding to an action to perform on said one or more of the presented representation; and perform said corresponding action while the mobile computing device is locked. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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accessing a plurality of notifications received by a computing device, each of the notifications having one or more characteristics associated therewith, said characteristics including a type associated with the notification; generating representations of the accessed notifications based at least on the characteristics associated therewith; and presenting the generated representations to a user by; animating, based at least on the characteristics, the generated representations across a display of the computing device; and organizing the generated representations presented on the display by the type associated with each of the generated representations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components, said components comprising:
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a communication component for receiving a plurality of notifications by a computing device while the computing device is locked, each of the notifications having one or more characteristics associated therewith; an icon component for generating representations of the notifications received by the communication component based at least on the characteristics associated therewith; and an animation component for presenting to a user the representations generated by the icon component by; animating, based at least on the characteristics, the representations across a display of the locked computing device; and grouping the generated representations presented on the display based at least on the characteristics associated therewith, said grouped representations being sized visually based on a quantity of representations associated therewith; an interface component for receiving, from the user, input associated with one or more of the representations presented by the animation component, said received input corresponding to an action to perform with respect to said one or more of the representation, wherein the computing device performs said corresponding action while the computing device is locked. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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