APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE WITHIN A COMPUTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising a user interface manager and a display, said user interface manager being configured to:
- designate a predetermined display area on said display,display one or more representations of tasks in said predetermined display area and display one or more indications of events in said predetermined display area.
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Abstract
A user interface for simultaneously representing tasks and notifications in a computing device. The user interface presents the tasks as reduced size representations of the output of the corresponding tasks which are continually updated. The user interface allows a user to bring a selected task to the foreground or to close the task, both by interacting with the representations of the tasks. The user interface further associates notifications with corresponding tasks by superimposing an icon of the notification on the representation of the corresponding task. The user interface orders and arranges the task representations and icons of the notifications according to certain layout rules.
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31 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising a user interface manager and a display, said user interface manager being configured to:
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designate a predetermined display area on said display, display one or more representations of tasks in said predetermined display area and display one or more indications of events in said predetermined display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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having a user interface manager designate a predetermined display area on a display; displaying one or more representations of tasks in said predetermined display area; and displaying one or more indications of events in said predetermined display area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A memory medium storing a computer program executable by a processor of a computing device, said computing device having a notification manager and a display, said computer program performing operations when executed by said processor, said operations comprising:
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having said user interface manager designate a predetermined display area on a display; displaying one or more representations of tasks in said predetermined display area; and displaying one or more indications of events in said predetermined display area.
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