METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE

• US 20120054683A1
• Filed: 09/01/2010
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Borovsky, Andrew, Knight, Jerry, SANDS, KORT, Mancino, Felice, Nakonechnyj, Alex, Gray, Andrew, Lin, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US12/873,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: displaying on a display of an apparatus a plurality of items comprising a first subset of items and a second subset of items wherein the first subset of the plurality of items comprise notifications of events associated with the apparatus and the second subset of the plurality items comprise notifications of events occurring at one or more external servers.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing display on a display of an apparatus of a plurality of items comprising a first subset of items and a second subset of items wherein the first subset of the plurality of items comprise notifications of events associated with the apparatus and the second subset of the plurality items comprise notifications of events occurring at one or more external servers.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising updating the first subset of the plurality of items in response to a user input.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein updating the first subset of the plurality of items comprises at least one of adding an item to the first subset of the plurality of items or removing an item from the first subset of the plurality of items.

5. A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the user input enables the apparatus to perform a function using an application associated with the item which is removed from the first subset of the plurality of items.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the events associated with the apparatus comprise events which occur within the apparatus.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first subset of the plurality of items comprises one or more notifications of events which use a first application of the apparatus and one or more notifications of events which use a second application of the apparatus.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising detecting a user input selecting an item and, in response to the detection of the user input, enabling access to an application associated with the selected item.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising automatically updating the items in the second subset of the plurality items wherein the second subset of the plurality items wherein the second subset of the comprises notifications about events associated with a service which the user has subscribed to.

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13. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code;

wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to;

cause display, on a display, of a plurality of items comprising a first subset of items and a second subset of items wherein the first subset of the plurality of items comprise notifications of events associated with the apparatus and the second subset of the plurality items comprise notifications of events occurring at one or more external servers.

14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to update the first subset of the plurality of items in response to a user input.

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25. A physical entity embodying a computer program comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, enable an apparatus at least to perform:

causing display on a display of a plurality of items comprising a first subset of items and a second subset of items wherein the first subset of the plurality of items comprise notifications of events associated with the apparatus and the second subset of the plurality items comprise notifications of events occurring at one or more external servers.

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32. A method comprising:

causing display, on a display of an apparatus, of a notification of an event associated with the apparatus; and

detecting a user input wherein;

in response to detection of a first type of user input the notification is added to a list of notifications and in response to detection of a second type of user input the notification is removed from the display and is not added to the list of notifications.

33. A method as claimed in claim 32 further comprising, causing display of one or more user selectable items in relation to the notification.

34. A method as claimed in claim 33 wherein the first type of user input comprises selection of a user selectable item.

36. A method as claimed in claim 32 wherein in response to a third type of user input an application associated with the notification is accessed to enable the apparatus to perform a function in relation to the notification.

39. A method as claimed in claim 32 wherein the list of notifications comprises a plurality of items and the notification is added to a first subset of the plurality of items where the first subset of the plurality of items comprise notifications of events associated with the apparatus.

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41. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code;

wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to;

cause display, on a display, of a notification of an event associated with the apparatus;

detect a user input;

in response to detection of a first type of user input add the notification to a list of notifications; and

in response to detection of a second type of user input remove the notification from the display wherein in response to detection of a second type of user input the notification is not added to the list of notifications.

42. An apparatus as claimed in claim 41 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, also enable the apparatus to, cause display of one or more user selectable items in relation to the notification.

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50. A physical entity embodying a computer program comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, enable an apparatus at least to perform:

causing display, on a display, of a notification of an event associated with the apparatus; and

detecting a user input wherein;

in response to detection of a first type of user input the notification is added to a list of notifications and in response to detection of a second type of user input the notification is removed from the display and is not added to the list of notifications.

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