PREVIEWING A NEW EVENT ON A SMALL SCREEN DEVICE
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for previewing new events 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. 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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40 Claims
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21. A method of providing notification of instant messages on a wireless communication device, the wireless communication device having a graphical user interface displayed on a display of the wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one icon associated with an instant message application on the graphical user interface of the wireless communication device; receiving a plurality of instant messages on the wireless communication device, the plurality of instant messages including messages from a plurality of different messaging correspondents; in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of instant messages, visually modifying the at least one icon associated with an instant message application to generate an additional portion to notify a user of the received instant message; and in response to a user-activation of the instant message application associated with the visually modified icon, displaying a dialog box, the dialog box including a plurality of messaging entries, each messaging entry associated with a different messaging correspondent and each messaging entry displaying at least a portion of an instant message and an identifier for the associated messaging correspondent. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A wireless communication device for providing notification of instant messages, the wireless communication device comprising:
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a processor; a display electrically coupled to the processor, the display presenting a graphical user interface; and a medium or media including machine-readable instructions executable by the processor to; display at least one icon relating to instant messaging on the graphical user interface; receive a plurality of instant messages, the plurality of instant messages including messages from a plurality of different messaging correspondents; in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of instant messages visually modify the at least one icon relating to instant messaging to generate an additional portion to notify of the new event; and in response to an activation of the at least one icon relating to instant messaging having its icon visually modified to notify of the new event, displaying a dialog box, the dialog box including a plurality of messaging entries, each messaging entry associated with a different messaging correspondent and each messaging entry displaying at least a portion of an instant message and an identifier for the associated messaging correspondent. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A computer-readable media comprising stored electronic data structures representing executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:
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display at least one icon relating to instant messaging; receive a plurality of instant messages, the plurality of instant messages including messages from a plurality of different messaging correspondents; in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of instant messages visually modify the at least one icon relating to instant messaging to generate an additional portion to notify of the new event; and in response to an activation of the at least one icon relating to instant messaging having its icon visually modified to notify of the new event, display a dialog box, the dialog box including a plurality of messaging entries, each messaging entry associated with a different messaging correspondent and each messaging entry displaying at least a portion of an instant message and an identifier for the associated messaging correspondent. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A method of accessing instant messages in a graphical user interface of a wireless mobile device, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of application icons in a graphical user interface of the wireless mobile device, at least one of the plurality of application icons representing an instant messaging application; receiving an instant message at the wireless mobile device, the instant message being associated with the instant messaging application; displaying a representation of a preview of the instant message, at least a portion of the representation of the preview of the message being superimposed over at least a portion of the displayed application icons; detecting a selection associated with the representation of the preview; and in response to the selection detection, displaying immediately the contents of the instant message previewed, thereby eliminating any intervening screens that may otherwise be navigated to read instant messages associated with the instant messaging application. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-readable media comprising stored electronic data structures representing executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:
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display a plurality of application icons in a graphical user interface of the wireless mobile device, at least one of the plurality of application icons representing an instant messaging application; receive an instant message at the wireless mobile device, the instant message being associated with the instant messaging application; display a representation of a preview of the instant message, at least a portion of the representation of the preview of the message being superimposed over at least a portion of the displayed application icons; detect a selection associated with the representation of the preview; and in response to the selection detection, display immediately the contents of the instant message previewed, thereby eliminating any intervening screens that may otherwise be navigated to read instant messages associated with the instant messaging application. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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