NOTIFYING A USER OF EVENTS IN A COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20170272564A1
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Duarte, Matias, Shiplacoff, Daniel, Lyon, Jeremy, Mercer, Paul, Dellinger, Richard R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,462,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A user of a mobile computing device may provide a first user preference for a first type of event and a second user preference for a second type of event, and the mobile computing device may detect an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event. The mobile computing device may present, along an edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event, and may present, on the touch-sensitive display, a pop-up notification in response to detecting the second type of event. The mobile device may dismiss the banner alert based on a user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processors of a mobile computing device, comprising:

receiving a first user preference for a first type of event and a second user preference for a second type of event, wherein the first type of event is one of a text message and an email and the second type of event is the other of the text message and the email;

detecting an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event;

presenting, along an edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event;

presenting, on the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a pop-up notification in response to detecting the second type of event, wherein the pop-up notification is of a different notification type than the banner alert; and

dismissing the banner alert based on a user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pop-up notification includes a dialog box.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pop-up notification and the banner alert are presented on different portions of the touch-sensitive display.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically relegating the banner alert to an event summary after a period of time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

invoking an application corresponding to the detected event based on the user tapping the banner alert or the pop-up notification.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein invoking the application causes the application to be displayed only in a portion of the touch-sensitive display.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

relegating the banner alert to an event summary based on the user ignoring the banner alert.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the event summary is displayed along a bottom edge of the touch-sensitive display, and indicates a number of missed events.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the event summary comprises:

a first icon indicating a number of missed text messages; and

a second icon indicating a number of missed emails.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

invoking a text messaging application based on the user tapping the first icon in the event summary;

or

invoking an email application based on the user tapping the second icon in the event summary.

11. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile computing device to;

receive a first user preference for a first type of event and a second user preference for a second type of event, wherein the first type of event is one of a text message and an email and the second type of event is the other of the text message and the email;

detect an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event;

present, along an edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event;

present, on the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a pop-up notification in response to detecting the second type of event, wherein the pop-up notification is of a different notification type than the banner alert; and

dismiss the banner alert based on a user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein the pop-up notification includes a dialog box.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein the pop-up notification and the banner alert are presented on different portions of the touch-sensitive display.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

automatically relegate the banner alert to an event summary after a period of time.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

invoke an application corresponding to the detected event based on the user tapping the banner alert or the pop-up notification.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein invoking the application causes the application to be displayed only in a portion of the touch-sensitive display.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

relegate the banner alert to an event summary based on the user ignoring the banner alert.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 17, wherein the event summary is displayed along a bottom edge of the touch-sensitive display, and indicates a number of missed events.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 17, wherein the event summary comprises:

a first icon indicating a number of missed text messages; and

a second icon indicating a number of missed emails.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 19, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

invoke a text messaging application based on the user tapping the first icon in the event summary;

or

invoke an email application based on the user tapping the second icon in the event summary.