Dismiss all event reminders

• US 7,385,875 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2006
• Issued: 06/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Yach, David P., May, Darrell, Bocking, Andrew D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen; Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US11/278,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20070230282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/28, 368/29, 705/8, 705/9, 715/963, 455/556, 455/461, 455/566
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 11/00 Producing optical signals at preselected times
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

A hand-held mobile electronic device that includes a controller, a display, a user input device, a storage, and a rigid case dimensioned to be held in a hand of a user, the case housing the controller, the display, the user input device and the storage. The controller is operative to: (i) maintain a list of pending event reminders that have been released for display; (ii) display on the display an event reminder window corresponding to one of the pending event reminders, the event reminder window including a first user selectable option to dismiss the event reminder corresponding thereto, and a second user selectable option to dismiss a plurality of the pending event reminders; (iii) if the first user selectable option is selected through the user input device, remove the displayed event reminder window from the display and display on the display a further event reminder window corresponding to a further one of the pending event reminders; and (iv) if the second user selectable option is selected through the user input device, remove the displayed event reminder window from the display and remove the plurality of pending event reminders from the list.

Claims

1. A hand-held mobile electronic device comprising:

a controller including at least one processor, for controlling operation of the mobile device;

a display coupled to the controller;

a user input device coupled to the controller;

a storage coupled to the controller, the storage storing event reminder information identifying a plurality of event reminders and times at which the event reminders are scheduled to be released for display on the display; and

a rigid case dimensioned to be held in a hand of a user, the case housing the controller, the display, the user input device and the storage;

the controller being operative to;

(i) maintain a list of pending event reminders that have been released for display;

(ii) display on the display an event reminder window corresponding to one of the pending event reminders, the event reminder window including a first user selectable option to dismiss the event reminder corresponding thereto, and a second user selectable option to dismiss a plurality of the pending event reminders;

(iii) if the first user selectable option is selected through the user input device, remove the displayed event reminder window from the display and display on the display a further event reminder window corresponding to a further one of the pending event reminders; and

(iv) if the second user selectable option is selected through the user input device, remove the displayed event reminder window from the display and remove the plurality of pending event reminders from the list.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the user input device includes a combined user depressible and rotatable input mechanism, wherein the controller is operative to cause a selection symbol to move among the user selectable options on the displayed event reminder window upon rotation of the input mechanism, and depression of the input mechanism when the selection symbol is positioned at one of the user selectable options results in selection of the user selectable option at which the selection symbol is positioned.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the controller is operative to, when displaying the event reminder window, provide on the display a graphical indication of a quantity of the pending event reminders.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the controller is operative to accept through the user input device a user indication of a number of pending event reminders to be dismissed, and if the second user selectable option is selected through the user input device, remove the indicated number of pending event reminders from the list and display on the display a further event reminder window corresponding to a further one of the pending event reminders still remaining in the list.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the user input device includes a combined user depressible and rotatable input mechanism operative to move an on-screen selection symbol and a further depressible key, and wherein rotation of the input mechanism while the further depressible key is depressed and the selection symbol is located at a graphical indicator corresponding to the second user selectable option changes the user indication of the number of pending event reminders to be dismissed.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to sequentially one after the other cause event reminder display windows corresponding to the pending event reminders to be displayed on the display in response to a predetermined input received through the user input device.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the user input device includes a rotatable input mechanism and a further depressible key, and wherein the predetermined input includes rotation of the input mechanism while the further depressible key is depressed.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the second user selectable option is a “

Dismiss All”

option and the controller is operative to remove all of the pending event reminders from the list upon selection of the “

Dismiss All”

option by a device user.

9. A hand-held mobile electronic device comprising:

processor means for controlling operation of the mobile device;

display means responsive to the processor means for displaying information to a device user;

user input interface means coupled to the processor means for receiving physical inputs from the device user;

storage means coupled to the processor means for storing event reminder information identifying a plurality of event reminders and times at which the event reminders are scheduled to be released for display on the display; and

a rigid case dimensioned to be held in a hand of the device user, the case housing the processor means, the display means, the user input interface means and the storage means;

the processor means including means for;

(i) displaying a selection symbol on the display means and moving the selection symbol in response to inputs received through the user input interface means;

(ii) releasing event reminders upon or after the times at which the event reminders are to be released;

(iii) maintaining a queue of released event reminders;

(iv) displaying on the display means a reminder event window corresponding to one of the event reminders, the reminder event window including a first visual indicator associated with a first user selectable option to dismiss the event reminder corresponding to the reminder event window, and a second visual indicator associated with a user selectable option to dismiss a plurality of the released event reminders;

(v) upon selection by the device user of the first user selectable option, removing the displayed reminder event window from the display means and displaying on the display means a further reminder event window corresponding to a further one of the released event reminders; and

(vi) upon selection by the device user of the second user selectable option, removing the displayed reminder event window from the display means and removing the plurality of released event reminders from the queue.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein user input interface means includes a combined user depressible and rotatable input mechanism, wherein the processor means causes the selection symbol to move on the display means upon rotation of the input mechanism, and depression of the input mechanism when the selection symbol is positioned at one of the visual indicators associated with a user selectable option results in selection of the associated user selectable option.

11. The device of claim 9 wherein the processor means, when displaying the reminder event window, provides on the display means a graphical indication of a quantity of the released event reminders.

12. The device of claim 9 wherein the processor means controller is operative to accept through the user input interface means a user indication of a number of released event reminders to be dismissed, and if the second user selectable option is selected through the user input interface means, remove the indicated number of released event reminders from the list and display on the display means a further reminder event window corresponding to a further one of the released event reminders still remaining in the queue.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein the user input interface means includes a combined user depressible and rotatable input mechanism operative to move the selection symbol and a further depressible key, and wherein rotation of the input mechanism while the further depressible key is depressed and the selection symbol is located at the second visual indicator changes the user indication of the number of released event reminders to be dismissed.

14. The device of claim 9 wherein the processor means is configured for sequentially one after the other causing event reminder display windows corresponding to the released event reminders to be displayed on the display means in response to a predetermined input received through the user input interface means.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein the user input interface means includes a rotatable input mechanism and a further depressible key, and wherein the predetermined input includes rotation of the input mechanism while the further depressible key is depressed.

16. The device of claim 9 wherein the second user selectable option is a “

Dismiss All”

option and the processor means is configured for removing all of the released event reminders from the queue upon selection of the “

Dismiss All”

option by a device user.

17. A method for managing event reminders comprising:

providing a hand-held mobile electronic device that includes;

(a) a controller including at least one processor, for controlling operation of the mobile device;

(b) a display coupled to the controller;

(c) a user input device coupled to the controller;

(d) a storage coupled to the controller, the storage storing event reminder information identifying a plurality of event reminders and times at which the event reminders are scheduled to be released for display on the display; and

(e) a rigid case dimensioned to be held in a hand of a user, the case housing the controller, the display, the user input device and the storage

maintaining at the device a list of pending event reminders that have been released for display;

displaying on the display an event reminder window corresponding to one of the pending event reminders, the event reminder window including a first user selectable option to dismiss the event reminder corresponding thereto, and a second user selectable option to dismiss a plurality of the pending event reminders;

if the first user selectable option is selected through the user input device, removing the displayed event reminder window from the display and displaying on the display a further event reminder window corresponding to a further one of the pending event reminders; and

if the second user selectable option is selected through the user input device, removing the displayed event reminder window from the display and removing the plurality of pending event reminders from the list.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the user input device includes a combined user depressible and rotatable input mechanism, the method including causing a selection symbol to move among the user selectable options on the displayed event reminder window upon rotation of the input mechanism, and wherein depression of the input mechanism when the selection symbol is positioned at one of the user selectable options results in selection of the user selectable option at which the selection symbol is positioned.

19. The method of claim 17 including, when displaying the event reminder window, providing on the display a graphical indication of a quantity of the pending event reminders.

20. The method of claim 19 including accepting a user input indicating a number of the pending event reminders to be dismissed and removing the indicated number of pending event reminders form the list.