System and method of navigating through notifications
First Claim
1. A method for navigating through notifications on a wireless device having a primary user interface shown on a primary display and a secondary user interface shown on a secondary display, the method comprising:
- generating a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event;
detecting if the secondary user interface is active;
indicating the notification on the secondary user interface if the secondary user interface is active, wherein the notification includes one of;
an icon, a logo, colored text, and fonted text, wherein the secondary display displays identifiers of a plurality of users, wherein indicating the notification further comprises indicating the identifier of one of the plurality of users on the secondary display as a user associated with the event;
displaying a preview of the event on the secondary user interface in a preview mode, in response to detection of a selection of the notification, the preview mode providing a portion of but not all of event contents; and
closing the preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to detection of a deselection of the notification to bring the secondary user interface out of the preview mode;
wherein the same notification is maintained on the secondary user interface after closing the preview of the associated event.
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Abstract
A method for navigating through notifications on a wireless device having a primary user interface shown on a primary display and a secondary user interface shown on a secondary display, the method comprising the steps of: generating a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event; detecting if the secondary user interface is being shown; indicating the notification on the secondary user interface if the secondary user interface is being shown; displaying a preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to a selection of the notification in a preview mode; and closing the preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to a deselection of the notification and bringing the secondary user interface out of the preview mode; wherein the notification is still maintained after displaying the preview of the associated event.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for navigating through notifications on a wireless device having a primary user interface shown on a primary display and a secondary user interface shown on a secondary display, the method comprising:
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generating a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event; detecting if the secondary user interface is active; indicating the notification on the secondary user interface if the secondary user interface is active, wherein the notification includes one of;
an icon, a logo, colored text, and fonted text, wherein the secondary display displays identifiers of a plurality of users, wherein indicating the notification further comprises indicating the identifier of one of the plurality of users on the secondary display as a user associated with the event;displaying a preview of the event on the secondary user interface in a preview mode, in response to detection of a selection of the notification, the preview mode providing a portion of but not all of event contents; and closing the preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to detection of a deselection of the notification to bring the secondary user interface out of the preview mode; wherein the same notification is maintained on the secondary user interface after closing the preview of the associated event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless device for navigating through notifications, the wireless device comprising:
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a microprocessor for controlling the operation of the wireless device; a first input device coupled to the microprocessor for accepting an input; a first display device for showing a primary user interface and a second display device for showing a secondary user interface, the first display device and the second display device being coupled to the microprocessor for communicating an output to the user; a communications subsystem coupled to the microprocessor for communicating with a communications network; a memory coupled to the microprocessor; and a storage device coupled to the microprocessor; the wireless device including a notification handling module resident in the memory for execution by the microprocessor, the notification handling module being configured to; generate a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event; detect if the secondary user interface is active; indicate the notification on the secondary user interface if the secondary user interface is active, wherein the notification includes one of;
an icon, a logo, colored text, and fonted text, wherein the secondary display displays identifiers of a plurality of users, wherein indicating the notification further comprises indicating the identifier of one of the plurality of users on the secondary display as a user associated with the event;display a preview of the event on the secondary user interface in a preview mode, in response to detection of a selection of the notification, the preview mode providing a portion of but not all of event contents; and close the preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to detection of a deselection of the notification to bring the secondary user interface out of the preview mode; wherein the same notification is maintained on the secondary user interface after closing the preview of the associated event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying code for navigating through notifications in a mobile communication device, the device having a primary user interface shown on a primary display and a secondary user interface shown on a secondary display, the computer program product comprising:
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code for generating a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event; code for detecting if the secondary user interface is active; code for indicating the notification on the secondary user interface if the secondary user interface is active, wherein the notification includes one of;
an icon, a logo, colored text, and fonted text, wherein the secondary display displays identifiers of a plurality of users, wherein indicating the notification further comprises indicating the identifier of one of the plurality of users on the secondary display as a user associated with the event;code for displaying a preview of the event on the secondary user interface in a preview mode, in response to detection of a selection of the notification, the preview mode providing a portion of but not all of event contents; and code for closing the preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to detection of a deselection of the notification to bring the secondary user interface out of the preview mode; wherein the same notification is maintained on the secondary user interface after closing the preview of the associated event.
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23. A method of handling a notification on a wireless device having a primary user interface shown on a primary display and a secondary user interface shown on a secondary display, the method comprising:
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generating a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event; displaying the notification on the primary or secondary user interface, wherein the notification includes one of;
an icon, a logo, colored text, and fonted text;dismissing the notification after acknowledgement of the event; receiving input instructions for flagging the notification for an event reminder at a later time; and redisplaying the same notification on the secondary user interface as the event reminder at said later time in response to the flagging, wherein the secondary display displays identifiers of a plurality of users, wherein redisplaying the notification further comprises indicating the identifier of one of the plurality of users on the secondary display as a user associated with the event. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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