Prioritized management and presentation of notifications

• US 9,049,261 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Shiplacoff, Daniel Marc Gatan, Duarte, Matias Gonzalo, Robertson, Christian, Faaborg, Alexander, Keely, Lee Brandon, Hong, Leon, Nagel, Jens, Ng, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): TILLERY, RASHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US13/923,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346882A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/864, 715/779
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A computing device is described that receives an indication of a notification, and determines a priority level associated with the notification. The computing device determines, based at least in part on the priority level, content of the notification. Responsive to receiving an indication of a gesture detected at an input device, the computing device outputs, for display, a notification center graphical user interface that includes a graphical indication of the notification including the content of the notification.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, a first portion of text-based content of a first notification and a second portion of text-based content of the first notification, wherein the first notification is one of one or more notifications received by the computing device;

responsive to determining that a priority level associated with the first notification does not satisfy a first priority threshold, outputting, by the computing device, for display within a first graphical indication of the first notification, the first portion of text-based content associated with the first notification and not the second portion of text-based content associated with the first notification, wherein the first priority threshold is based on a highest value priority level associated with the one or more notifications, other than the first notification, for which a respective graphical indication is included within the notification center graphical user interface;

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at an input device, the gesture corresponding to a command to clear a second notification from the one or more notifications other than the first notification, the second notification having a higher priority level associated with the second notification than the priority level associated with the first notification;

and after clearing the second notification, determining, by the computing device, a second priority threshold, wherein the second priority threshold is based on a highest value priority level associated with a subset of the one or more notifications other than the first notification, wherein the subset excludes the second notification; and

responsive to determining that the priority level associated with the first notification satisfies the second priority threshold, outputting, by the computing device, for display within a second graphical indication of the first notification that replaces the first graphical indication of the first notification, the second portion of text-based content associated with the first notification in addition to the first portion of text-based content associated with the first notification, wherein the second graphical indication of the first notification is larger in size than the first graphical indication of the first notification.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving the gesture and responsive to determining that the priority level associated with the first notification satisfies the second priority threshold, outputting, by the computing device, for display and within an upper portion of the notification center graphical user interface, the second graphical indication of the first notification.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, by the computing device, for display at a presence-sensitive screen, a notification center graphical user interface, wherein the first and second graphical indications of the first notification are output for display within the notification center graphical user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a presence-sensitive screen and the first graphical indication of the first notification is output for display at a first region of the presence-sensitive screen, the method further comprising prior to receiving the indication of the gesture, outputting, for display, at a second region of the presence-sensitive screen, a graphical indication of the second notification, wherein the gesture is detected at a location of the presence-sensitive screen that corresponds to the second region.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first and second regions are non-overlapping regions of the presence-sensitive screen.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second priority threshold is determined prior to receiving any additional indications of gestures detected at the input device.

4. A system comprising:

a display device;

an input device;

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

determine a first portion of text-based content of the first notification and a second portion of text-based content of the first notification, wherein the first notification is one of one or more notifications received by the computing device;

responsive to determining that a priority level associated with the first notification does not satisfy a first priority threshold, output, for display at the display device within a first graphical indication of the first notification, the first portion of text-based content associated with the first notification and not the second portion of text-based content associated with the first notification, wherein the first priority threshold is based on a highest value priority level associated with the one or more notifications, other than the first notification, for which a respective graphical indication is included within the notification center graphical user interface;

receive an indication of a gesture detected at the input device, the gesture corresponding to a command to clear a second notification from the one or more notifications other than the first notification, the second notification having a higher priority level associated with the second notification than a priority level associated with the first notification; and

after clearing the second notification, determine a second priority threshold, wherein the second priority threshold is based on a highest value priority level associated with a subset of the one or more notifications other than the first notification, wherein the subset excludes the second notification; and

responsive to determining that the priority level associated with the first notification satisfies the second priority threshold, output, for display at the display device and within a second graphical indication of the first notification that replaces the first graphical indication of the first notification, the second portion of text-based content of the first notification in addition to the first portion of text-based content of the first notification, wherein the second graphical indication of the first notification is larger in size than the first graphical indication of the first notification.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a presence-sensitive screen that includes the display device and the input device.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

responsive to receiving the gesture and responsive to determining that the priority level associated with the first notification satisfies the second priority threshold, output, for display at the display device and within an upper portion of the notification center graphical user interface, the second graphical indication of the first notification.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the second priority threshold is determined prior to receiving any additional indications of gestures detected at the input device.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the first graphical indication of the first notification is output for display at a first region of the presence-sensitive screen and the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

prior to receiving the indication of the gesture, output, for display, a graphical indication of the second notification at a second region of the presence-sensitive screen, wherein the gesture is detected at a location of the presence-sensitive screen that corresponds to the second region.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first and second regions are non-overlapping regions of the presence-sensitive screen.