Notification of mobile device events
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1. A computer-implemented user notification method, comprising:
- displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface for a mobile device, a notification of a recent alert event for the mobile device, wherein the alert event corresponds to a change in status of an application operating on the mobile device or of an account associated with the mobile device, wherein the notification identifies the application or account that changed in status, and wherein the notification comprises text that scrolls within a status bar that comprises the status area of the graphical interface;
receiving, from a user of the mobile device, a sliding input on a touchscreen of the mobile device, the sliding input occurring by the user making contact with the mobile device at a contact location and, while maintaining the contact, sliding the contact location across the touchscreen toward the center of the touchscreen so as to traverse the status area; and
in response to the receipt of the sliding input, initiating a display of a visible panel on the graphical interface and panning a leading edge of the visible panel in a direction and distance based on the contact location of the sliding input, the visible panel at least partially obscuring at least a portion of what was visibly displayed on the graphical interface prior to the panning, and displaying, in the visible panel, detail regarding a plurality of alert events for the mobile device, wherein;
at least some of the plurality of alert events correspond to messages received by the mobile device and the detail includes text from the messages, andthe detail displayed in the visible panel includes text, icons, or both from alert events that correspond to a plurality of different software applications on the mobile device and are displayed simultaneously in the visible panel.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented user notification method includes displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface, a notification of a recent alert event for a mobile device, receiving a user selection in the status area, and in response to the receipt of the user selection, displaying, in a central zone of the graphical interface, detail regarding a plurality of recent messaging events for the mobile device.
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1. A computer-implemented user notification method, comprising:
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displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface for a mobile device, a notification of a recent alert event for the mobile device, wherein the alert event corresponds to a change in status of an application operating on the mobile device or of an account associated with the mobile device, wherein the notification identifies the application or account that changed in status, and wherein the notification comprises text that scrolls within a status bar that comprises the status area of the graphical interface; receiving, from a user of the mobile device, a sliding input on a touchscreen of the mobile device, the sliding input occurring by the user making contact with the mobile device at a contact location and, while maintaining the contact, sliding the contact location across the touchscreen toward the center of the touchscreen so as to traverse the status area; and in response to the receipt of the sliding input, initiating a display of a visible panel on the graphical interface and panning a leading edge of the visible panel in a direction and distance based on the contact location of the sliding input, the visible panel at least partially obscuring at least a portion of what was visibly displayed on the graphical interface prior to the panning, and displaying, in the visible panel, detail regarding a plurality of alert events for the mobile device, wherein; at least some of the plurality of alert events correspond to messages received by the mobile device and the detail includes text from the messages, and the detail displayed in the visible panel includes text, icons, or both from alert events that correspond to a plurality of different software applications on the mobile device and are displayed simultaneously in the visible panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. One or more computer-readable storage devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
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display, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface for a mobile device, a notification of a recent alert event for the mobile device, wherein the alert event corresponds to a change in status of an application operating on the mobile device or of an account associated with the mobile device, wherein the notification identifies the application or account that changed in status, and wherein the notification comprises text that scrolls within a status bar that comprises the status area of the graphical interface; receive a sliding input on a touchscreen of the mobile device, the sliding input occurring by the user making contact with the mobile device at a contact location and, while maintaining the contact, sliding the contact location across the touchscreen toward the center of the touchscreen so as to traverse the status area; and in response to the receipt of the sliding input, initiating a display of a visible panel on the graphical interface and panning a leading edge of the visible panel in a direction and distance based on the contact location of the sliding input, the visible panel at least partially obscuring at least a portion of what was visibly displayed on the graphical interface prior to the panning, and displaying, in the visible panel, detail regarding a plurality of alert events for the mobile device, wherein; at least some of the plurality of alert events correspond to messages received by the mobile device and the detail includes text from the messages, and the detail displayed in the visible panel includes text, icons, or both from alert events that correspond to a plurality of different software applications on the mobile device and are displayed simultaneously in the visible panel. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented notification system, comprising:
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a wireless interface to receive data for a user of a mobile computing device; a notification manager to generate a notification message for a device event, including device events received through the wireless interface, where the notification message includes information that describes the device event, wherein the notification message identifies an application or account that changed in status; a display manager, operable with a computer processor, to generate elements for a graphical display, to receive the notification message and to present the notification message in a first zone that is near a perimeter of the graphical display and that includes a status bar of the graphical display of the mobile device, wherein the display manager displays the notification message as text that scrolls within the status bar of the graphical display; and an electronic input device to receive a sliding input starting on the electronic input device in the first zone and continuing while moving away from the first zone, wherein in response to the sliding input, the display manager initiates a display of a visible panel opening in a direction and distance based on the movement of the sliding input and displays, in the visible panel, detail information regarding a plurality of recent device events for the mobile device, the device events corresponding to a plurality of different software applications, and wherein displaying the detail information comprises displaying descriptive text about the plurality of recent device events in a list on the visible panel so that the descriptive text appears when the sliding contact is moved in a direction from the first zone of the graphical display toward a central zone of the graphical display. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-implemented notification system, comprising:
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a wireless interface to receive data that includes messages for a user of a mobile device; a notification manager, operable on a computer processor, to generate a notification message for a received message that includes information that describes the message, wherein the notification message identifies an application or account that changed in status, and wherein the notification message comprises text that scrolls within a status bar of a graphical display of the mobile device; means for generating a display of information corresponding to the notification message on the graphical display by displaying text from the message and a plurality of other messages on a sliding panel that is generated in response to and moves in coordination with a sliding user touch input on a touchscreen display, wherein the sliding user touch input occurs by the user making contact with the mobile device at a contact location and, while maintaining the contact, sliding the contact location across the touchscreen display toward the center of the touchscreen display so as to traverse the status bar; and means for generating, in response to a user selection, a display of detail information regarding a plurality of recent messaging events for the mobile device.
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