System and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device
First Claim
1. A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
- providing a notification feature on a home screen of the computing device;
detecting one or more notifications generated by a number of applications operating on the computing device;
presenting, in response to a first swipe or drag gesture on the home screen by a user, a group notification representation for each of the number of applications, wherein each of the group notification representations indicates how many of the notifications generated by a corresponding one of the applications have not been viewed or acted upon; and
dismissing, in response to a second swipe or drag gesture by the user on a selected one of the group notification representations, the selected group notification representation.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device are disclosed. The method comprises enabling multiple applications that operate on the mobile computing device to generate notifications in response to event occurrences. A plurality of notification representations are presented in a notification bar on the display. The plurality of notification representations are individually generated by a corresponding application in response to an event occurrence. The plurality of notification representations are represented in a first portion of the notification bar and with a number that represents how many notification representations from an application have been generated and not dismissed by a user.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
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providing a notification feature on a home screen of the computing device; detecting one or more notifications generated by a number of applications operating on the computing device; presenting, in response to a first swipe or drag gesture on the home screen by a user, a group notification representation for each of the number of applications, wherein each of the group notification representations indicates how many of the notifications generated by a corresponding one of the applications have not been viewed or acted upon; and dismissing, in response to a second swipe or drag gesture by the user on a selected one of the group notification representations, the selected group notification representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing device, comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to; provide a notification feature on a home screen of the computing device; detect one or more notifications generated by a number of applications operating on the computing device; present, in response to a first swipe or drag gesture on the home screen by a user, a group notification representation for each of the number of applications, wherein each of the group notification representations indicates how many of the notifications generated by a corresponding one of the applications have not been viewed or acted upon; and dismiss, in response to a second swipe or drag gesture by the user on a selected one of the group notification representations, the selected group notification representation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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provide a notification feature on a home screen of the computing device; detect one or more notifications generated by a number of applications operating on the computing device; present, in response to a first swipe or drag gesture on the home screen by a user, a group notification representation for each of the number of applications, wherein each of the group notification representations indicates how many of the notifications generated by a corresponding one of the applications have not been viewed or acted upon; and dismiss, in response to a second swipe or drag gesture by the user on a selected one of the group notification representations, the selected group notification representation. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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