Electronic device and method of displaying information in response to a gesture

• US 9,471,145 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Langlois, Michael George, Rydenhag, Daniel Tobias, Kuo, Margaret Elizabeth, Johansson, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): CHUANG, JUNG-MU T
• Application Number:
  US13/688,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A method includes displaying, on a display of an electronic device, first information and detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, which gesture indicates a request to display an inbox associated with a plurality of applications. In response to detecting the gesture, when a message is received for a first application that is not one of the plurality of applications, a plurality of visual notification icons is displayed and at least part of the inbox is gradually displayed while reducing display of the first information along with movement of the gesture, wherein a first visual notification icon of the plurality of visual notification icons is associated with the first application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, a first information; and

in response to detecting a single swiping gesture on the touch-sensitive display starting from an edge of the touch-sensitive display in a first direction;

while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, gradually increasing a display of at least part of an inbox while reducing a display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture, the inbox supporting a plurality of applications and including information from the plurality of applications, the inbox being different than the first information;

while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, a notification indicator is displayed indicating one or more new messages are received;

in response to the indication of one or more new messages being received, determining whether a most recently received new message of the received one or more new messages is for one of the plurality of applications supported by the inbox;

in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a first application that is not supported by the inbox,

gradually shifting in a display of a plurality of visual notification icons in the first direction from the edge of the touch-sensitive display while gradually increasing the display of at least part of the inbox and reducing the display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture in the first direction, the first application being associated with a first visual notification icon of the plurality of visual plurality notification icons;

when the single swiping gesture meets a threshold, displaying the plurality of visual notification icons and the inbox without displaying the first information; and

when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold, displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox and the plurality of visual notification icons; and

in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a second application that is supported by the inbox,

progressively displaying more of the inbox as the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction without displaying the plurality of visual notification icons;

when the single swiping gesture meets the threshold, displaying the inbox without displaying the first information; and

when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first visual notification icon is displayed with a visual identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of visual notification icons is displayed in a sidebar along the edge of the touch-sensitive display.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the plurality of visual notification icons in response to detecting a characteristic of the single swiping gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the plurality of visual notification icons when the gesture crosses the threshold on the touch-sensitive display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information, the inbox, and the plurality of visual notification icons are displayed in one window on the touch-sensitive display, in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for the first application that is not supported by the inbox.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual notification icons are selectable.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is associated with a third application, and the third application is at least one of a weather application, a calendar application, an address book application, a contact application, a media player application, or a home display page.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first information is an image including information of the third application.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the inbox is associated with a fourth application, the fourth application is a messaging application displaying information of the plurality of applications that the inbox supports, and the fourth application is different than the third application.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display to display a first information; and

a processor configured to detect a single swiping gesture on the touch-sensitive display, wherein, in response to the processor detecting the single swiping gesture starting from an edge of the touch-sensitive display in a first direction, the touch-sensitive display is to;

while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, gradually increase a display of at least part of an inbox while reducing a display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture, the inbox supporting a plurality of applications and including information from the plurality of applications, the inbox being different than the first information, the inbox being different than the first information;

while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, a notification indicator is displayed indicating one or more new messages are received;

in response to the indication of one or more new messages being received, determining whether a most recently received new message of the received one or more new messages is for one of the plurality of applications supported by the inbox;

in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a first application that is not supported by the inbox,

gradually shifting in a display of a plurality of visual notification icons while gradually increasing the display of at least part of the inbox and reducing the display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture in the first direction, the first application being associated with a first visual notification icon of the plurality of visual notification icons,

when the single swiping gesture meets a threshold, displaying the plurality of visual notification icons and the inbox without displaying the first information; and

when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold, displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox and the plurality of visual notification icons; and

in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a second application that is supported by the inbox,

progressively displaying more of the inbox as the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction without displaying the plurality of visual notification icons;

when the single swiping gesture meets the threshold, displaying the inbox without displaying the first information; and

when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touch-sensitive display displays a visual identifier to identify the first visual notification icon.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the touch-sensitive display displays the plurality of visual notification icons in a sidebar along the edge of the touch-sensitive display.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the touch-sensitive display displays the plurality of visual notification icons in response to the processor detecting a characteristic of the single swiping gesture.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the visual notification icons displayed by the touch-sensitive display are selectable.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, a first information; and

in response to detecting a single swiping gesture on the touch-sensitive display starting from an edge of the touch-sensitive display in a first direction;

while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, gradually increasing a display of at least part of an inbox while reducing a display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture, the inbox supporting a plurality of applications and including information from the plurality of applications, the inbox being different than the first information;

while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, a notification indicator is displayed indicating one or more new messages are received;

in response to the indication of one or more new messages being received, determining whether a most recently received new message of the received one or more new messages is for one of the plurality of applications supported by the inbox;

in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a first application that is not supported by the inbox,

gradually shifting in a display of a plurality of visual notification icons in the first direction from the edge of the touch-sensitive display while gradually increasing the display of at least part of the inbox and reducing the display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture in the first direction, the first application being associated with a first visual notification icon of the plurality of visual plurality notification icons;

when the single swiping gesture meets a threshold, displaying the plurality of visual notification icons and the inbox without displaying the first information; and

when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold, displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox and the plurality of visual notification icons; and

in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a second application that is supported by the inbox,

progressively displaying more of the inbox as the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction without displaying the plurality of visual notification icons;

when the single swiping gesture meets the threshold, displaying the inbox without displaying the first information; and

when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to display a visual identifier to identify the first visual notification icon.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to display the plurality of visual notification icons in a sidebar along the edge of the touch-sensitive display.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to display the plurality of visual notification icons in response to detecting a characteristic of the single swiping gesture.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to display the first information, the inbox, and the plurality of notification icons in one window on the touch-sensitive display, in response to determining that the most recently received new message is for the first application that is not supported by the inbox.