Secondary actions on a notification

• US 9,891,795 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Osman, Heiwad Hamidy, Kuehnle, Holger, Wagh, Saurabh
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gattew, Asteway T
• Application Number:
  US14/312,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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

Abstract

Various embodiments enable notifications to be generated in both touch and non-touch environments. In at least some embodiments, a notification window is presented and a drag operation can reveal one or more secondary actions that can be performed. In at least some embodiments, selection of one or more of the secondary actions can occur independent of, and without utilizing additional special affordances, such as buttons.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a client device, content associated with a primary notification and one or more secondary actions from a remote computing device;

responsive to said receiving the primary notification, presenting the primary notification on a display screen of the client device, including;

sliding the primary notification onto the display screen; and

causing presentation of the primary notification to overshoot an initial resting location; and

responsive to said presenting the primary notification, revealing that one or more secondary actions are accessible and continuing to present the primary notification, including;

partially displaying the one or more secondary actions for a threshold amount of time; and

after the threshold amount of time has expired, causing the presentation of the primary notification to settle on the initial resting location and cover the one or more secondary actions.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said revealing that the one or more secondary actions are accessible comprises moving the primary notification sufficient to accommodate partial display of the one or more secondary actions while continuing to present the primary notification.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said revealing is performed responsive to a gestural input directed to the primary notification.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the gestural input comprises a touch input.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the gestural input comprises a touch input comprising a tap and hold.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the gestural input comprises a touch input comprising a swipe.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein partially displaying the one or more secondary actions comprises presenting the one or more secondary actions in individual slots at least some of which are reserved for an operating system.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein partially displaying the one or more secondary actions comprises presenting the one or more secondary actions in a scrollable or pannable window.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said presenting the primary notification comprises presenting the primary notification without an associated application'"'"'s code being run.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said receiving the primary notification comprises using an operating system and calling, with the operating system, an associated application to cause presentation of the one or more secondary actions.

11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, using a computing device, a primary notification;

responsive to receiving the primary notification, presenting the primary notification and one or more secondary actions associated with the primary notification on a display screen of the computing device;

detecting gestural input associated with the primary notification or the one or more secondary actions;

ascertaining a threshold associated with the gestural input;

responsive to detecting the gestural input and, based at least in part on ascertaining that the threshold has been met, dismissing the one or more secondary actions associated with the primary notification and continuing to present the primary notification; and

responsive to detecting the gestural input and, based at least in part on ascertaining that the threshold has not been met, partially dismissing the one or more secondary actions and continuing to present the primary notification.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the threshold is associated with a velocity.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the threshold is associated with a distance.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein:

the one or more secondary actions associated with the primary notification are presented in response to an additional gestural input that moves in a direction; and

the gestural input moves in an opposite direction of the additional gestural input.

15. A computing device comprising:

a display screen;

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, perform operations comprising;

receiving a primary notification;

responsive to receiving the primary notification, presenting the primary notification and one or more secondary actions associated with the primary notification on the display screen;

detecting a gestural input associated with the primary notification or the one or more secondary actions;

fully or partially dismissing the one or more secondary actions and continuing to present the primary notification based on whether a threshold associated with the gestural input is met, including partially dismissing the one or more secondary actions and continuing to present the primary notification when the threshold is not met.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein presenting the one or more secondary actions comprises moving the primary notification sufficient to accommodate at least a partial display of the one or more secondary actions while continuing to present the primary notification.

17. The computing device of claim 15, wherein presenting the one or more secondary actions comprises:

sliding the primary notification onto the display screen; and

causing the presentation of the primary notification to overshoot an initial resting location;

partially displaying the one or more secondary actions for a threshold amount of time; and

after the threshold amount of time has expired, causing the presentation of the primary notification to settle on the initial resting location and cover the one or more secondary actions.

18. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise fully dismissing the one or more secondary actions and continuing to present the primary notification when the threshold is met.