Notifying a user of events in a computing device

• US 10,462,279 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Duarte, Matias, Shiplacoff, Daniel, Lyon, Jeremy, Mercer, Paul, Dellinger, Richard R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, William
• Application Number:
  US15/610,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20170272564A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/0484 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: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A user of a mobile computing device may provide a first user preference for a first type of event and a second user preference for a second type of event, and the mobile computing device may detect an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event. The mobile computing device may present, along an edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event, and may present, on the touch-sensitive display, a pop-up notification in response to detecting the second type of event. The mobile device may dismiss the banner alert based on a user swiping the banner alert off the touch-sensitive display.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processors of a mobile computing device, comprising:

associating a first type of event with a persistent event notification type;

associating a second type of event with a non-persistent event notification type, wherein the first type of event is one of a text message and an email, the second type of event is the other of the text message and the email, and the associating of each of the first and second type of events is based at least in part on a user'"'"'s preferences;

presenting, along a first edge of a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a status bar indicating at least one of a time, a remaining battery strength, or a signal strength;

detecting an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event;

presenting, along an edge of the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a persistent banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event, wherein the persistent banner alert is separate from the status bar;

presenting, on the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a non-persistent banner alert in response to detecting the second type of event, wherein the non-persistent banner alert is separate from the status bar;

dismissing the persistent banner alert based on the user swiping the persistent banner alert off the touch-sensitive display; and

automatically dismissing the non-persistent banner alert after expiration of a time period.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

invoking an application corresponding to the detected event based on the user tapping the persistent banner alert or the non-persistent banner alert.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein invoking the application causes the application to be displayed only in a portion of the touch-sensitive display.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

relegating the banner alerts to an event summary.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the event summary indicates a number of missed events and is displayed on the touch-sensitive display separate from the status bar.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the event summary comprises:

a first icon including a number of missed text messages; and

a second icon including a number of missed emails.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

invoking a text messaging application based on the user tapping the first icon in the event summary;

or

invoking an email application based on the user tapping the second icon in the event summary.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the persistent banner alert being dismissed, relegating the persistent banner alert to an event summary; and

presenting the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and displays at least one of a first icon including a number of missed text messages and a second icon including a number of missed emails.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to the non-persistent banner alert being dismissed, relegating the non-persistent banner alert to the event summary.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the non-persistent banner alert being dismissed, relegating the non-persistent banner alert to an event summary; and

presenting the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and displays at least one of a first icon including a number of missed text messages and a second icon including a number of missed emails.

11. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile computing device to;

associate a first type of event with a persistent event notification type;

associate a second type of event with a non-persistent event notification type, wherein the first type of event is one of a text message and an email, the second type of event is the other of the text message and the email, and the association of each of the first and second type of events is based at least in part on a user'"'"'s preferences;

present, along a first edge of the touch-sensitive display, a status bar indicating at least one of a time, a remaining battery strength, or a signal strength;

detect an event comprising reception of the first type of event or the second type of event;

present, along an edge of the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a persistent banner alert in response to detecting the first type of event, wherein the persistent banner alert is separate from the status bar;

present, on the touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a non-persistent banner alert in response to detecting the second type of event, wherein the non-persistent banner alert is separate from the status bar; and

dismiss the persistent banner alert based on the user swiping the persistent banner alert off the touch-sensitive display; and

automatically dismiss the non-persistent banner alert after expiration of a time period.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

invoke an application corresponding to the detected event based on the user tapping the persistent banner alert or the non-persistent banner alert.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 12, wherein invoking the application causes the application to be displayed only in a portion of the touch-sensitive display.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

relegate the banner alerts to an event summary.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 14, wherein the event summary indicates a number of missed events and is displayed on the touch-sensitive display separate from the status bar.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the event summary comprises:

a first icon including a number of missed text messages; and

a second icon including a number of missed emails.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 16, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

invoke a text messaging application based on the user tapping the first icon in the event summary;

or

invoke an email application based on the user tapping the second icon in the event summary.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

in response to the persistent banner alert being dismissed, relegate the persistent banner alert to an event summary; and

present the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and displays at least one of a first icon including a number of missed text messages and a second icon including a number of missed emails.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 18, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

in response to the non-persistent banner alert being dismissed, relegate the non-persistent banner alert to the event summary.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions causes the mobile computing device to further:

in response to the non-persistent banner alert being dismissed, relegate the non-persistent banner alert to an event summary; and

present the event summary on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the event summary is separate from the status bar and displays at least one of a first icon including a number of missed text messages and a second icon including a number of missed emails.