PROVIDING SELECTED DATA THROUGH A LOCKED DISPLAY

• US 20100146384A1
• Filed: 04/10/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Ghosh, Sumonto, Peev, Igor, Swank, Adam, Agnetta, Bryan T., Pengelly, Robert, Chen, Liang
• Granted Patent: US 9,197,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• 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 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Providing content and/or functionality through a display of a locked computing device. Configuration data defined by a user or application vendor identifies the content and/or functionality to be made available. Upon receipt of the content, the computing device modifies the received content based on the configuration data and provides the modified content to the user through the display of the locked computing device. The computing device also interacts with the user in accordance with the functionality identified by the configuration data. In some embodiments, notifications about voice mail or electronic mail messages are displayed to the user through a locked touch screen display. Responsive to a finger tap or other user input, additional yet limited information relating to the notifications is displayed.

Claims

1. A system for customizing notifications available through a display of a locked mobile computing device, said system comprising:

a memory area for storing one or more notifications received by a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is locked, said memory area further storing configuration data, said configuration data describing notifications to present to a user through a display of the locked mobile computing device;

a processor programmed to;

receive the configuration data from the user of the mobile computing device;

access one or more of the notifications stored in the memory area;

alter one or more of the accessed notifications based on the configuration data stored in the memory area; and

present the altered notifications to the user through the display of the locked mobile computing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data describes characteristics of the notifications.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the notifications relate to one or more of the following:

an electronic mail message, a voice mail message, a text message, and a missed telephone call.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to analyze each of the accessed notifications by filtering the accessed notifications based on the configuration data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor is programmed to present said one or more of the accessed notifications by presenting only the filtered notifications.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the presented notifications are associated with an application program executing on the mobile computing device, wherein the configuration data defines a subset of functionality of the application program, and wherein the processor is further programmed to enable the subset of functionality through the display while the mobile computing device is locked, whereby the user interacts with the application program via said one or more of the presented notifications in accordance with the enabled subset of functionality.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for selectively presenting content to the user through the display of the locked mobile computing device.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for customizing, per application program, the presentation of content to the user through the display of the locked mobile computing device.

9. A method comprising:

defining configuration data describing content to present to a user through a display of a locked computing device;

receiving, by the computing device, one or more content items while the computing device is locked;

transforming one or more of the received content items based on the defined configuration data;

providing the transformed content items for presentation to the user through the display of the locked computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the provided content items are associated with one or more application programs, and further comprising:

receiving from the user a selection of one of the provided content items; and

unlocking the locked computing device and executing the application program associated with the selected one of the content items.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving a command from the user to unlock the locked computing device.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing, through the display of the locked computing device, representations of one or more application programs available on the computing device, wherein the representations are provided as a toolbar.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a selection from the user of one of the provided representations; and

unlocking the locked computing device and executing the application program associated with the selected one of the content items.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein defining the configuration data comprises identifying one or more of the following:

an application associated with the content items, a type of notification associated with the content items, a category of notification associated with the content items, and a keyword associated with the content items.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said defining, said receiving, said filtering, and said providing are performed by a cloud service, and wherein providing the filtered content items comprises transmitting the filtered content items from the cloud service to the computing device for display to the user.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the received content items have one or more data fields associated therewith, and wherein transforming the received content items comprises selecting one or more of the data fields based on the defined configuration data, and wherein providing the transformed content items comprises providing the selected data fields.

17. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components, said components comprising:

a profile component for receiving configuration data describing content and functionality to present to a user through a display of a locked computing device, said content and functionality being associated with an application program executing on the computing device, wherein the profile component stores the received configuration data in a data structure associated with the application program;

an interface component for receiving one or more content items while the computing device is locked; and

a filter component for modifying the content items received by the interface component based on the configuration data received by the profile component and stored in the data structure, wherein the interface component provides the modified content items to the user through the display of the locked computing device, and wherein the filter component enables the user to interact with the provided content items according to the functionality described by the configuration data.

18. The computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the profile component receives the configuration data from one or more of the following:

the user, and a developer of the application program.

19. The computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the application program relates to one or more of the following:

stock prices, sports scores, transportation schedules, instant messages, and social networking messages.

20. The computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the configuration data identifies a category associated with one or more of the content items, and wherein the interface component provides the content items associated with the identified category to the user through the display of the locked computing device.