APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING NOTIFICATIONS WITHIN A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising a notification manager and a display, said notification manager being configured to:
- designate a notification display area for simultaneously displaying a plurality of notifications on said display,in a foreground mode display said notification display area and in a background mode hide said notification display area, anddisplay a notification temporarily on a portion of said display when in said background mode, said portion of said display not being reserved for the display of notifications during operation of said display.
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Abstract
A notification manager for a computing device which has a display which designates a notification display area for simultaneously displaying a plurality of notifications when said notification manager is in a foreground mode, said notification display area being hidden when said notification manager is in a background mode, wherein a temporary notification is displayed when said notification manger is in said background mode, said temporary notification being displayed on a portion of a display not reserved for the display of notifications. The notifications in the notification area may be arranged according to an order in which they are generated. In an embodiment, notifications having an associated application are displayed in the notification display area and other notifications are displayed in a second area.
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23 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising a notification manager and a display, said notification manager being configured to:
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designate a notification display area for simultaneously displaying a plurality of notifications on said display, in a foreground mode display said notification display area and in a background mode hide said notification display area, and display a notification temporarily on a portion of said display when in said background mode, said portion of said display not being reserved for the display of notifications during operation of said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A method comprising having a notification manager configure a notification display area to simultaneously display a plurality of notifications on a display, displaying said notification display area on said display when said notification manager is in a foreground mode, not displaying said notification display area on said display when said notification manager is in a background mode, said method further comprising displaying a notification temporarily on a portion of said display when said notification manager is in said background mode, said portion of said display not being reserved for the display of notifications during operation of said display.
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23. A memory medium storing a computer program executable by a processor of a computing device, said computing device having a notification manager and a display, said computer program performing operations when executed by said processor, said operations comprising:
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having a notification manager configure a notification display area to simultaneously display a plurality of notifications on a display; displaying said notification display area on said display when said notification manager is in a foreground mode; not displaying said notification display area on said display when said notification manager is in a background mode; said operations further comprising displaying a notification temporarily on a portion of said display when said notification manager is in said background mode, said portion of said display not being reserved for the display of notifications during operation of said display.
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