Wireless Communication Device Having Deterministic Control of Foreground Access of the User Interface

• US 20140019873A1
• Filed: 09/13/2013
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gupta, Rashim, Lindner, Mark Aaron, Tejaswini, Fnu
• Granted Patent: US 9,367,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• 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: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A wireless communication device that has one or more applications resident on a computer platform, a wireless communication interface, a display, and a user interface that, at least, appears on the display. The one or more applications and/or an arbiter that is resident on the computer platform may determine which user interface of the one or more applications resident on the computer platform controls the display based upon a predetermined criteria when the user interfaces compete for control of the display. In another embodiment, an application that does not comply with the determination of which application controls the display may be terminated. A method may be performed to determine which application may control a display of a plurality of displays of the wireless communication device. A method may be performed to associate user input data with applications when there is a change of control of a display.

Claims

1. A method of assigning control of each of a plurality of displays to an application of a plurality of applications resident on a wireless communication device, comprising:

determining via an arbiter a first application of the plurality of applications that controls one of the plurality of displays based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a first notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

determining whether an activity relevant to a second application of the plurality of applications is detected in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the one of the plurality of displays;

ordering a list of viable displays of the plurality of displays in order of priority for the second application in response to detecting the activity relevant to the second application;

selecting a display in the ordered list of viable displays of the plurality of displays;

determining whether the selected display is in use by a third application; and

sending to the second application a flag that assigns control of a foreground of the selected display in response to determining the selected display is not in use by the third application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending to the second application the flag that assigns the control of the foreground of the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application and a priority of the third application is lower than a priority of the second application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity is at least one of a second notification event, a predefined event indicated within registration information associated with the second application, an encountered exception, a priority change of one of the plurality of applications, a registration of a new application with the arbiter, a change in an operating status of one of the plurality of applications, a loss of control of a display foreground by one of the plurality of applications, and a change in activity state of one of the plurality of displays.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding the second application to a wait queue for the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application of the plurality of applications and the priority of the third application is higher than the priority of the second application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter in response to one of a boot-up of a computer platform of the wireless communication device, an activation of each of the plurality of applications, and a received request for registration, wherein registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter comprises storing registration information for each of the plurality of applications.

6. The method of claim 5, where the registration information for an individual application of the plurality of applications includes at least one of an identification, a priority, network requirements, an indication of whether the individual application may be dynamically reprioritized, and an indication of whether the individual application can be used on a secondary display of the plurality of displays, and an indication of whether the individual application is background-enabled.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising re-calculating priorities for each of the plurality of applications that is registered for dynamic reprioritization.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing status information for each of the plurality of displays, wherein the status information includes at least an operating condition, operating requirements, and a display priority;

polling sensors for information indicating current conditions of the wireless communication device;

evaluating a viability of each of the plurality of displays based on the stored status information and the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device;

evaluating a user interaction with each of the plurality of displays based on the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device; and

re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the current conditions of the wireless communication device include at least one of an ambient temperature based on thermistor sensor data, an ambient brightness based on camera data, a device altitude based on GPS data, a device movement based on gyroscope sensor data, a device inclination based on the gyroscope sensor data, user inputs on a touchscreen, and an identity of a user based on the camera data or microphone data.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the user interaction indicates at least one of a user is looking at a display based on eye tracking, the user is looking at a display based on head tracking, and the user is touching a display.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction comprises re-calculating for each of the plurality of applications the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

12. A method of associating user input data with a plurality of applications resident on a wireless communication device in accordance with a user intent, comprising:

determining via an arbiter a first application of the plurality of applications that controls a display of the wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

detecting, in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the display, a change in a control of the display from the first application in the plurality of applications to a second application in the plurality of applications;

identifying a first input received before the detected change in the control of the display and a second input received after the detected change in the control of the display;

determining whether the first input was received within a first time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display;

determining whether the second input was received within a second time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display; and

associating the second input with the second application in response to determining that the first input was not received within the first time threshold or the second input was not received within the second time threshold.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first input and the second input are both one of touch inputs, text inputs, spoken inputs, or visual inputs.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and that the second input was received within the second time threshold.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

rendering a prompt requesting a user selection input for associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

receiving the user selection input via a user interface; and

associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application based on the received user selection input.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the first input is a verbal input;

the prompt is a second sound; and

the method further comprises rendering a first sound prior to detecting the change in the control of the display.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

evaluating a content of the first input and the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

evaluating a launch time of the second application in relation to the detected change in the control in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold; and

associating the second input with the first application or the second application based on at least one of the evaluated content and the evaluated launch time.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the content is at least one of a grammar, a spelling, a punctuation, a format, a context, and an interpreted meaning.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the second input is a touch input, the method further comprising:

identifying a second user interface element of the second application corresponding to the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

determining whether the identified second user interface element of the second application coincides with a first user interface element of the first application; and

associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the identified second user interface element coincides with the first user interface element.

20. A method of controlling a plurality of applications resident on a wireless communication device, comprising:

determining via an arbiter a first application of the plurality of applications controls a display of the wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

determining whether a second application of the plurality of applications did not comply with the determination via the arbiter that the first application of the plurality of applications controls the display; and

terminating the second application in response to determining that the second application of the plurality of applications did not comply.

21. A wireless communication device, comprising:

means for determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications that controls one of a plurality of displays based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a first notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

means for determining whether an activity relevant to a second application of the plurality of applications is detected in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the one of the plurality of displays;

means for ordering a list of viable displays of the plurality of displays in order of priority for the second application in response to detecting the activity relevant to the second application;

means for selecting a display in the ordered list of viable displays of the plurality of displays;

means for determining whether the selected display is in use by a third application; and

means for sending to the second application a flag that assigns control of a foreground of the selected display in response to determining the selected display is not in use by the third application.

22. The wireless communication device of claim 21, further comprising means for sending to the second application the flag that assigns the control of the foreground of the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application and a priority of the third application is lower than a priority of the second application.

23. The wireless communication device of claim 21, wherein the activity is at least one of a second notification event, a predefined event indicated within registration information associated with the second application, an encountered exception, a priority change of one of the plurality of applications, a registration of a new application with the arbiter, a change in an operating status of one of the plurality of applications, a loss of control of a display foreground by one of the plurality of applications, and a change in activity state of one of the plurality of displays.

24. The wireless communication device of claim 21, further comprising means for adding the second application to a wait queue for the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application of the plurality of applications and the priority of the third application is higher than the priority of the second application.

25. The wireless communication device of claim 21, further comprising means for registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter in response to one of a boot-up of a computer platform of the wireless communication device, an activation of each of the plurality of applications, and a received request for registration,

wherein means for registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter comprises storing registration information for each of the plurality of applications.

26. The wireless communication device of claim 25, where the registration information for an individual application of the plurality of applications includes at least one of an identification, a priority, network requirements, an indication of whether the individual application may be dynamically reprioritized, and an indication of whether the individual application can be used on a secondary display of the plurality of displays, and an indication of whether the individual application is background-enabled.

27. The wireless communication device of claim 26, further comprising means for re-calculating priorities for each of the plurality of applications that is registered for dynamic reprioritization.

28. The wireless communication device of claim 21, further comprising:

means for storing status information for each of the plurality of displays, wherein the status information includes at least an operating condition, operating requirements, and a display priority;

means for polling sensors for information indicating current conditions of the wireless communication device;

means for evaluating a viability of each of the plurality of displays based on the stored status information and the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device;

means for evaluating a user interaction with each of the plurality of displays based on the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device; and

means for re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

29. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the current conditions of the wireless communication device include at least one of an ambient temperature based on thermistor sensor data, an ambient brightness based on camera data, a device altitude based on GPS data, a device movement based on gyroscope sensor data, a device inclination based on the gyroscope sensor data, user inputs on a touchscreen, and an identity of a user based on the camera data or microphone data.

30. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the user interaction indicates at least one of a user is looking at a display based on eye tracking, the user is looking at a display based on head tracking, and the user is touching a display.

31. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein means for re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction comprises means for re-calculating for each of the plurality of applications the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

32. A wireless communication device, comprising:

means for determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications that controls a display of the wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

means for detecting, in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the display, a change in a control of the display from the first application in the plurality of applications to a second application in the plurality of applications;

means for identifying a first input received before the detected change in the control of the display and a second input received after the detected change in the control of the display;

means for determining whether the first input was received within a first time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display;

means for determining whether the second input was received within a second time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display; and

means for associating the second input with the second application in response to determining that the first input was not received within the first time threshold or the second input was not received within the second time threshold.

33. The wireless communication device of claim 32, wherein the first input and the second input are both one of touch inputs, text inputs, spoken inputs, or visual inputs.

34. The wireless communication device of claim 32, further comprising means for associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and that the second input was received within the second time threshold.

35. The wireless communication device of claim 32, further comprising:

means for rendering a prompt requesting a user selection input for associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

means for receiving the user selection input via a user interface; and

means for associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application based on the received user selection input.

36. The wireless communication device of claim 35, wherein:

the first input is a verbal input;

the prompt is a second sound; and

the wireless communication device further comprises means for rendering a first sound prior to detecting the change in the control of the display.

37. The wireless communication device of claim 32, further comprising:

means for evaluating a content of the first input and the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

means for evaluating a launch time of the second application in relation to the detected change in the control in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold; and

means for associating the second input with the first application or the second application based on at least one of the evaluated content and the evaluated launch time.

38. The wireless communication device of claim 37, wherein the content is at least one of a grammar, a spelling, a punctuation, a format, a context, and an interpreted meaning.

39. The wireless communication device of claim 32, wherein the second input is a touch input, the wireless communication device further comprising:

means for identifying a second user interface element of the second application corresponding to the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

means for determining whether the identified second user interface element of the second application coincides with a first user interface element of the first application; and

means for associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the identified second user interface element coincides with the first user interface element.

40. A wireless communication device, comprising:

means for determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications controls a display of the wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

means for determining whether a second application of the plurality of applications did not comply with the determination via the arbiter that the first application of the plurality of applications controls the display; and

means for terminating the second application in response to determining that the second application of the plurality of applications did not comply.

41. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications that controls one of a plurality of displays based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a first notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

determining whether an activity relevant to a second application of the plurality of applications is detected in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the one of the plurality of displays;

ordering a list of viable displays of the plurality of displays in order of priority for the second application in response to detecting the activity relevant to the second application;

selecting a display in the ordered list of viable displays of the plurality of displays;

determining whether the selected display is in use by a third application; and

sending to the second application a flag that assigns control of a foreground of the selected display in response to determining the selected display is not in use by the third application.

42. The wireless communication device of claim 41, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising sending to the second application the flag that assigns the control of the foreground of the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application and a priority of the third application is lower than a priority of the second application.

43. The wireless communication device of claim 41, wherein the activity is at least one of a second notification event, a predefined event indicated within registration information associated with the second application, an encountered exception, a priority change of one of the plurality of applications, a registration of a new application with the arbiter, a change in an operating status of one of the plurality of applications, a loss of control of a display foreground by one of the plurality of applications, and a change in activity state of one of the plurality of displays.

44. The wireless communication device of claim 41, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising adding the second application to a wait queue for the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application of the plurality of applications and the priority of the third application is higher than the priority of the second application.

45. The wireless communication device of claim 41, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter in response to one of a boot-up of a computer platform of the wireless communication device, an activation of each of the plurality of applications, and a received request for registration, and wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter comprises storing registration information for each of the plurality of applications.

46. The wireless communication device of claim 45, where the registration information for an individual application of the plurality of applications includes at least one of an identification, a priority, network requirements, an indication of whether the individual application may be dynamically reprioritized, and an indication of whether the individual application can be used on a secondary display of the plurality of displays, and an indication of whether the individual application is background-enabled.

47. The wireless communication device of claim 46, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising re-calculating priorities for each of the plurality of applications that is registered for dynamic reprioritization.

48. The wireless communication device of claim 41, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising:

storing status information for each of the plurality of displays, wherein the status information includes at least an operating condition, operating requirements, and a display priority;

polling sensors for information indicating current conditions of the wireless communication device;

evaluating a viability of each of the plurality of displays based on the stored status information and the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device;

evaluating a user interaction with each of the plurality of displays based on the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device; and

re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

49. The wireless communication device of claim 48, wherein the current conditions of the wireless communication device include at least one of an ambient temperature based on thermistor sensor data, an ambient brightness based on camera data, a device altitude based on GPS data, a device movement based on gyroscope sensor data, a device inclination based on the gyroscope sensor data, user inputs on a touchscreen, and an identity of a user based on the camera data or microphone data.

50. The wireless communication device of claim 48, wherein the user interaction indicates at least one of a user is looking at a display based on eye tracking, the user is looking at a display based on head tracking, and the user is touching a display.

51. The wireless communication device of claim 48, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction comprises re-calculating for each of the plurality of applications the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

52. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications that controls a display of the wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

detecting, in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the display, a change in a control of the display from the first application in the plurality of applications to a second application in the plurality of applications;

identifying a first input received before the detected change in the control of the display and a second input received after the detected change in the control of the display;

determining whether the first input was received within a first time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display;

determining whether the second input was received within a second time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display; and

associating the second input with the second application in response to determining that the first input was not received within the first time threshold or the second input was not received within the second time threshold.

53. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the first input and the second input are both one of touch inputs, text inputs, spoken inputs, or visual inputs.

54. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and that the second input was received within the second time threshold.

55. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising:

rendering a prompt requesting a user selection input for associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

receiving the user selection input via a user interface; and

associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application based on the received user selection input.

56. The wireless communication device of claim 55, wherein:

the first input is a verbal input;

the prompt is a second sound; and

wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising rendering a first sound prior to detecting the change in the control of the display.

57. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising:

evaluating a content of the first input and the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

evaluating a launch time of the second application in relation to the detected change in the control in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold; and

associating the second input with the first application or the second application based on at least one of the evaluated content and the evaluated launch time.

58. The wireless communication device of claim 57, wherein the content is at least one of a grammar, a spelling, a punctuation, a format, a context, and an interpreted meaning.

59. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the second input is a touch input, and wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions further comprising:

identifying a second user interface element of the second application corresponding to the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

determining whether the identified second user interface element of the second application coincides with a first user interface element of the first application; and

associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the identified second user interface element coincides with the first user interface element.

60. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications controls a display of the wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

determining whether a second application of the plurality of applications did not comply with the determination via the arbiter that the first application of the plurality of applications controls the display; and

terminating the second application in response to determining that the second application of the plurality of applications did not comply.

61. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications that controls one of a plurality of displays based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a first notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

determining whether an activity relevant to a second application of the plurality of applications is detected in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the one of the plurality of displays;

ordering a list of viable displays of the plurality of displays in order of priority for the second application in response to detecting the activity relevant to the second application;

selecting a display in the ordered list of viable displays of the plurality of displays;

determining whether the selected display is in use by a third application; and

sending to the second application a flag that assigns control of a foreground of the selected display in response to determining the selected display is not in use by the third application.

62. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 61, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising sending to the second application the flag that assigns the control of the foreground of the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application and a priority of the third application is lower than a priority of the second application.

63. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 61, wherein the activity is at least one of a second notification event, a predefined event indicated within registration information associated with the second application, an encountered exception, a priority change of one of the plurality of applications, a registration of a new application with the arbiter, a change in an operating status of one of the plurality of applications, a loss of control of a display foreground by one of the plurality of applications, and a change in activity state of one of the plurality of displays.

64. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 61, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising adding the second application to a wait queue for the selected display in response to determining that the selected display is in use by the third application of the plurality of applications and the priority of the third application is higher than the priority of the second application.

65. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 61, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter in response to one of a boot-up of a computer platform, an activation of each of the plurality of applications, and a received request for registration, and

wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations such that registering each of the plurality of applications with the arbiter comprises storing registration information for each of the plurality of applications.

66. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 65, where the registration information for an individual application of the plurality of applications includes at least one of an identification, a priority, network requirements, an indication of whether the individual application may be dynamically reprioritized, and an indication of whether the individual application can be used on a secondary display of the plurality of displays, and an indication of whether the individual application is background-enabled.

67. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 66, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising re-calculating priorities for each of the plurality of applications that is registered for dynamic reprioritization.

68. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 61, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

storing status information for each of the plurality of displays, wherein the status information includes at least an operating condition, operating requirements, and a display priority;

polling sensors for information indicating current conditions of a wireless communication device;

evaluating a viability of each of the plurality of displays based on the stored status information and the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device;

evaluating a user interaction with each of the plurality of displays based on the information indicating the current conditions of the wireless communication device; and

re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

69. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 68, wherein the current conditions of the wireless communication device include at least one of an ambient temperature based on thermistor sensor data, an ambient brightness based on camera data, a device altitude based on GPS data, a device movement based on gyroscope sensor data, a device inclination based on the gyroscope sensor data, user inputs on a touchscreen, and an identity of a user based on the camera data or microphone data.

70. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 68, wherein the user interaction indicates at least one of a user is looking at a display based on eye tracking, the user is looking at a display based on head tracking, and the user is touching a display.

71. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 68, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations such that re-calculating the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction comprises re-calculating for each of the plurality of applications the priority of each of the plurality of displays based on at least one of the evaluated viability of each of the plurality of displays and the evaluated user interaction.

72. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications that controls a display of a wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

detecting, in response to determining via the arbiter that the first application controls the display, a change in a control of the display from the first application in the plurality of applications to a second application in the plurality of applications;

identifying a first input received before the detected change in the control of the display and a second input received after the detected change in the control of the display;

determining whether the first input was received within a first time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display;

determining whether the second input was received within a second time threshold of the detected change in the control of the display; and

associating the second input with the second application in response to determining that the first input was not received within the first time threshold or the second input was not received within the second time threshold.

73. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 72, wherein the first input and the second input are both one of touch inputs, text inputs, spoken inputs, or visual inputs.

74. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 72, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and that the second input was received within the second time threshold.

75. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 72, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

rendering a prompt requesting a user selection input for associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

receiving the user selection input via a user interface; and

associating the second input with one of the first application and the second application based on the received user selection input.

76. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 75, wherein:

the first input is a verbal input;

the prompt is a second sound; and

wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising rendering a first sound prior to detecting the change in the control of the display.

77. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 72, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

evaluating a content of the first input and the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

evaluating a launch time of the second application in relation to the detected change in the control in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold; and

associating the second input with the first application or the second application based on at least one of the evaluated content and the evaluated launch time.

78. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 77, wherein the content is at least one of a grammar, a spelling, a punctuation, a format, a context, and an interpreted meaning.

79. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 72, wherein the second input is a touch input, and wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

identifying a second user interface element of the second application corresponding to the second input in response to determining that the first input was received within the first time threshold and the second input was received within the second time threshold;

determining whether the identified second user interface element of the second application coincides with a first user interface element of the first application; and

associating the second input with the first application in response to determining that the identified second user interface element coincides with the first user interface element.

80. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

determining via an arbiter a first application of a plurality of applications controls a display of a wireless communication device based upon predetermined criteria in response to receiving a notification event that simultaneously invokes more than one application;

determining whether a second application of the plurality of applications did not comply with the determination via the arbiter that the first application of the plurality of applications controls the display; and

terminating the second application in response to determining that the second application of the plurality of applications did not comply.