Systems and methods for displaying notifications received from multiple applications

• US 9,292,310 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2012
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran A., Block, Eliza
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Casillas, Roland
• Application Number:
  US13/489,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 715/830, 715/828, 715/808, 715/792, 715/790
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• 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 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.

Claims

1. A data processing system, comprising:

a processor to execute instructions;

a touch-sensitive display;

a touch processing module; and

a memory coupled with the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to interface a notification module of the data processing system with an application programming interface (“

API”

) calling component and operative to;

detect that the electronic device is operating in a locked state;

while the device is operating in the locked state;

receive a plurality of notifications from one or more applications;

provide a pull-down option associated with the plurality of notifications, wherein the pull-down option comprises a visual affordance indicating the availability of a list of notifications including the plurality of notifications received while the device is operating in the locked state;

detect a gesture that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display at a location of the visual affordance, and detecting movement on the touch-sensitive display; and

in response to detecting the gesture, provide a list of the plurality of notifications to the user.

2. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the list of plurality of notifications comprises all notifications received while the electronic device is operating in the locked state.

3. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the list of the plurality of notifications is arranged based on a time that each of the plurality of notifications was received.

4. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to sort the list of the plurality of notifications based on a user selected parameter.

5. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the list of the plurality of notifications is scrollable.

6. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to:

detect whether a user has selected to access a notification from the list of the plurality of notifications using the touch processing module; and

in response to detecting that a user has selected to access the notification, display a slider associated with an application that generated the notification.

7. The data processing system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further operative:

detect that a user has activated the slider;

unlock the electronic device; and

present, to the user, the notification in the application that generated the notification.

8. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display;

detecting that the electronic device is operating in a locked state;

while the device is operating in the locked state;

receiving a plurality of notifications from one or more applications;

providing a pull-down option associated with the plurality of notifications, wherein the pull-down option comprises a visual affordance indicating the availability of a list of notifications including the plurality of notifications received while the device is operating in the locked state,

detecting a gesture that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display at a location of the visual affordance, and detecting movement on the touch-sensitive display, and

in response to detecting the gesture, provide a list of the plurality of notifications to the user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of notifications comprises a representative graphic and text.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a user command to unlock the electronic device;

relocking the electronic device; and

after the electronic device re-enters the locked state, providing a pull-down option associated with a second plurality of notifications that do not include the list of the plurality of notifications that were displayed prior to unlocking the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying an user input unlocking region, the user input unlocking region comprising text.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the text of the user input unlocking region is context sensitive based on a received notification.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the locked state is a state that limits user interaction with the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the list of plurality of notifications comprises all notifications received while the electronic device is operating in the locked state.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the list of the plurality of notifications is arranged based on a time that each of the plurality of notifications was received.

16. The method of claim 8, further comprising sorting the list of the plurality of notifications based on a user selected parameter.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the list of the plurality of notifications is scrollable.

18. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

detecting whether a user has selected to access a notification from the list of the plurality of notifications using the touch processing module; and

in response to detecting that a user has selected to access the notification, displaying a slider associated with an application that generated the notification.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

detecting that a user has activated the slider;

unlocking the electronic device; and

presenting, to the user, the notification in the application that generated the notification.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:

detect that the electronic device is operating in a locked state;

while the device is operating in the locked state;

receive a plurality of notifications from one or more applications;

provide a pull-down option associated with the plurality of notifications, wherein the pull-down option comprises a visual affordance indicating the availability of a list of notifications including the plurality of notifications received while the device is operating in the locked state;

detect a gesture that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display at a location of the visual affordance, and detecting movement on the touch-sensitive display; and

in response to detecting the gesture, provide a list of the plurality of notifications to the user.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the list of plurality of notifications comprises all notifications received while the electronic device is operating in the locked state.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the list of the plurality of notifications is arranged based on a time that each of the plurality of notifications was received.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, including instructions which cause the device to sort the list of the plurality of notifications based on a user selected parameter.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the list of the plurality of notifications is scrollable.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, including instructions which cause the device to:

detect whether a user has selected to access a notification from the list of the plurality of notifications using the touch processing module; and

in response to detecting that a user has selected to access the notification, display a slider associated with an application that generated the notification.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, including instructions which cause the device to:

detect that a user has activated the slider;

unlock the electronic device; and

present, to the user, the notification in the application that generated the notification.