Event notification

• US 9,606,695 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2012
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Matas, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): IPAKCHI, MARYAM M
• Application Number:
  US13/677,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20140136995A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• 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: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes while a user is interacting with a mobile device, displaying a notification on a screen of the mobile device automatically and without any user input to the mobile device, the notification informing the user an event that has occurred recently and is not related to the user'"'"'s interaction with the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

while a first user is interacting with a mobile device, selecting a notification to be displayed on a screen of the mobile device automatically and without any user input to the mobile device,

wherein the displayed notification is selected based on one or more types of events predetermined by the first user,

wherein the first user is represented by a first node in a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes,

wherein the displayed notification comprises information about an event that has occurred recently and is not related to the user'"'"'s interaction with the mobile device, and

wherein the types of events predetermined by the first user comprises notifications selected based on a relationship represented by a connection between the first user and a second user corresponding to a second node in the social graph of the social-networking system;

while the notification is being displayed on the screen, displaying, concurrently with the notification, an image relating to the event as a background image on the screen of the mobile device,

wherein the background image is displayed on a first layer, and the notification is displayed on a second layer different from the first layer, and

wherein the notification displayed on the second layer is displayed to overlay the background image displayed on the first layer; and

automatically removing the notification from the screen after a predetermined amount of time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event has occurred within one minute from when the notification is displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the notification is displayed on the screen, the notification gradually appears on the screen over a first period of time, and wherein when the notification is removed, the notification is displayed to gradually disappear on the screen over a second period of time.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the event comprises a recent action taken by or concerning the second user;

and

wherein the notification comprises;

an icon indicating a type of the action;

a name of the second user; and

a description of the action.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the notification from a server associated with a social-networking system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising in response to a user input, displaying a plurality of most-recent notifications on the screen of the mobile device, the most-recent notifications being arranged in reverse chronological order.

7. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

while a first user is interacting with a mobile device, select a notification to be displayed on a screen of the mobile device automatically and without any user input to the mobile device,

wherein the displayed notification is selected based on one or more types of events predetermined by the first user,

wherein the first user is represented by a first node in a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes,

wherein the displayed notification comprises information about an event that has occurred recently and is not related to the user'"'"'s interaction with the mobile device, and

wherein the types of events predetermined by the first user comprises notifications selected based on a relationship represented by a connection between the first user and a second user corresponding to a second node in the social graph of the social-networking system;

while the notification is being displayed on the screen, display, concurrently with the notification, an image relating to the event as a background image on the screen of the mobile device,

wherein the background image is displayed on a first layer, and the notification is displayed on a second layer different from the first layer, and

wherein the notification displayed on the second layer is displayed to overlay the background image displayed on the first layer; and

automatically remove the notification from the screen after a predetermined amount of time.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the event has occurred within one minute from when the notification is displayed.

9. The media of claim 7, wherein when the notification is displayed on the screen, the notification gradually appears on the screen over a first period of time, and wherein when the notification is removed, the notification is displayed to gradually disappear on the screen over a second period of time.

10. The media of claim 9,

wherein the event comprises a recent action taken by or concerning the second user;

and

wherein the notification comprises;

an icon indicating a type of the action;

a name of the second user; and

a description of the action.

11. The media of claim 7, wherein the software is further operable when executed to receive the notification from a server associated with a social-networking system.

12. The media of claim 7, wherein the software is further operable when executed to in response to a user input, display a plurality of most-recent notifications on the screen of the mobile device, the most-recent notifications being arranged in reverse chronological order.

13. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;

while a first user is interacting with a mobile device, select a notification to be displayed on a screen of the mobile device automatically and without any user input to the mobile device,

wherein the displayed notification is selected based on one or more types of events predetermined by the first user,

wherein the first user is represented by a first node in a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes,

wherein the displayed notification comprises information about an event that has occurred recently and is not related to the user'"'"'s interaction with the mobile device, and

wherein the types of events predetermined by the first user comprises notifications selected based on a relationship represented by a connection between the first user and a second user corresponding to a second node in the social graph of the social-networking system; and

while the notification is being displayed on the screen, display, concurrently with the notification, an image relating to the event as a background image on the screen of the mobile device,

wherein the background image is displayed on a first layer, and the notification is displayed on a second layer different from the first layer, and

wherein the notification displayed on the second layer is displayed to overlay the background image displayed on the first layer; and

automatically remove the notification from the screen after a predetermined amount of time.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the event has occurred within one minute from when the notification is displayed.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein when the notification is displayed on the screen, the notification gradually appears on the screen over a first period of time, and wherein when the notification is removed, the notification is displayed to gradually disappear on the screen over a second period of time.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the notification comprises:

an icon indicating a type of the action;

a name of the second user; and

a description of the action.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to in response to a user input, display a plurality of most-recent notifications on the screen of the mobile device, the most-recent notifications being arranged in reverse chronological order.