Systems and methods for displaying notifications received from multiple applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11487403-B2
Application number	US-202017031702-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2020
Priority date	Jun 5, 2011
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more sensors; and
a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a respective user interface of a respective application that includes a selectable user interface object for performing an operation in the respective application;
while displaying the respective user interface:
receiving a notification from at least one application;
detecting that the electronic device is in an unlocked state;
in response to receiving the notification and while the electronic device is in the unlocked state, presenting a banner associated with the notification, wherein the banner associated with the notification is overlaid on the respective user interface including covering at least a portion of the selectable user interface object in the respective user interface; and
while the banner is overlaid on the respective user interface including covering at least the portion of the selectable user interface object in the respective user interface, detecting a selection input; and

in response to detecting the selection input:
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the selectable user interface object, performing the operation in the respective application;
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the banner and that the at least one application is a first application, presenting content corresponding to the notification in the first application; and
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the banner and that the at least one application is a second application that is different from the first application, presenting content corresponding to the notification in the second application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the banner is provided based on at least one of a time-based or location-based trigger event.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the banner includes at least one associated media file.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the notification includes at least one map uniform resource locator, and wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for providing a map of the immediate vicinity of the location in the banner.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the banner is graphically displayed at the top of a display of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
detecting that a user has not selected the banner after a predetermined time period; and
in response to detecting that the user has not selected the banner after the predetermined time period:
removing the banner; and
adding the notification to a notification center.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the banner includes media that is attached to the notification.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the banner includes text that indicates that the notification is associated with multiple media items.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the banner includes information regarding multiple notifications.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving a second notification from a third application that generated the second notification;
detecting that the electronic device is in a locked state; and
in response to receiving the second notification and while the electronic device is in the locked state, forgoing presenting a second banner associated with the second notification.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the at least one application is the first application, the banner includes a first representation of the first application; and
in accordance with a determination that the at least one application is the second application, the banner includes a second representation of the second application, wherein the second representation is different from the first representation.

12. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device:
displaying a respective user interface of a respective application that includes a selectable user interface object for performing an operation in the respective application;
while displaying the respective user interface:
receiving a notification from at least one application;
detecting that the electronic device is in an unlocked state;
in response to receiving the notification and while the electronic device is in the unlocked state, presenting a banner associated with the notification, wherein the banner associated with the notification is overlaid on the respective user interface including covering at least a portion of the selectable user interface object in the respective user interface; and
while the banner is overlaid on the respective user interface including covering at least the portion of the selectable user interface object in the respective user interface, detecting a selection input; and

in response to detecting the selection input:
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the selectable user interface object, performing the operation in the respective application:
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the banner and that the at least one application is a first application, presenting content corresponding to the notification in the first application; and
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the banner and that the at least one application is a second application that is different from the first application, presenting content corresponding to the notification in the second application.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the banner is provided based on at least one of a time-based or location-based trigger event.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the banner includes at least one associated media file.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the notification includes at least one map uniform resource locator, and wherein the method further comprises providing a map of the immediate vicinity of the location in the banner.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the banner is graphically displayed at the top of a display of the electronic device.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
detecting that a user has not selected the banner after a predetermined time period; and
in response to detecting that the user has not selected the banner after the predetermined time period:
removing the banner; and
adding the notification to a notification center.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the banner includes media that is attached to the notification.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the banner includes text that indicates that the notification is associated with multiple media items.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the banner includes information regarding multiple notifications.

21. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving a second notification from a third application that generated the second notification;
detecting that the electronic device is in a locked state; and
in response to receiving the second notification and while the electronic device is in the locked state, fo

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Chaudhri Imran
• Block Eliza

Classifications

• G06F3/04855

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title