Method and apparatus for processing notifications on a mobile computing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016196014-A1
Application number	US-201514608808-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 29, 2015
Priority date	Jan 4, 2015
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for processing notification on a mobile computing device with a touch sensitive display are provided. The method includes displaying, on a status bar in a first display area of the touch sensitive display, one or more notifications each of which is associated with a corresponding one of one or more applications installed on the mobile computing device. The method also includes detecting a selection of one of the one or more notifications. The method further includes displaying, on a top of a notification list, an application icon associated with the selected notification for launching the application, wherein the notification list is displayed in a second display area of the touch sensitive display and includes one or more application icons each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the one or more applications. With the claimed inventions, the selection of the notification and the launching of the application associated with the selected notification could be done by a single swipe without multiple touches or clicks on the touch sensitive display or screen, thereby giving the user experience a big boost.

First claim

1 . A method for processing notifications on a mobile computing device with a touch sensitive display, comprising:
displaying, on a status bar in a first display area of the touch sensitive display, one or more notifications each of which is associated with a corresponding one of one or more applications installed on the mobile computing device; detecting a selection of one of the one or more notifications; and displaying, on a top of a notification list, an application icon associated with the selected notification for launching the application, wherein the notification list is displayed in a second display area of the touch sensitive display and includes one or more application icons each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the one or more applications.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting the selection comprises:
detecting a touch or click on the one of the one or more notifications as the selection.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a bottom bar for launching an application, wherein the one or more application icons are sequentially displayed in the second display area as the bottom bar is moved from the top of the notification list towards the bottom of the notification list.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
launching an application whose application icon is located immediately above the bottom bar by sliding the bottom bar.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the selection of the notification and the launching of the application are performed consecutively by a single swipe on the touch sensitive display through a finger or stylus of a user.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the notification list includes one or more additional items, each of which is displayed adjacent to a corresponding application icon and gives a brief description regarding the application associated with the corresponding application icon.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more applications respectively associated with the one or more application icons included in the notification list at least include one or more of a picture application, a video application, a text messaging application, a multiple media messaging application, a music application, a news application, a health application, a measurement application, a navigation application, a calendar application and a reminder application.

8 . An apparatus for processing notifications on a mobile computing device with a touch sensitive display, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory including compute program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: display, on a status bar in a first display area of the touch sensitive display, one or more notifications each of which is associated with a corresponding one of one or more applications installed on the mobile computing device; detect a selection of one of the one or more notifications; and display, on a top of a notification list, an application icon associated with the selected notification, wherein the notification list is displayed in a second display area of the touch sensitive display and includes one or more application icons each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the one or more applications.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the detecting the selection comprises:
detecting a touch or click on the one of the one or more notifications as the selection.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one memory and computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
display a bottom bar for launching an application, wherein the one or more application icons are sequentially displayed in the second display area as the bottom bar is moved from the top of the notification list towards the bottom of the notification list.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one memory and computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
launch an application whose application icon is located immediately above the bottom bar by sliding the bottom bar.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the selection of the notification and the launching of the application are performed by a single swipe on the touch sensitive display through a finger or stylus of a user.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the notification list includes one or more additional items, each of which is displayed adjacent to a corresponding application icon and gives a brief description regarding the application associated with the corresponding application icon.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more applications respectively associated with the one or more application icons included in the notification list at least include one or more of a picture application, a video application, a text messaging application, a multiple media messaging application, a music application, a news application, a health application, a measurement application, a navigation application, a calendar application and a reminder application.

15 . A method for launching an application on a mobile computing device with a touch sensitive display, comprising:
making an application icon on a top of a notification list upon a detection of a selection of a notification on a status bar in the touch sensitive display, wherein the notification and the application icon are associated with a same application installed on the mobile computing device, and the notification list includes one or more application icon each of which is associated with a corresponding application and the status bar includes one or more notifications; displaying a bottom bar for launching an application, wherein the one or more application icons are sequentially displayed in the second display area as the bottom bar is moved from the top of the notification list towards the bottom of the notification list; and launching an application whose application icon is located immediately above the bottom bar by sliding the bottom bar.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the selection of the notification and the launching of the application are consecutively performed by a single swipe.

17 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the selection of the notification and the launching of the application are performed by a finger or stylus of a user.

18 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the status bar is displayed in a first display area of the touch sensitive display and the notification list is displayed in a second display area of the touch sensitive display, and the bottom bar is automatically displayed upon detecting that a display area between the first display area and the second display area is touched.

19 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the notification list includes one or more additional items, each of which is displayed adjacent to a corresponding application icon and gives a brief description regarding the application associated with the corresponding application icon.

20 . The method according to claims 15 , wherein the one or more applications respectively associated with the one or more application icons included in the notification

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Qiao Wei
• Zhuang Mingming
• Chen Le
• Xue Chaomin

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title