Notifications with custom user interface

摘要

Notifications for an accessory device are received at a mobile companion device. The notifications are directed to a notification processing application of the companion device that processes notifications intended for accessory device applications. The notification processing application determines an identifier of the accessory application for which the notification is intended, and provides the identifier to a notification display application at the accessory device, which determines user interface and display properties for the notification. The accessory device requests external (dynamic) user interface and display properties from the companion device, as needed, and upon receipt generates a notification display at the accessory device.

主权项

1. A method of operating a companion device, the method comprising:
receiving, at the companion device, a notification intended for an accessory application at an accessory device, wherein the received notification includes a notification identifier and context data of the notification; storing the context data in memory of the companion device; directing the received notification to a notification processing application executing on the companion device; determining, by the notification processing application, an accessory application identifier from the received notification, the accessory application identifier identifying the accessory application for which the received notification is intended; and providing, by the notification processing application, the notification identifier of the received notification and the determined accessory application identifier to a forwarding application at the accessory device, wherein the forwarding application is configured to determine a notification display application executing on the accessory device in accordance with the determined accessory application identifier; receiving, at a companion daemon executing on the companion device, a request from the accessory device for content, the request including the notification identifier of the received notification; retrieving, from the companion device memory, the context data of the received notification using the notification identifier in the request; obtaining the content based on the retrieved context data; and sending the obtained content and context data from the companion device to the accessory device for display with the notification.