System and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device

摘要

A system and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device are disclosed. The method comprises enabling multiple applications that operate on the mobile computing device to generate notifications in response to event occurrences. A plurality of notification representations are presented in a notification bar on the display. The plurality of notification representations are individually generated by a corresponding application in response to an event occurrence. The plurality of notification representations are represented in a first portion of the notification bar and with a number that represents how many notification representations from an application have been generated and not dismissed by a user.

主权项

1. A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
providing a notification feature on a home screen of the computing device; detecting one or more notifications generated by a number of applications operating on the computing device; presenting, in response to a first swipe or drag gesture on the home screen by a user, a group notification representation for each of the number of applications, wherein each of the group notification representations indicates how many of the notifications generated by a corresponding one of the applications have not been viewed or acted upon; and dismissing, in response to a second swipe or drag gesture by the user on a selected one of the group notification representations, the selected group notification representation.