Displaying categories of notifications on a dual screen device

摘要

Embodiments are described for displaying indications of notifications received by a multi-screen device. The notifications may relate to a number of different categories including, without limitation, phone calls, SMS messages, email, notifications from applications, battery level, and signal strength. The multi-screen device includes a unified desktop that displays indications of the notifications regardless of the state of the multi-screen device, which in embodiments includes an undocked state and a docked state, in which a peripheral screen is used to display the indications. The indications may be displayed differently depending on the state of the multi-screen device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
providing a multi-display device; displaying, by at least one processor of the multi-display device on a display of the multi-display device, an indication of a plurality of categories of notifications, wherein the indication displays a number of unread notifications for the category of notification; docking the multi-display device with a dock connected to a peripheral screen; determining, by at least one processor of the multi-display device, a state of the multi-display device, wherein the multi-display device is docked with the dock, and wherein the peripheral display is connected to the dock; displaying, by at least one processor of the multi-display device, the indication of the plurality of categories of notifications as a notification menu, wherein the indication is displayed in the peripheral display in communication with the multi-display device through the dock, wherein the displaying the indication of the plurality of categories comprises listing the plurality of categories, wherein the notification menu highlights categories with notifications that have not been read, and wherein the notification menu displays a number of unread notifications for each of the plurality of categories; receiving input selecting one of the plurality of categories of notifications, wherein the plurality of categories of notifications comprise one or more of calls, emails, messaging, and miscellaneous; and displaying one or more notifications grouped in the one of the plurality of categories of notifications; and wherein the displaying an indication of a plurality of categories comprises listing the plurality of categories horizontally in the notification menu.