Notification of mobile device events

摘要

A computer-implemented user notification method includes displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface, a notification of a recent alert event for a mobile device, receiving a user selection in the status area, and in response to the receipt of the user selection, displaying, in a central zone of the graphical interface, detail regarding a plurality of recent messaging events for the mobile device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented user notification method, comprising:
displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface for a mobile device, a notification of a recent alert event for the mobile device, wherein the alert event corresponds to a change in status of an application operating on the mobile device or of an account associated with the mobile device, wherein the notification identifies the application or account that changed in status, and wherein the notification comprises text that scrolls within a status bar that comprises the status area of the graphical interface; receiving, from a user of the mobile device, a sliding input on a touchscreen of the mobile device, the sliding input occurring by the user making contact with the mobile device at a contact location and, while maintaining the contact, sliding the contact location across the touchscreen toward the center of the touchscreen so as to traverse the status area; and in response to the receipt of the sliding input, initiating a display of a visible panel on the graphical interface and panning a leading edge of the visible panel in a direction and distance based on the contact location of the sliding input, the visible panel at least partially obscuring at least a portion of what was visibly displayed on the graphical interface prior to the panning, and displaying, in the visible panel, detail regarding a plurality of alert events for the mobile device, wherein:
at least some of the plurality of alert events correspond to messages received by the mobile device and the detail includes text from the messages, andthe detail displayed in the visible panel includes text, icons, or both from alert events that correspond to a plurality of different software applications on the mobile device and are displayed simultaneously in the visible panel.