Patent ID: 9406103
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying, using substantially all pixels of a display screen of a computing device, a first interface of a first application executing on the computing device; receiving a message, the message being of a message type associated with a second application; displaying, on a portion of the display screen, an alert indicating receipt of the message, the alert including information indicative of a sender of the message and at least a portion of the message; detecting a first user interaction with at least a portion of the alert; displaying, based on the first user interaction, a second interface that overlays the first interface and includes features that correspond to the message type associated with the second application, the second interface being rendered without switching to the second application; detecting a second user interaction that corresponds to sending a reply to the message; removing the second interface from the display screen; and displaying, using substantially all of the pixels of the display screen, the first interface, wherein the second interface is removed and the first interface is displayed without the computing device detecting a third user interaction.