Patent ID: 9465506
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising: displaying a message exchange user interface of a message exchange application, the message exchange user interface comprises a message exchange between a user of the mobile device and a contact of the user; displaying a first object in a portion of the message exchange user interface without obstructing existing message exchange content in the message exchange user interface; obtaining contextual information related to the contact, the contextual information being additional to the existing message exchange content displayed in the message exchange user interface and having been obtained on the mobile device, from at least one application other than the message exchange application to provide additional information regarding the contact during the message exchange; changing an appearance of the first object from a first appearance to a second appearance in response to receipt of the contextual information, the second appearance being independent of a representation of the at least one application and independent of representing content of the contextual information; in response to detecting a user selection of the first object, displaying a second object larger than the first object in the message exchange user interface, wherein the second object does not overlap the first object; gradually enlarging the second object in the message exchange user interface during a drag operation applied to the second object, to provide a third object; and displaying the additional contextual information related to the contact using the third object, wherein a display of the existing message exchange content, based on the gradually enlarging the second object, is resized so that all of the existing message exchange content is not obstructed.