Patent ID: 9727206
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for removing notification icons, comprising: displaying a notification icon corresponding to newly-obtained data on a first user interface; obtaining, by a first application which does not have permission of removing the notification icon, information of the newly-obtained data; identifying, by the first application, a Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) data type of a second user interface for removing the notification icon by using the information of the newly-obtained data; obtaining, by the first application, a package name of a second application which has a permission of removing the notification icon by using the MIME data type; sending, by the first application, a request which includes the MIME data type and the package name to a control logic of a background system to start the second application; and