Patent ID: 9619038
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: entering, by a portable electronic device, a low-power condition in which no area of a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device is illuminated and no information is displayed on the display, after displaying an application image on a display; while in the low-power condition, detecting a single gesture that begins on or near a first end of the touch-sensitive display and progresses toward a second end, opposite the first end of the touch-sensitive display; in response to detecting the single gesture on the touch-sensitive display, displaying a cover image including notifications comprising at least one of a notice of a received email message, a notice of a received text message, a notice of a missed phone call, a notice of a calendar event, or a social networking notice; in response to detecting continuation of the single gesture toward the second end, progressively revealing the application image by gradually increasing a size of an area in which a portion of the application is displayed, from the first end of the touch-sensitive display toward the second end of the touch-sensitive display while reducing display of the cover image such that the single gesture controls the size of the portion of the application that is displayed, such that the cover image, including the notifications, is displayed and the application is revealed by a single touch comprising the single gesture that begins when the touch-sensitive display is not illuminated and no information is displayed, at a location on or near the first end of the touch-sensitive display and progresses toward the second end; in response to detecting a change in direction and continuation of the single gesture toward the first end after progressively revealing the application image, progressively covering the application image along with movement of the single gesture by decreasing the portion of the application that is displayed while increasing display of the cover image; and in response to detecting an end of the single gesture before the single gesture meets a threshold, discontinuing display of the cover image and returning to the low-power condition such that the end of the single gesture returns the portable electronic device to the low-power condition in which no area of the touch-sensitive display is illuminated and no information is displayed on the display.