Patent ID: 8775963
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a display using a display based on input from one or more input devices to generate application notifications, comprising: controlling a display to generate a notification bar region and a content region, said notification bar region distinct from a status bar, said notification bar region and said content region displayed simultaneously, said notification bar comprising an icon representing each application from which a notification has been generated and a number adjacent said icon for indicating how many notifications have been generated by said application; said content region comprising content that corresponds to data for at least some of the notifications generated by each application, and said content in said content region comprises multiple notifications arranged beneath each of a plurality of simultaneously displayed application headers; receiving input from an input device to either: wherein said content in said content region further comprises said data for said at least some of the notifications; and when said focus has moved to a given application heading and said given application heading has been selected via said input, launching a respective application by replacing, at said display, said notification bar region and said content region with a representation of said given application.