Patent ID: 9075507
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile touchscreen computing device storing a notification selection application, the notification selection application being executable by a processor of the mobile touchscreen computing device to provide operations comprising: providing a user interface including a notification selection control configured to receive user selection of a notification mode from a set of notification modes including (i) a normal mode in which device notifications are enabled, (ii) a silent mode in which device notifications are disabled, and (iii) a timer mode in which device notifications are temporarily disabled until expiration of a countdown timer, the notification selection control having a mode indication for each of the normal mode, the silent mode, and the timer mode; receiving a gesture from a first set location at the mode indication for one of the normal mode or the silent mode to a second set location at the mode indication for the timer mode to select the timer mode from the notification selection control; starting the countdown timer based on receiving the gesture to select the timer mode; automatically transitioning the mobile touchscreen computing device from the timer mode to the normal mode upon expiration of the countdown timer; and wherein the gesture to select the timer mode is a swipe gesture of at least a predefined length, and wherein the notification selection application further provides operations comprising increasing an amount of time assigned to the countdown timer based on a swipe distance beyond the predefined length.