Patent ID: 7437679
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06Q,G09G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a computer system including a display device, a method for presenting a plurality of data items that are associated with personal information from a plurality of different application types and in such a manner as to indicate both the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following: an act of identifying an importance values for each of a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items corresponding to a different application program of a plurality of different application program types, and each importance value comprising a value within a first range of values that reflects a relative importance of each corresponding data item relative to an importance associated with at least one other data item; an act of identifying an urgency value for a particular data item of the plurality of data items, the urgency value comprising a value within a second range of values that reflects a relative urgency of the particular data item relative to an urgency of at least one additional data item; an act of assigning a first visual cue associated with the particular data item based on an importance value associated with the particular data item; an act of assigning a second visual cue, which is different than the first visual cue, and that is associated with the particular data item based on the urgency value of the particular data item; and an act of causing the particular data item to be displayed using the first and second visual cues to provide a visual indication as to both the relative importance and the relative urgency of the particular data item, the first and second visual cues affecting display of the particular data item in different ways, wherein the particular data item comprises one of one or more specific data items corresponding to a more general data item and wherein the particular data item is displayed within boundaries associated with the more general data item and wherein the method further includes: