Patent ID: 8584091

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where code stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium when executed by a computer performs operations, the operations comprising: maintaining, in the computer, a graphical information note application, a plurality of program elements including an application, data storage entities, and dynamic features including actions, action sequences, events, and event sequences; associating information with the plurality of program elements that are capable of being processed in a software environment generated by an operating system; executing the graphical information note application in response to a processing of a program element of the plurality of program elements in the software environment; displaying a graphical information note that includes the associated information, in response to the execution of the graphical information note application; and transferring the graphical information note from the computer to a mobile device to control actions associated with the mobile device, wherein: displayed graphical information notes are sorted by timestamps, priority level, and content; priority levels are indicated redundantly both via shading and via area occupied by a bar in a priority level indicator of the graphical information note; a smaller area occupied by the bar in the priority level indicator provides an indication of a lower priority level in comparison to a larger area; a lighter shading of the bar in the priority level indicator provides an indication of a lower priority level in comparison to a darker shading; and the graphical information note is a first graphical information note, wherein in response to processing a first program element, the first graphical information note is displayed, and wherein the first graphical information note is also displayed in response to processing a second program element that is different from the first program element.