Patent ID: 8640040

Claim:
One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of presenting on a user interface of a mobile communications device a persistently visible predetermined region capable of receiving touch input, the method comprising: on the user interface, presenting the persistently visible predetermined region capable of receiving touch input on a first screen that presents a first set of information, (A) wherein the predetermined region includes one or more configuration-state dynamic icons and a new-event dynamic icon, (B) wherein each of the configuration-state dynamic icons indicates a state associated with a configuration of the mobile communications device, and (C) wherein the new-event dynamic icon generically indicates an occurrence of a new event without specifying a particular type of event, (D) wherein the predetermined region is capable of being interacted with by way of a touch input such that receiving a touch input to the predetermined region causes a first area and a second area to be presented in addition to the predetermined region, (E) wherein the first area includes a display of detailed information related to the one or more configuration-state dynamic icons that indicate a state associated with a configuration of the mobile communications device, and (F) wherein the second area includes a display of a listing of a set of statuses of events that have occurred at the mobile device including the new event; while presenting the predetermined region, transitioning to a second screen that presents a second set of information such that the predetermined region is persistently viewable during and after the transitioning; and incident to receiving a touch input to the predetermined region, presenting the first area and the second area on the display.