Patent ID: 8875042

Claim:
A method for navigating through notifications on a wireless device having a primary user interface shown on a primary display and a secondary user interface shown on a secondary display, the method comprising: generating a notification at the wireless device, the notification being associated with an event; detecting if the secondary user interface is active; indicating the notification on the secondary user interface if the secondary user interface is active, wherein the notification includes one of: an icon, a logo, colored text, and fonted text, wherein the secondary display displays identifiers of a plurality of users, wherein indicating the notification further comprises indicating the identifier of one of the plurality of users on the secondary display as a user associated with the event; displaying a preview of the event on the secondary user interface in a preview mode, in response to detection of a selection of the notification, the preview mode providing a portion of but not all of event contents; and closing the preview of the event on the secondary user interface in response to detection of a deselection of the notification to bring the secondary user interface out of the preview mode; wherein the same notification is maintained on the secondary user interface after closing the preview of the associated event.