Patent ID: 7417650

Claim:
A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause a processor of a computer to perform a method comprising: fading notification-related information having an importance greater than a threshold into a predetermined area of display over data located within the predetermined area via increasing an opacity of the notification-related information upon receipt of the notification-related information, the notification-related information being at least one of dynamically truncated or automatically expanded in accordance with the predetermined area of display or based at least in part on a sink type, the importance of the notification-related information based at least in part on a user location a device availability and a fee associated with disruption to a user based on a device location or an attentional state of the user; delaying for a length of time based on the importance of the information; and fading the information out of the predetermined area of display via decreasing the opacity of the notification-related information.