Patent ID: 7627349

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying graphical data on a graphical display of a portable electronic device; responsive to an occurrence of an event that is independent of the graphical data, automatically selecting a corresponding event type from a list comprising a plurality of different event types each having an associated display format, the list being stored in a memory of the portable electronic device; and displaying the graphical data on the graphical display simultaneously with a notifier of the occurrence of the event using the display format associated with the selected corresponding event type; wherein the plurality of different event types comprise at least one of: an incoming call event, in which the display format associated with the incoming call event comprises displaying a calling party identifier for the case where a calling party number of the incoming call event is matched to the calling party identifier in the memory; an incoming message event, in which the display format associated with the incoming message event comprises displaying at least a portion of text specific to the message; and an alarm event of a user calendar, in which the display format associated with the alarm event comprises displaying a text for the alarm event and the user calendar is stored in the memory.