US 11,709,588 B2
Method and apparatus for providing a notification mechanism
Priya Prakash, London (GB); Antonio Pedro Rezendes, London (GB); Guilherme Schneider, London (GB); and Laura Junkkonen, Oulunsalo (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/891,857.
Application 15/891,857 is a continuation of application No. 13/486,543, filed on Jun. 1, 2012, granted, now 9,891,800.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/632,809, filed on Jun. 17, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2018/0157406 A1, Jun. 7, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); H04M 1/7243 (2021.01); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04M 1/7243 (2021.01); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
causing provision of a notification bar at an edge of a touch screen display, the notification bar providing information indicative of an event;
enabling, responsive to user input, extension of the notification bar away from the edge of the touch screen display to display a first level associated with a notification class from among a plurality of different notification classes,
causing presentation of the notification bar to remain in an extended position away from the edge of the touch screen display so as to display the first level upon cessation of the user input, wherein enabling extension of the notification bar comprises enabling extension of the notification bar to expose the first level responsive to a drag operation extending the notification bar to at least a threshold drag length corresponding to the first level, a further level associated with a different notification class being exposed in response to a further, separate and distinct, user input while the notification bar is extended comprising a drag operation in a retracting direction to expose the further level not previously exposed; and
enabling further extension of the notification bar to display a second level, separate from the first level, including one or more application shortcuts, wherein enabling extension and further extension of the notification bar comprises the first level to be displayed prior to causing the second level including the one or more application shortcuts to be displayed, and wherein the one or more application shortcuts included in the second level are based upon the application shortcuts that are most commonly employed.