US 12,355,718 B2
Data processing terminals, icon badges, and methods of making and using the same
Jae kyu Lee, Siheung (KR); Youngtack Shim, Seoul (KR); and Jae lark Jung, Goyang (KR)
Filed by Jae kyu Lee, Siheung (KR); Youngtack Shim, Seoul (KR); and Jae lark Jung, Goyang (KR)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/645,203.
Application 18/645,203 is a continuation of application No. 18/096,981, filed on Jan. 13, 2023, granted, now 12,003,474.
Application 18/096,981 is a continuation of application No. 17/382,170, filed on Jul. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,677,707, issued on Jun. 13, 2023.
Application 17/382,170 is a continuation of application No. 16/678,585, filed on Nov. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,108,722, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0116652 (KR), filed on Sep. 29, 2018; and application No. 10-2018-0147249 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0388555 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 51/224 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/224 (2022.05) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying a number of unread contents received by an app on a display unit of a data processing terminal of a user,
wherein said app is implemented into said terminal,
wherein each of said contents is either a read content or an unread content,
wherein a first content is said read content which is received by said app before said user stops running said app,
wherein a second content is said unread content which is received by said app after said user stops running said app,
wherein each of said contents is one of a labeled content and an unlabeled content,
wherein a third content is said labeled content which is labeled by at least one of a sender, said user, said app, and said terminal and which requests said user to one of read and confirm said third content,
wherein said sender is a labeled sender capable of sending said labeled content to said user, and
wherein a fourth content is said unlabeled content which is not labeled by at least one of said sender, said user, said app, and said terminal,
said method comprising the steps of:
a receiving step where said app receives said unread contents after said user stops running said app;
a first obtaining step where said app obtains a first number representing a first number of said unread contents;
a confirming step in which said app confirms whether each of said unread contents is labeled by said at least one of said sender, said user, said app, and said terminal;
a second obtaining step in which said app obtains a second number representing a number of said unread labeled contents, wherein said second number is not greater than said first number; and
a displaying step in which said terminal displays an app icon of said app on said screen and in which said terminal also displays at least one of said first and second numbers on said screen,
whereby said terminal allows said user to confirm whether said app has received said unread labeled contents, simply by looking at said second number displayed on said screen, without having to require said user to provide a user input to said app once said terminal displays said app icon on said screen.