BlackBerry Limited v. Facebook, Inc. et al

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COMPLAINT Receipt No: 0973-21360760 - Fee: $400, filed by Plaintiff BlackBerry Limited. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J) (Attorney James R Asperger added to party BlackBerry Limited(pty:pla))(Asperger, James)

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USOO8209634B2

(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent No.:

Klassen et al.

US 8.209,634 B2

(45) Date of Patent:

(54) PREVIEWING A NEW EVENT ON A SMALL
SCREEN DEVICE

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
EP

(75) Inventors: Gerhard D. Klassen, Waterloo (CA);
Craig A. Dunk, Guelph (CA);

Christopher R. Wormald, Kitchener
(CA)
(73) Assignee: Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo
(CA)

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Jun. 26, 2012

O943987 A1

9, 1999

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(*) Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.C. 154(b) by 987 days.

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(22) Filed:
(65)

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Primary Examiner — Boris Pesin

Feb. 24, 2004
Prior Publication Data

US 2005/O12O3O6A1

Jun. 2, 2005

Assistant Examiner — John Heffington

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Related U.S. Application Data

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Norton Rose Canada LLP

(60) Provisional application No. 60/525,958, filed on Dec.
1, 2003.

(57)
Method and apparatus for previewing new events in a com
puting device having a plurality of applications for managing
respective events are described. Individual applications are
each represented by an application icon on a screen of a

(51) Int. Cl.
G06F 3/048

(2006.01)

(52) U.S. Cl. ........ 715/859,715/736 715/739, 715/752;

715/753; 715/758; 715/759; 715/837; 715/861;
715/864; 715/710; 715/842; 715/851

(58) Field of Classification Search .................. 715/700

715/842, 851, 710, 736,739, 752, 753, 758,
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ABSTRACT

graphical user interface for the device. When a new event

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the event. In response to a new event of a one of the applica
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Accordingly, there is a resulting need for a method and
apparatus that addresses one or more of these shortcomings.

PREVIEWING ANEW EVENT ON A SMALL
SCREEN DEVICE

SUMMARY

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional
Patent Application No. 60/525,958 filed Dec. 1, 2003.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION

10

The present invention relates generally to wireless commu
nication devices, and more particularly to graphical user
interfaces for controlling Such devices.

15

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

With the proliferation of communications services avail
able on wireless mobile devices, it becomes increasingly
complex to create a single device that can excel at many
different functions. Many critics claim that a wireless tele
phone device can never make a good handheld personal digi
tal assistant (PDA) device and a handheld PDA device will
never make a good wireless telephone. It is also said that only
teenagers are using Instant Messaging (IM) services or Short
Message Services (SMS) to exchange messages with friends
and acquaintances and that such users should get an entirely
different wireless mobile device. However, many users of
wireless handheld devices desire to have multiple services
and functionality on a single device.
Representing multiple services and functions to a user on a
single wireless mobile device presents a number of chal
lenges to the designer of a user interface, particularly a
graphical user interface (GUI), for controlling the device.
Wireless devices are usually small relative to less portable
computing devices such as laptops and desktop computers.
Inherently then, a visual display such as an LCD or other
screen component of the wireless mobile device has a small
display area.
Typically, GUIs for wireless mobile devices comprise a
main or home screen and one or more Sub-Screens that may be
navigated from the main screen. Notification icons are often
rendered on a portion of the main screen to indicate a new
event Such asthe receipt of a new IM message, electronic mail
(e-mail) or other service event Such as a calendar reminder or

25

30

35

The invention relates to a method, graphical user interface
and apparatus for notifying and previewing a new event on a
display ofa device.
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, there is
provided a method for a computing device having a plurality
of applications for managing respective events, individual
ones of said applications each represented by an application
icon on a screen of a graphical user interface for the device.
The method for previewing new events on the screen com
prises, in response to a new eventofa one of said applications,
visually modifying the one of said applications icon to notify
of the new event. In response to the visually modified icon, a
user may invoke the one of said applications.
The one of said applications may be monitored to deter
mine an occurrence of the new event. Further, the first aspect
may comprise determining a visual modification forthe one
of said applications icon in response to the new event; and
using said visual modification when visually modifying.
Determining a visual modification may comprise maintain
ing a count of new events for the oneof said applications and
visually modifying the one of said applications icon may
comprise displaying a preview of a content of the new event.
Displaying a preview can be responsive to a user action, Such
as an interaction with the modified icon. Displaying apreview
of a content can comprise displaying a dialog box over a
portion of the main screen.
In one embodiment, the method comprises, in response to
an activation of the one of said applications having its icon
visually modified to notify of the new event, automatically
navigating through the one of said applications to the new
event.

In one embodiment, the device comprises at least one of a
data communication device and a voice communication
40

device and at least Some of said plurality of applications
manage communications capabilities associated with the
device. As such, the events of said at least some of said

plurality of applications comprise communication events. For
example, the device may be a wireless device.
45
In a second aspect, in a computing device having a con
troller coupled to a memory, the memory storing a plurality of
applicationsfor managing respective events, there is provided
alarm and other status information such as time, date and
battery life. For each type of service or function available via a graphical user interface (GUI) for the applications. The GUI
the device, a graphical image or icon is often rendered on a comprises a main screen for displaying on the computing
majorportion of the main screen, which icon may be selected 50 device, the screen comprising a plurality of icons, each icon
using a cursor or other means to launch a specific GUI for the associated with one of the plurality of applications; at least
selected service or function.
one monitoring component to determine the occurrence of
A user may subscribe to multiple similar services and have new events of the applications; and at least one icon modify
these services available via a single wireless mobile device. ing component to modify a one of the icons for display on the
For example, a user may subscribe to more than one Instant 55 main screen in response to a new event of the application
Message-type service, such as AOLTM Instant Messenger associated with the one of the icons to notify of the new event.
In a third aspect there is provided a wireless handheld
(AIMTM), ICQTM, MicrosoftNetworkTM (MSNTM), Yahoo!TM
Messenger and Quick MessagingTM. Alternatively or as well,
device comprising a controller, a memory coupled to the
a user may have a corporate and personal e-mail account controller, the memory storing a plurality of applications for
coupled to the wireless mobile device. When a user is notified 60 execution by the controller to manage respective events and a
of a new event such as a new IM message, the user is required graphical user interface (GUI) for the applications. The GUI
to check each of their IM service applications separately, via comprises a main screen for displaying on the device, the
their respective activation icons, to determine which IM ser screen comprising a plurality of icons, each icon associated
vice is responsible for the new event. Checking each service with one of the plurality of applications; at least one moni
is inconvenient. Moreover, there is a demand to have infor 65 toring component to determine the occurrence of new events
mation made available to a user quicker than previously avail of the applications; and at least one icon modifying compo
nent to modify a one of the icons for display on the main
able in order to optimize the control of the wireless device.
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screen in response to a new event of the application associated
with the one of the icons to notify of the new event.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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display 112 to display received information, stored informa
tion, user inputs, and the like. Keyboard 114, which may be a
telephone type keypad or full alphanumeric keyboard, is nor
mally provided for entering data for storage in mobile station
102, information for transmission to network 104, a tele

phone number to place a telephone call, commands to be
executed on mobile station 102, and possibly other or differ
wherein:
ent user inputs.
Mobile station 102 sends communication signals to and
FIG. 1 is a block diagram which illustrates pertinent com
ponents of a wireless communication device which commu- 10 receives communication signals from the wireless network

Embodiments of present invention will now be described
by way of example with reference to attached figures,

nicates within a wireless communication network in accor

104 over a wireless link via antenna 110. RF transceiver

dance with theprior art;
FIG. 2 is a more detailed diagram of a preferred wireless
communication device of FIG. 1 in accordance with the prior

circuitry 108 performs functions similar to those of a base
station and a base station controller (BSC) (not shown),
including for example modulation/demodulation and possi
15 bly encoding/decoding and encryption/decryption. It is also
contemplated that RF transceiver circuitry 108 may perform
certain functions in addition to those performed by a BSC. It
will be apparent to those skilled in art that RF transceiver
circuitry 108 will be adapted toparticular wireless network or
2O networks in which mobile station 102 is intended to operate.
Mobile station 102 includes a battery interface (IF) 134 for
receiving one or more rechargeable batteries 132. Battery 132
provides electrical power to electrical circuitry in mobile
station 102, and battery IF 132 provides for a mechanical and
25 electrical connection for battery 132. Battery IF 132 is
coupled to a regulator 136 which regulates power to the
device. When mobile station 102 is fully operational, an RF
transmitter of RF transceiver circuitry 108 is turned on only
when it is sending to network, and is otherwise turned off or
30 placed in a low-power mode to conserve power. Similarly, an
RF receiver of RF transceiver circuitry 108 is typically peri
odically turned off to conserve power until it is needed to
receive signals or information (if at all) during designated
time periods.
35 Mobile station 102 operates using a Subscriber Identity
Module (SIM) 140 which is connected to or inserted in
mobile station 102 at a SIM interface (IF) 142. SIM 140 is one
type of a conventional “smart card used to identify an end
user (or subscriber) of mobile station 102 and to personalize
40 the device, among other things. Without SIM 140, the mobile
station terminal is not fully operational for communication
through the wireless network. By inserting SIM 140 into
mobile station 102, an end user can have access to any and all
of his/her subscribed services. SIM 140 generally includes a
45 processor and memory for storing information. Since SIM
140 is coupled to SIM IF 142, it is coupled to controller 106
through communication lines 144. In order to identify the
subscriber, SIM 140 contains some user parameters such as
an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). An
50 advantage of using SIM 140 is that end users are not neces
sarily bound by any single physical mobile station. SIM 140
may store additional user information for the mobile station
as well, including datebook (or calendar) information and

art;

FIG. 3 is an illustration ofan exemplary main screen, in
accordance with the invention, for a wireless communication
device such as the devices of FIGS. 1 and 2:
FIG. 4 is an illustration of the main screen of FIG.3 after a
new event;
FIG. 5 is an illustration of the main screen of FIG. 4

following a user action;
FIG. 6 is an illustration of a change to an IM application
icon when the user selects the application icon with the new
event;

FIG. 7 is an illustration of multiple new events within one
application;
FIG. 8 is an illustration of further embodiments for pre
viewing new events on the main screen; and
FIGS. 9A and 9B are flowcharts which describe a method
in accordance with the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Method and apparatus for previewing new events in a computing device having a plurality of applications for managing
respective events are described. Individual applications are
each represented by an application icon on a screen of a
graphical user interface for the device. When a new event
occurs, particularly when the new event relates to a specific
one of a plurality of similar applications, the invention pro
vides a convenient way to denote which application relates to
the event. In response to a new event of one of the applica
tions, the application's icon is visually modified to notify of
the new event. A visual modification may be determined in
response to the new event, for example, to preview a content
of the event. The visual modification may include a count of
all new events that remainto be disposed. On a selection of the
visually modified icon, additional previewing may be pro
vided. Activation of the application having a visually modified application icon may be configured to automatically ini
tiate the application at the new event.
FIG. 1 is ablock diagram of a communication system 100
which includes a mobile station 102 which communicates

recent call information.

through a wireless communication network 104 symbolized 55 Mobile station 102 may consist ofa single unit, such as a
by a station. Mobile station 102 preferably includes a visual data communication device, a multiple-function communica
display 112, a keyboard 114, and perhaps one or more auxil tion device with data and Voice communication capabilities, a
iary user interfaces (UI) 116, each of which are coupled to a personal digital assistant (PDA) enabled for wireless commu
controller 106. Controller 106 is also coupled to radio fre nication, or a computer incorporating an internal modem.
quency (RF) transceiver circuitry 108 andan antenna 110. 60 Alternatively, mobile station 102 may be a multiple-module
Typically, controller 106 is embodied as a central process unit comprising a plurality of separate components, including
ing unit (CPU) which runs operating system Software in a but in no way limited to a computer or other device connected
memory component (not shown). Controller 106 will nor to a wireless modem. In particular, for example, in the mobile
station block diagram of FIG. 1, RF transceiver circuitry 108
mally control overall operation of mobile station 102.
whereas signal processing operations associated with com- 65 and antenna 110 may be implemented as a radio modem unit
munication functions are typically performed in RF trans that may be inserted into a port on a laptop computer. In this
ceiver circuitry 108. Controller 106 interfaces with device case, the laptop computer would include display 112, key
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storage element (not shown). Those skilled in the art will
appreciate that theoperating system, specific device applica
tions, or parts thereof, may be temporarily loaded into a

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board 114, one or more auxiliary UIS 116, and controller 106
embodied as the computer's CPU. It is also contemplated that
a computer or other equipment not normally capable of wire
less communication may be adapted to connect to and effec
tively assume control of RF transceiver circuitry 108 and
antenna 110 of a single-unit device Such as one of those
described above. Such a mobile station 102 may have a more
particular implementation as described later in relation to

volatile store such as RAM 226.

mobile Station 202 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of a preferred mobile
station 202. Mobile station 202 is preferably a two-way com
munication device having at least Voice and advanced data
communication capabilities, includingthe capability to com
municate with other computer systems. Depending on the
functionality provided by mobile station 202, it may be
referred to as a data messaging device, a two-way pager, a
cellular telephone with data messaging capabilities, a wire
less Internet appliance, or a data communication device(with
or without telephony capabilities). Mobile station 202 may
communicate with any one of a plurality of fixed transceiver
stations 200 within its geographic coverage area.
Mobile station 202 will normally incorporate a communi
cation Subsystem 211, which includes a receiver, a transmit
ter, and associated components, such as one or more (prefer
ably embedded or internal) antenna elements and, local
oscillators (LOS), and a processing module Such as a digital
signal processor (DSP) (all not shown). Communication Sub
system 211 is analogous to RF transceiver circuitry 108 and
antenna 110 shown in FIG. 1. As will be apparent to those
skilled in field of communications, particular design of com
munication Subsystem 211 depends on the communication
network in which mobile station 202 is intended to operate.

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Network access is associated with a subscriber or user of

mobile station 202 and therefore mobile station 202 requires
a Subscriber Identity Module or “SIM card 262 to be
inserted in a SIM IF 264 in order to operate in the network.

Microprocessor 238, in addition to its operating system
functions, preferably enables execution of Software applica
tions on mobile station 202. A predetermined set of applica
tions which control basic device operations, including at least
data and Voice communication applications, will normally be
installed on mobile station 202 during its manufacture. A
preferred application that may be loaded onto mobile station
202 may be a personal information manager for organizing
and managing data items relating to the user Such as, but not
limited to, instant messaging (IM), e-mail, calendar events,
Voice mails, appointments, and task items. Naturally, one or
more memory stores are available on mobile station 202and
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The PIM application preferably has the ability to send and
receive data items via the wireless network. In a preferred
embodiment, PIM data items are seamlessly integrated, Syn
chronized, and updated via the wireless network, with the
mobile station user's corresponding data items stored and/or
associated with a host computer system thereby creating a
mirrored host computer on mobile station 202 with respect to
Such items. This is especially advantageous where the host
computer system is the mobile station users office computer
system. Additional applications may also be loaded onto
mobile station 202 through network 200, an auxiliary I/O
Subsystem 228, serial port 230, short-range communications
subsystem 240, or any other suitable subsystem 242, and
installed by a user in RAM 226 or preferably a non-volatile
store (not shown) for execution by microprocessor 238. Such
flexibility in application installation increases the functional
ity of mobile station 202 and may provide enhanced on
device functions, communication-related functions, or both.

SIM 262 includes those features described in relation to FIG.

For example, secure communication applications may enable

1. Mobile station 202 is a battery-powered device so it also
includes a battery IF 254 for receiving one or more recharge
able batteries 256. Such a battery 256 provides electrical
power to most if not all electrical circuitry in mobile station
202, and battery IF 254 provides for a mechanical and elec
trical connection for it. The battery IF 254 is coupled to a
regulator (not shown) which provides power V+ to all of the
circuitry.
Mobile station 202 includes a microprocessor 238 (which
is one implementation of controller 106 of FIG. 1) which
controls overall operation of mobile station 202. Communi
cation functions, including at least data and Voice communi
cations, are performed through communication Subsystem
211. Microprocessor 238 also interacts with additional device
Subsystems such as a display 222, a flash memory 224, a
random access memory (RAM) 226, auxiliary input/output
(I/O) subsystems 228, a serial port 230, a keyboard 232, a
speaker 234, a microphone 236, a short-range communica
tions Subsystem 240, and any other device Subsystems gen
erally designated at 242. Some of the Subsystems shown in
FIG. 2 perform communication-related functions, whereas
other subsystems may provide “resident’ or on-device func
tions. Notably, some subsystems, such as keyboard 232 and
display 222, for example, may be used for both communica
tion-related functions, such as entering a text message for

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actions to be performed using mobile station 202.
In a data communication mode, a received signal Such as a
text message, an e-mail message, or web page download will
be processed by communication Subsystem 211 and input to
microprocessor 238. Microprocessor 238 will preferably fur
ther process the signal for output to display 222, to auxiliary
I/O device 228 orboth as described further herein below with

reference to FIGS. 3-9. A user of mobile station 202 may also
compose data items, such as e-mail messages, for example,
using keyboard 232 in conjunction with display 222 and
possibly auxiliary I/O device 228. Keyboard 232 is preferably
a complete alphanumeric keyboard and/or telephone-type
keypad. These composed items may be transmitted over a
communication network through communication Subsystem
211.

For voice communications, the overall operation of mobile
station 202 is substantially similar, except that the received
signals would be output to speaker 234 and signals for trans
mission would be generated by microphone 236. Alternative
Voice or audio I/O Subsystems, such as a voice message
recording Subsystem, may also be implemented on mobile
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ably accomplished primarily through speaker 234, display
222 may also be used to provide an indication of the identity
transmission over a communication network, and device
ofa calling party, duration of a Voice call, or other voice call
resident functions such as a calculator or task list. Operating related information, as some examples.
system software used by microprocessor 238 is preferably 65 Serial port 230 in FIG. 2 is normally implemented in a
stored in a persistent store Such as flash memory 224, which personal digital assistant (PDA)-type communication device
may alternatively be a read-only memory (ROM) or similar for which synchronization with a user's desktop computer is
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a desirable, albeit optional, component. Serial port 230
enables a user to set preferences through an external device or
software application and extends the capabilities of mobile
station 202 by providing for information or software down
loads to mobile station 202 other than through a wireless
communication network. The alternate download path may,
for example, be used to load an encryption key onto mobile
station 202 through a direct and thus reliable and trusted
connection to thereby provide secure device communication.
Short-range communications subsystem 240 of FIG. 2 is an
additional optional component which provides for communi
cation between mobile station 202 and different systems or
devices, which need not necessarily be similar devices. For
example, Subsystem 240 may include an infrared device and
associated circuits and components, or a BluetoothTM com
munication module to provide for communication with simi
larly-enabled systems and devices. BluetoothTM is a regis

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have been received but remain unread. In addition to indicat

ing the number of unread messages, this mechanism may be
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tered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention,

mobile station 202 is configured for sending and receiving
data items and includes a PIM for organizing and managing
data items relating to the user Such as, but not limited to,
instant messaging (IM), e-mail, calendar events, calendar
appointments, and task items, etc. By way of example, mobile
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and two e-mail services to which the user subscribes. To

provide a user-friendly environment to control the operation
of mobile station202, PIM together with the operation system
and various software applications resident on the station 202
provides a GUI having a main screen anda plurality of Sub
screens navigable from the main screen.
Referring now to FIG. 3, there is an illustration of an
exemplary main screen 300, in accordance with an embodi
ment of the invention, for a display 112,222of mobile station
202 providing a graphical user interface for controlling

FIG. 5 shows an IM application icon 306 following a user

of main screen from icon 304 through 306 and 308 to high
light phone icon 502, visual modification 400 persists at icon
306 to maintain the visual modification and remind the user of
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the unread message. Preferably, only once the user activates
an application and reads the unread message is the visual
modification changed, for example, to decrease the countand,
if applicable, remove the modification if the count is zero.

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application icon 306 having an unread message is high
lighted. Upon selection of icon 306, in addition to highlight
ing the icon, a dialog box 602 comprising a message preview
604 of at least a portion of the unread message is displayed.
The opening of the dialog box 604 may be briefly delayed
after icon 306 is brought in focus by the user. If a dialog box
is opened too quickly as a user navigates among the icons,
navigation may be preempted before the user navigates to a
particular icon of choice. Dialog box 604 is opened at name
region 314 though persons skilled in the art will recognize
that another region may be selected to position the dialog box
604. By way of example, message preview 604 in dialog box
602 shows the application service (i.e. AIM for AOL Instant
Messenger) the correspondent sending the message (i.e.
“red 98') and a part of the unread message (i.e. “See you at
4:00 ...”).
FIG. 7 shows a dialog box 602 for an IM application 306
having two unread messages indicated at visual modification
400. Dialog box 602 comprises message previews 604 and

FIG. 6 is an illustration of main screen 300 when IM

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704. Due to the inherent size of main screen 300 and other

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an

icon (e.g. 304) may be visually modified in response to a new
event from the application associated with the icon to provide
an immediate notification of the event via a change in main
screen 300. The notification may distinguish the icon from

state information pertaining to the associated application.
State information may include whether the user is currently
signed in (and their user name), the state of the connection,
and the current state of the user (away vs. available). In an
e-mail application, such as associated with one of icons 310,
312, a count may be of unread e-mail messages or distinct
senders of unread e-mail. Similar counts may represent SMS
messages, appointments, alarms or other events for respective
applications.
Optionally, the count may be configurable for each appli
cation or instance thereof. For application icon 304 it may
identify the number of distinct senders of unread IM mes
sages and for application icon 308 distinct unread IM mes
action. When the user of mobile station 202 moves the focus

for the two e-mail services Email 1 and Email 2. Associated

with each icon is a name (e.g. IM1) for the application for
icon 304. The name may also be presented in a name region
314 of application portion 301.
Main screen 300 may not represent all application icons at
once in application portion 301. A user may be required to
navigate or scroll through the icons of application portion 301
to view additional application icons.
For simplicity, each icon is represented as a circle but
persons of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other
graphics may be used. In the exemplary main screen and GUI
of mobile station 202, when a particular icon, e.g. 304, is
selected or made active by a user (such as by manipulating
keyboard 232 or other auxiliary I/O device 228), the icon 304
is changed such as by highlighting, shadowing or the like.

used to reflect other new event information such as additional

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mobile station 202. Main screen 300 is divided into two main

portions, namely an application portion 301 for displaying
and manipulating icons (e.g. 304-312) for various Software
applications and functions enabled by mobile station 202and
a mobile station status portion 302 for displaying status infor
mation Such as time, date, battery and signal strength, etc.
FIG.3 illustrates three icons 304,306 and 308 for respective
IM applications IM1, IM2 and IM3 and two icons 310,312

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remain unattended by the user. FIG. 4 is an illustration of the
main screen 300 after a new IM event, for example, a new
message, has arrived into one of the IM applications, namely
IM 2, associated with icon 306. In this exemplary embodi
ment, the new IM message is indicated with a visual modifi
cation 400 comprising a bubble, alluding to new received text,
and a numeric indicator “1” representing a count of new
events, which in this case are unread messages. Persons of
ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that a visual modifi
cation 400 different from a bubble may be used and the count
may represent other information, such as the number of cor
respondents or “buddies' from which one or more messages

considerations apparent to those skilled in the art, there is an
upper limit to the number of unread messages that may be
previewed in Such a manner. This limit may be optionally
configurable by a user within a predetermined range or sim
icons for similar services to assist a user to control mobile
ply configured to a maximum size based on the available
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station 202 as described further.
Each of the icons in the main screen 300 of FIG. 3 is in an
Optionally, in accordance with an embodiment of the
initial state indicating no new events have occurred and invention, a user may be enabled to jump' (i.e. automatically
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navigate) to the unread message directly from the application
icon on the main screen, eliminating any intervening screens
that may normally be navigated to read messages when navi
gating the GUI for the associated application. For example,
highlighted icon 306 may be activated as per normal (e.g.
selecting “enter” on keyboard 232) and the application initi
ated to start at an unread message (e.g. most or least recent).
The applications initial screen or buddies list may be
skipped. The opportunity to jump' may be time-limited and
enabled only for a short period of time immediately following

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the occurrence of the new event, such as from about a few

seconds to about 30 seconds. The jump' activation antici
pates the user's need to see the unread message.
FIG. 8 is an illustration of another embodiment for pre
viewing events on a main screen of a mobile station Such as

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station202. In this embodiment, two new events, one for each

of IM application icons 304,306 are indicated via respective
visual modifications 802 and 804. Visual modification 802

comprises an event count, namely a count of unread messages
and a message preview providing a sender identity and a
portion of the unread message. Similarly though differently
modification 804 comprises an event count and state preview
indicating IM correspondent buddy “Red 98' has signed on.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that differ
ent events may be visualized on the main screen in accor
dance with the invention and these events may depend upon
the associated application.

for a user action or a notification of a visual modification to an
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FIGS. 9A and 9B are flowcharts which describe a method
in accordance with the invention for the visual modification

of an application icon to represent a new event. FIG. 9A
represents operations 900 for identifying a new event to deter
mine themodification and FIG.9B represents operations 901
to display the modification.
Operations 900 may be enabled for a service or other
application Such as IM, e-mail, etc. Though not shown events
to be monitored (for example, by a monitoring component of
the GUI) and visually indicated (for example, by a icon modi
fying component) upon occurrence are pre-determined in
accordance with a type or types of events to be notified and
previewed. For example, for operations 900 for use in accor

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dance with IM, whether the count is to count distinct unread

messages or senders is pre-determined.
Beginning at a start block 902 of FIG.9A, operations 900
commence and the application represented by the application
icon to be modified is monitored for a new event (step 904).
Persons of ordinary skill in the art will understand that moni
toring may be implemented in a number of fashions depend
ing, in part, on operating system and other system services
and the interface between communication Subsystem 211 and
microprocessor 238. Each of the plurality of applications to
be monitored may have a dedicated monitoring component to
determine the occurrence of respective new events. Alterna
tively, a single monitoring component could monitor each of
the applications. Monitoring may be continuously or inter
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visual modification for use when the icon is highlighted on the
main screen by the user. Should the icon be activated to
initiate the application, data to facilitate an immediate auto
matic jump to the most recent unread message may also be
determined in advance if necessary, and associated with the
visual modification. The sender of the message may be iden
tified and various user action options prepared for that sender.
For example, actions to permit a phone call, e-mail, SMS or
other selectable message may be presented to a user high
lighting an icon having a visual modification.
At step 908, the visual modification and any associated
data, as applicable, is identified to a main screen maintenance
portion of the PIM GUI or other application responsible for
maintaining the main screen as described further with refer
ence to operations 901. The notification may pass an object or
other data sharing mechanism to provide the modification and
any associated action data. Thereafter, monitoring continues
at step 904 of operation 900. Monitoring may continue for as
long as station 202 is powered.
Beginning at step 910, operations 901 commence for main
screen maintenance. At step 912 operations monitor to deter
mine that the main screen is active. If yes, operations monitor

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icon (step 914). Upon Such an occurrence, a new screen is
drawn reflecting the visual modification of an icon or the
user's action (step 916, via Yes branch). Exemplary user
actions are moving the focus or cursor over the iconsofa main
screen to highlight an icon or activating an application asso
ciated with the icon. The highlighting of an icon that was
previously visually modified may further initiate a dialog box
display requiringthe drawing of the main screen as described
above. Once the screen is drawn at step 916 or if no new icon
or user activity is detected at step 914, operations 901 repeat
at 912. At step 912, if the main screen is no longer active, for
example because a user has navigated to another screen,
operations 901 may cease (step 918 via No branch) until the
main screen is reactivated (not shown).
Operations 900 illustrate a method aspect of an embodi
ment of the invention monitoring events of a single applica
tion. As will be understood to those of ordinary skill in the art,
mobile station 202 may be configured to have multiple moni
tors, one for each application, ora single monitor configured
to monitor all applications for new events. Alternatively, each
type of application could have a monitor for monitoring
respective instances of the application type. For example, a
single monitor could be configured for monitoring the three
IM applications of the above-described embodiment, a fur
ther monitor may be configured for the two e-mail applica
tions, a further for the phone application, etc.
While operations 910 are illustrated as waiting to be
advised of a new visual modification, other initiation mecha

nisms could be employed. For example, each application or
respective monitor therefor could be queried for new visual
modifications.

Though operation 900 and 901 are described with refer
ence to new events, persons of ordinary skill in the art will
Upon a new event, at step 906, the visual modification to appreciate that modifications may be incorporated therein to
the icon to be changed is determined by an icon modifying expire the preview of a new event and display a default or
component. The counter, if any, is incremented and any visual other icon for an application. For example, with reference to
element or graphic to be overlaid may be configured. For 60 FIG. 8, icon 804 illustrates a status event preview, namely the
example, text may be obtained for the overlay as exemplified sign-on of Red98. This preview may be expired automatically
by visual modification 802 of FIG. 8. The counter may be after a predetermined period of time. A standard or default
decremented if the monitored event is the reading of a previ icon could be used to replace the preview icon. Alternatively,
ously unread message, for example.
a modified preview icon could be used such as one indicating
User actions that may be performed in association with the 65 a count of new events. Similarly, it may be desired to persist
modified icon may be set up. Forexample, text for a dialog Some new event previews information even upon the happen
box may be obtained in advance and associated with the ing of Subsequent new events for he same application. For
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example, new event information relating to a status of the
associated application, (e.g. sign-in/out status, availability
etc.) may be persisted even as new events occur and are
previewed.
The above-described embodiments of the present applica
tion are intended to be examples only. Those of skill in the art
may effect alterations, modifications and variations to the
particular embodiments without departing from the scope of
the application. The invention described herein in the recited
claims intend to cover and embrace all suitable changes in
technology.

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ing one or more application icons that are selectable to invoke
respective ones ofa plurality of applications on the wireless
communication device.

9. The computer-readable memory of claim8, further com
prising stored electronic data structures representing execut
able instructions which, when executed, cause the wireless

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What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing notifications ofunread messages
on a wireless communication device, comprising:
displaying at least one icon relating to electronic messag
ing on a graphical user interface of the wireless commu

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instructions which, when executed, cause the wireless com
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remain unread.

4. The method of claim 1, the at least one icon relating to
electronic messaging being selectable to invoke an electronic
messaging application.
5. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying on the
graphical user interface an identifier of the correspondent
from whom at least one of the plurality of messages was

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received.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying on the
graphical user interface at least one preview of content asso
ciated with at least one of the received electronic messages.
7. A computer-readable memory accessible by a processor
of a wireless communication device, the memory comprising
stored electronic data structures representing executable
instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the

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received and remain unread.

memory further comprising machine-readable instructions
which, when executed, cause the wireless communication
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device to display a plurality of icons including one or more
application icons that are selectable to invoke respective ones
ofa plurality of applications on the wireless communication
device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14, the

memory comprising machine-readable instructions which,
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when executed, cause the wireless communication device to

visually modify one or more of the plurality of icons to
include a count of electronic messages that have been
received and remain unread.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 13, the at
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least one icon relating to electronic messaging being select
able to invoke an electronic messaging application.
17. The wireless communication device of claim 13, the

memory further comprising machine-readable instructions

have been received and remain unread.

8. The computer-readable memory of claim 7, further com
prising Stored electronic data structures representing execut

a display electrically coupled to the processor, the display
presenting a graphical user interface; and
memory storing machine-readable instructions executable
by the processor to:
display at least one icon relating to electronic messaging on
the graphical user interface;
receive a plurality of electronic messages, the plurality of
electronic messages including messages from a plurality
of different messaging correspondents; and
in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of
electronic messages, visually modify the at least one
displayed icon relating to electronic messaging to
include a numeric character representing a count of the
plurality of different messaging correspondents for
which one or more of the electronic messages have been
14. The wireless communication device of claim 13, the

wireless communication device to:

display at least one icon relating to an electronic messaging
application on the graphical user interface;
receive a plurality of electronic messages, the plurality of
electronic messages including messages from a plurality
of different messaging correspondents; and
in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of
electronic messages, visually modify at least one dis
played icon relating to the electronic messaging appli
cation to include a numeric character representing a
count of the plurality of different messaging correspon
dents for which one or more of the electronic messages

munication device to visually modify the graphical userinter
face to include at least one preview of content associated with
at least one of the received electronic messages.
13. A wireless communication device comprising:
a processor;

cations on the wireless communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising visually
modifying one or more of the plurality of icons to include a
count of electronic messages that have been received and

10. The computer-readable memory of claim 7, the at least
one icon relating to electronic messaging being selectable to
invoke an electronic messaging application.
11. The computer-readable memory of claim 7, stored elec
tronic data structures representing executable instructions
device to visually modify the graphical user interface to
include an identifier of the correspondent from whom at least
one of the plurality of messages was received.
12. The computer-readable memory of claim 7, further
stored electronic data structures representing executable

remain unread.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a
plurality of icons including one or more application icons that
are selectable to invoke respective ones ofa plurality of appli

device and remain unread.

which, when executed, cause the wireless communication

nication device;

receiving a plurality of electronic messages on the wireless
communication device, the plurality of electronic mes
Sages including messages from a plurality of different
messaging correspondents; and
in response to receiving at least one of the plurality of
electronic messages, visually modifying at least one dis
played icon relating to electronic messaging to include a
numeric character representing a count of the plurality
of different messaging correspondents for which one or
more of the electronic messages have been received and

communication device to visually modify one or more of the
plurality of icons to include a count of electronic messages
that have been received by the wireless communication

which, when executed, cause the wireless communication

device to visually modify the graphical user interface to
include an identifier of the correspondent from whom at least
communication device to display a plurality of icons includ one of the plurality of messages was received.
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memory further comprising machine-readable instructions

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include at least one preview of content associated with at least
one of the received electronic messages.

which, when executed, cause the wireless communication
device to visually modify the graphical user interface to

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