# US 10,481,788 B2 · Electronic device and method of providing visual notification of a received communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,788 B2 - Document ID: US10481788B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/706,490 - Filed: 2017-09-15 - Published: 2018-01-04 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2011-01-06 - Assignees: BlackBerry Limited - Applicants: BlackBerry Limited - Inventors: Andrew Douglas Bocking; Donald James Lindsay; Daniel Tobias Rydenhag - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481788B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - H04M 1/7243: with interactive means for internal management of messages - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A method disclosed herein includes displaying information associated with a first application in a display area of an electronic device, detecting a change in direction of a continuous gesture across at least a portion of the display area between a first direction and a second direction different than the first direction, the continuous gesture associated with a request to display information of a second application, the first application being different than the second application, in response to detecting the change in direction of the continuous gesture, reducing display of the first application to a first portion of the display area and presenting a preview of information associated with the second application in a second portion of the display area in which the first application was presented prior to detection of the continuous gesture, based on a first characteristic of the continuous gesture, discontinuing providing the first information and display the second application in the display area, and based on a second characteristic of the continuous gesture, discontinuing providing the second information and display the first application in the display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a memory; and at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to: display first information associated with a first application in a display area of the electronic device; detect a change in direction of a continuous gesture across at least a portion of the display area between a first direction and a second direction different than the first direction, the continuous gesture associated with a request to display second information of a second application, the first application being different than the second application; in response to detecting the change in direction of the continuous gesture, reduce display of the first application to a first portion of the display area and present a preview of the second information associated with the second application in a second portion of the display area in which the first application was presented prior to detection of the continuous gesture; based on a first characteristic of the continuous gesture, discontinue providing the first information and display the second application in the display area; and based on a second characteristic of the continuous gesture, discontinue providing the second information and display the first application in the display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein presenting the preview of the second information of the second application comprises displaying the preview of the second information without launching the second application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to inactivate functional operations of the second application while presenting the preview of the second information of the second application in the second portion of the display area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to activate the functional operations of the second application in response to detecting the first characteristic of the continuous gesture and the second application being presented in the display area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to detect the continuous gesture in a third direction different than the first and second directions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to, in response to detecting the third direction, increase display of the second application in the second portion of the display area and further reduce display of the first application in the first portion of the first display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to, in response to detecting the third direction, present more preview of the second information of the second application in the second portion of the display area than the preview of the second information presented in the second portion of the display area in response to detecting the continuous gesture in the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein presenting preview of the second information of the second application comprises presenting information associated with a calendar application. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause an electronic device to perform operations comprising: displaying first information associated with a first application in a display area of the electronic device; detecting a change in direction of a continuous gesture across at least a portion of the display area between a first direction and a second direction different than the first direction, the continuous gesture associated with a request to display second information of a second application, the first application being different than the second application; in response to detecting the change in direction of the continuous gesture, reducing display of the first application to a first portion of the display area and presenting a preview of the second information associated with the second application in a second portion of the display area in which the first application was presented prior to detection of the continuous gesture; based on a first characteristic of the continuous gesture, discontinuing providing the first information and display the second application in the display area; and based on a second characteristic of the continuous gesture, discontinuing providing the second information and display the first application in the display area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein presenting the preview of the second information of the second application comprises displaying the preview of the second information without launching the second application. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise inactivating functional operations of the second application while presenting the preview of the second information of the second application in the second portion of the display area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise activating the functional operations of the second application in response to detecting the first characteristic of the continuous gesture and the second application being presented in the display area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise detecting the continuous gesture in a third direction different than the first and second directions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to detecting the third direction, increasing display of the second application in the second portion of the display area and further reducing display of the first application in the first portion of the first display area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to detecting the third direction, presenting more preview of the second information of the second application in the second portion of the display area than the preview of the second information presented in the second portion of the display area in response to detecting the continuous gesture in the second direction. ### Claim 16 An electronic device, comprising: a memory; and at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to: display information associated with a first application in a display area of the electronic device; detect a continuous gesture at least partially extending across the display area, the continuous gesture being associated with a request to display a plurality of images associated with a plurality of second applications, the first application being different than the plurality of second applications; in response to detecting the continuous gesture in a first direction, reduce the displayed information associated with the first application to a first portion of the display area; and in response to detecting the continuous gesture in a second direction different than the first direction, display for preview the plurality of images associated with the plurality of second applications in a second portion of the display area in which the displayed information of the first application was presented prior to being reduced to the first portion of the display area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein displaying the plurality of images comprises presenting a plurality of icons associated with the plurality of second applications. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to detect the continuous gesture in a third direction after detection of the continuous gesture in the first and second directions, the third direction being different than the first and second directions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to, in response to detection of the continuous gesture in the third direction, increase display of the plurality of images in the second portion of the display area and reduce display of the first application in the first portion of the display area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to display for preview textual information associated with the plurality of images in the second portion of the display area in response to detecting the continuous gesture in the third direction.