# US 12,603,949 B2 · Electronic devices with translating flexible displays and corresponding methods for presenting notifications without resizing presented application portals > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,949 B2 - Document ID: US12603949B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/222,304 - Filed: 2023-07-14 - Published: 2024-12-12 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2023-06-09 - Assignees: Motorola Mobility LLC - Applicants: Motorola Mobility LLC - Inventors: Xiaofeng Zhu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603949B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/0245: {using open/close detection} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - H04M 1/0235: {Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts} - H04M 2201/42: Graphical user interfaces - H04M 2250/52: including functional features of a camera - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method in an electronic device includes presenting one or more application portals on a flexible display carried by a blade assembly that is slidably coupled to a device housing and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. When one or more notifications are generated or received, a translation mechanism translates the blade assembly toward the extended position by an amount necessary to present the one or more notifications in an adjacent, non-overlapping arrangement with the one or more application portals without resizing the one or more application portals. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method in an electronic device, the method comprising: presenting, by one or more processors on a flexible display carried by a blade assembly carrying a blade that is slidably coupled to a device housing and movable between an extended position and a retracted position, one or more application portals; receiving, by a communication device operable with the one or more processors, one or more notification presentation requests while at least one application portal is being presented on a front-facing portion of the flexible display; and translating, by an actuator operable with the one or more processors, the blade assembly toward the extended position by an amount necessary to present one or more notifications associated with the one or more notification presentation requests without resizing the one or more application portals; and presenting a notification identified by the one or more notification presentation requests on the front-facing portion of the flexible display without resizing the one or more application portals. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting the notification on the flexible display occurs after translation of the blade assembly toward the extended position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the translating results in the flexible display defining a front-facing portion and a rear-facing portion separated from the front-facing portion by a curvilinear portion, wherein the one or more application portals are presented on the front-facing portion between the curvilinear portion and the one or more notifications. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein after the translating at least some of the one or more application portals are presented on front-facing portions of the flexible display revealed by the translating while the one or more notifications are presented on portions of the flexible display that were front facing prior to the translating. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising identifying, by the one or more processors, consumption of the one or more notifications and, in response to the consumption, causing, by the actuator, translation of the blade assembly toward the retracted position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more notifications comprise one of an incoming call notification, an alarm notification, an incoming message notification, an application generated notification, or a system notification. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more application portals comprise a rear-facing imager viewfinder application portal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more application portals comprise a navigation application portal and the one or more notifications comprise a navigation incident update notification. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: detecting, by the one or more processors an incident identified by the incident update notification transitioning from an upcoming incident to a bygone incident; and in response to the detecting: removing the navigation incident update notification from the flexible display; and causing, by the actuator, translation of the blade assembly toward the retracted position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more application portals comprise a navigation application portal and the one or more notifications comprise a directional navigation notification. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the communication device, one or more additional notifications; again translating, by the actuator, the blade assembly toward the extended position by another amount necessary to present the one or more additional notifications without resizing the one or more application portals; and presenting the one or more additional notifications on front-facing portions of the flexible display that were front facing prior to the again translating. ### Claim 12 An electronic device, comprising: a device housing; a blade assembly carrying a blade and a flexible display and slidably coupled to the device housing; an actuator operable to slide the blade assembly relative to the device housing between an extended position and a retracted position; and one or more processors operable with the actuator; wherein the one or more processors, in response to receiving a notification presentation request while at least one application portal is being presented on a front-facing portion of the flexible display: cause the actuator to translate the blade assembly toward the extended position by an amount necessary to present a notification associated with the notification presentation request without resizing the at least one application portal; and present a notification identified by the notification presentation request on the front-facing portion of the flexible display without resizing the at least one application portal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein: at least some of the at least one application portal is presented on front-facing portions of the flexible display revealed by translation of the blade assembly toward the extended position; and the notification is presented on other front-facing portions of the flexible display that were in the front-facing portion prior to the translation of the blade assembly toward the extended position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein: the flexible display defines a curvilinear portion separating the front-facing portion from a rear-facing portion; and the at least one application portal is presented between the notification and the curvilinear portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors detect consumption of the notification and, in response to the consumption of the notification, cause the actuator to translate the blade assembly toward the retracted position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors detect the notification becoming untimely and, in response to the notification becoming untimely, remove the notification from the flexible display and cause the actuator to translate the blade assembly toward the retracted position. ### Claim 17 A method in an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a notification presentation request while an application portal is being presented on a flexible display carried by a blade assembly that is slidably coupled to a device housing and movable between an extended position, a retracted position, and a peek position; translating, by an actuator operable with the one or more processors, the blade assembly toward the extended position by an amount necessary to present a notification associated with the notification presentation request without resizing the application portal; and presenting the notification on the flexible display adjacent to the application portal; wherein at least some of the application portal is presented on front-facing portions of the flexible display revealed by the translating and the notification is presented on other front-facing portions of the flexible display that were front-facing prior to the translating. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising translating, by the actuator, the blade assembly toward the peek position when the notification is consumed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: removing, by the one or more processors, the notification from the flexible display when the notification becomes untimely; and after the removing, translating, by the actuator the blade assembly toward the peek position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising removing the notification from the flexible display when an application operating on the one or more processors associated with the application portal requires use of a front-facing imager and translating the blade assembly to the peek position.