Communication device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsDanny DODGE, Mihal LAZARIDIS, Donald LINDSAY
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Abstract
According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for controlling a display of a mobile electronic device is provided. The method comprises: maintaining status data and application data in a memory of the mobile electronic device; controlling the display to provide a first interface comprising a representation of the application data; receiving input data representative of a peek command; and, controlling the display to provide a second interface comprising a representation of a portion of the application data, and a representation of the status data.
Claims20
A method of controlling a display of a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:
- maintaining status data and application data in a memory of the mobile electronic device;
- controlling the display to provide a first interface comprising a representation of the application data;
- receiving input data representative of a peek command;
- and,
- controlling the display to provide a second interface comprising a representation of a portion of the application data, and a representation of the status data.
A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a memory for maintaining status data and application data;
- an input device;
- a display;
- and,
- a processor interconnected with the memory, the input device and the display, the processor configured to control the display to provide a first interface comprising a representation of the application data;
- the processor further configured to receive input data representative of a peek command from the input device;
- and,
- the processor further configured to control the display to provide a second interface comprising a representation of a portion of the application data, and a representation of the status data.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing computer readable instructions for execution by a processor, the computer readable instructions implementing a method comprising:
- maintaining status data and application data in a memory of the mobile electronic device;
- controlling the display to provide a first interface comprising a representation of the application data;
- receiving input data representative of a peek command;
- and,
- controlling the display to provide a second interface comprising a representation of a portion of the application data, and a representation of the status data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.