Deferring alerts
View Patent ↗It is presented a method including presenting an alert on a display; detecting a user input associated with said alert, said user input having a momentum; and deferring said alert to be presented again at a new alert time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input momentum. A corresponding device, computer program product and user interface are also presented.
1. A method comprising:
providing an alert for a touch-sensitive display;
detecting a user input on the display in a position associated with said alert,
detecting a movement of the user input and the end of the user input; and
deferring said alert to be presented again at a new alert time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input movement.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
said providing an alert involves providing a graphical representation of said alert for displaying on a display; and
said detecting the movement of the user input involves detecting a direction of said user input and moving said graphical representation on said display in accordance with said movement of said user input.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising after said detecting a user input: presenting an animation on said display, said animation indicating a movement of said alert in time from a present time to said new alert in time.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising after said detecting a user input: presenting said new alert in time on said display or using speech synthesis.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said detecting involves detecting a direction of said user input and said deferring only occurs if said direction, with a margin of error, is associated with deferring said alert.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when said direction, within a margin of error, is associated with deleting said alert, said alert is deleted.
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when said direction, within a margin of error, is associated with saving said alert, said alert is saved.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when said direction, within a margin of error, is associated with coupling said alert to a place, said alert is coupled to a place.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said detecting a user input involves determining said movement by calculating an average speed of said user input.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said detecting a user input involves determining said movement by calculating an average speed of an end portion of said user input.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said detecting a user input involves detecting an orbital motion associated with said alert.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting a user input involves detecting a depression in a position corresponding to said alert; detecting a movement on said touch-sensitive display and detecting a lift from said touch-sensitive display.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said alert is an alert selected from the group consisting of a message alert, an alarm, a calendar reminder and an alert for low battery.
14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said method is performed in a mobile communication apparatus.
15. An apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a controller,
wherein said controller is arranged to present an alert on a touch-sensitive display;
said controller is further arranged to detect a user input on the display in a position associated with said alert, detect the movement of the user input and the end of the user input; and
said controller is further arranged to, as a result of detecting said user input, defer said alert to be presented again at a new alert in time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input movement.
16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein said apparatus is comprised in a mobile communication apparatus.
17. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein said display is a touch-sensitive display, and said controller is configured to detect said user input using said touch-sensitive display.
18. An apparatus comprising:
means for providing an alert for a touch-sensitive display;
means for detecting a user input on the display in a position associated with said alert,
means for detecting the movement of the and the end of the user input; and
means for deferring said alert to be presented again at a new alert time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input movement.
19. The apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein said apparatus is comprised in a mobile communication apparatus.
20. A non-transitory computer program product comprising software instructions stored on a computer readable medium that, when executed in a controller of a mobile communication apparatus, performs a process comprising:
providing an alert for a touch-sensitive display;
detecting a user input on the display in a position associated with said alert, detecting the movement of the user input and the end of the user input; and
deferring said alert to be presented again at a new alert time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input movement.
21. A user interface comprising:
a display;
wherein said user interface is arranged to present an alert on a touch-sensitive display;
said user interface is further arranged to detect a user input on the display in a position associated with said alert, detecting the movement of the user input and the end of the user input; and
said user interface is further arranged to, as a result of detecting said user input, defer said alert to be presented again at a new alert in time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input movement.