ALERTING USERS USING A MULTIPLE STATE STATUS ICON

A user alert system is described that provides multiple dimensions of information to a user through a status icon. Initially the status icon displays a neutral state that informs the user that the user alert system is running, but there are currently no relevant alerts for the user to view. When the...

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Main Authors KIRTANE LATIKA, CLARK CHRISTOPHER J, DIDERIKSEN TEDD K, LEONARD CHANTAL M, GILMOUR KENNETH SEAN, ALPHIN THOMAS H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.03.2010
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
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Summary:A user alert system is described that provides multiple dimensions of information to a user through a status icon. Initially the status icon displays a neutral state that informs the user that the user alert system is running, but there are currently no relevant alerts for the user to view. When the user alert system receives a lower priority alert, the system determines if the number of lower priority alerts received exceeds a threshold. If the number of lower priority alerts exceeds the threshold, then the user alert system modifies the status icon to display a low alert state. When the user alert system receives a higher priority alert, the system modifies the status icon to display a high alert state. Thus, the user alert system displays both the existence of alerts and the priority of the alerts to the user at the same time.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080237432