US 20010030664A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2001/0030664 Al
Shulman et al. (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 18,2001
(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
CONFIGURING ICON INTERACTIVITY
(76) Inventors: Leo A. Shulman, Danville, CA (US);
Jonathan A. Shiller, Pleasanton, CA
(US); Ilya German, San Ramon, CA
(US); Eric Schneider, University
Heights, OH (US)
Correspondence Address:
Himanshu S. Amin
Amin, Eschweiler & Turocy, LLP
1900 East 9th Street, 24th Floor
National City Center
Cleveland, OH 44114 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 09/725,635
(22) Filed: Nov. 29, 2000
Related U.S. Application Data
(63) Non-provisional ol provisional application No. 60/167,809, filed on Nov. 29, 1999. Continuation-in
part ol application No. 09/640,036, filed on Aug. 16, 2000. Non-provisional ol provisional application No. 60/149,118, filed on Aug. 16, 1999.
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 3/14
(52) U.S. CI 345/835; 345/810
(57) ABSTRACT
A subscriber device receives notification and it is determined il an icon is to be displayed in response to the received notification. When the icon is to be displayed, the interactivity level or message severity is determined from the context ol the received notification and prelerences are retrieved from at least one data record corresponding to interactivity level configuration settings. An icon is then generated from the retrieved prelerences and it is determined il there is a message associated with the icon from the received notification. II there is no associated message then the icon is displayed. However, when there is an associated message, the message is attached to the generated icon and then displayed.
