Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Lei Xu

Akhilesh Kaza

Andrew Clinick

Nora Micheva

Ashwini Kumar Varma

Theron Thomas Fennel

Matthew Hidinger

Ali Rafiee

Andrew Tyler Bares

Thomas Fennel

Matt Hidinger

A facility for providing enhanced time-sensitive notifications on an electronic device is described. In some such notifications, the facility replaces an icon or name of an application presenting the notification with another image or other text, respectively. In some such notifications, the facility renders certain aspects of the notification on an optional basis, such as based on the capabilities of the electronic device.

Enhanced notifications

Inventive embodiments described herein relate to a universal approach for handling user interface notifications. A notification pipeline on a device acts as an intermediary between applications on the device and notification surfaces on the device. Notification surfaces register themselves with the notification pipeline to become active subscribers. Applications or other processes submit notifications complying with a same format, schema, structure, etc. to the notification pipeline. The notification pipeline broadcasts the notification to the subscribed notification surfaces, which in turn determine whether or how to handle and perhaps display the notification based on the content of the notification.

Universal notification pipeline

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Lei Xu