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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter Nils Skillman, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Gregory Thomas Mattox, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Omobayonle AyoYinka Olatunji, Seattle, WA (US);
Lola Marie Ball, Redmond, WA (US);
Allison Anne O'Mahony, Bellevue, WA (US);
Carmen Quan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Daniel Beck, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher Wallace Heuser, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eduardo Quijano Rivadeneyra, Bothell, WA (US);
Song Zou, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Michael John Bray, Bellevue, WA (US);
Patrick Seth Donoghue, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for presenting notifications on a user interface presentation of a recipient computing device. The technique is considered tiered because it distinguishes between first-type (people-centric) notifications and second-type notifications, and because it processes and presents first-type notifications in a privileged manner compared to the second-type notifications. For instance, the technique presents content associated with each first-type notification in an allocated window that appears in positional association with a person indicator, where that person indicator identifies the person who sent the first-type notification; the technique presents each second-type notification in a different manner. In some implementations, an application developer who designs a custom first-type notification is given authority to draw within the allocated window that is used to present the custom first-type notification in a manner specified by the application developer.