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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Eric Gould Bear, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chad Magendanz, Issaquah, WA (US);
Aditha May Adams, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl Ledbetter, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Steve Kaneko, Medina, WA (US);
Chris Schoppa, Redmond, WA (US);
Adrian M. Chandley, Sammamish, WA (US);
William J. Westerinen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dale C. Crosier, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert Scott Plank, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Gould Bear, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chad Magendanz, Issaquah, WA (US);
Aditha May Adams, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl Ledbetter, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Steve Kaneko, Medina, WA (US);
Chris Schoppa, Redmond, WA (US);
Adrian M. Chandley, Sammamish, WA (US);
William J. Westerinen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dale C. Crosier, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert Scott Plank, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device. An auxiliary display is integrated with a computing system to provide an area where notifications can be peripherally presented off-screen. Whenever a background task sends a notification to the main display of the system, the notification may be redirected to appear instead on the auxiliary display. A user may then glance at the notification appearing on the auxiliary display to be informed of the message without interruption from the current task onscreen. Any type of information may be presented on the auxiliary display including incoming communications, meeting reminders, system alerts, and information from Internet subscription services. The auxiliary display may be placed on the central processor chassis or on the monitor border along with LED indicator lights to provide simple peripheral-vision notification. By pressing a button, a user may obtain additional detailed follow-up information.