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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Joanne Mckinley, Waterloo, CA;
Zhanna Shamis, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jimmy Shih, Mountain View, CA (US);
Derek Phillips, Waterloo, CA;
Joanne McKinley, Waterloo, CA;
Zhanna Shamis, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jimmy Shih, Mountain View, CA (US);
Derek Phillips, Waterloo, CA;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for simulating icon popout on memory constrained devices are described. In some embodiments, the client device displays a message status icon where the message status icon represents a first message status of the respective message. In response to a user action, the status of the respective action changes and the visual appearance of the message status icon varies such that the displayed message status icon represents a second message status of the respective message, to identify a status change of the respective message. The message status icon comprises a fixed image having a display background with at least one property that can be varied to achieve the changes in the visual appearance of the message status icon. Other embodiments are also described.