Event Notifications by Palm (WebOS)
If you own a Palm Pre or Pixi (WebOS device), you already know this well. Palm has a patent application for their event notification system. The main difference between this and other event notification systems on mobile phones? Well, let’s see if we can simplify it for you. This invention basically allows the notification to be displayed in an active part of the screen, while still letting the user continue doing what he/she wants. The alert may be ignored, in which case, it will be displayed in a reduced size on a vacant portion of the display. The key advantage is that the user is able to be notified, yet in an unobtrusive manner, whereby the user can easily ignore the alert.
Will be interesting to see if this patent application (12/200,782) issues. Does Android or iPhone do this?
