{
  "patent_number": "US 11921980",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Smartphones Manage Multiple Notifications on a Locked Screen",
  "original_title": "Systems and methods for displaying notifications received from multiple applications",
  "summary": "A patent describing how a locked smartphone displays multiple notifications from different apps and allows users to interact with them individually without unlocking the phone.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent details a system for managing how a locked smartphone shows alerts from various apps. When two or more notifications arrive, the device displays them concurrently on the lock screen. If a user taps or interacts with one specific notification, the system reveals hidden controls—like a snooze button or a slider—for that specific alert while keeping the other notification visible. This allows the user to perform tasks, such as stopping an alarm or managing a message, directly from the lock screen.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover notifications that require the device to be fully unlocked to interact with them.",
    "Does not cover systems that only show one notification at a time on the lock screen.",
    "Does not cover notifications that lack interactive controls or buttons.",
    "Does not cover voice-command-based notification management."
  ],
  "filed": "2022-09-23",
  "granted": "2024-03-05",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Apple Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/apple-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Eliza Block",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/eliza-block"
    },
    {
      "name": "Imran Chaudhri",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/imran-chaudhri"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 1,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11921980/vision-pro-optic-id",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11921980/vision-pro-optic-id/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11921980",
  "relatedPatents": []
}