Method and apparatus for presenting polymorphic notes in a graphical user interface

US8335989B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nokia · FI

Inventors

• Keith Barraclough · Mountain View, US
• Stephen Hartford · Folsom, US
• David Irvine · San Jose, US
• Energy Cruse, II · Foster City, US
• Abbe Don · San Francisco, US
• Luke Woods · Chicago, US
• Christopher Dame · San Francisco, US
• Timm Kekeritz · Berlin, DE
• Astrid Jantina Van Der Flier · San Francisco, US
• Kristian Simsarian · San Francisco, US
• James Nathaniel Gerlach · Santa Clara, US
• Erich Domingo · Hayward, US
• Christopher Nyffeler · San Francisco, US
• Anke Pierik · Hayward, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 18, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An approach is provided for presenting polymorphic notes in a graphical user interface. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display a plurality of polymorphic notes on a graphical user interface of a device. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determines an order of the plurality of polymorphic notes according to either an associated date or, if there is no associated date, a creation date corresponding to each of the plurality of polymorphic notes. The polymorphic note manager then causes, at least in part, actions that result in display of the plurality of polymorphic notes in the graphical user interface according to the determined order.