FR2965644A1 - Mobile terminal i.e. cellular radio telephone terminal, for displaying graphical objects corresponding to events indicating birthday reminder, has display unit displaying graphical objects on touch screen by proving or removing each object - Google Patents

Abstract

The terminal has a storage unit (2.11) for storing events corresponding to a category of events. A filtering unit (2.12) filters the stored events based on the category of events. A display unit (2.13) displays graphical objects corresponding to the stored events on a touch screen by proving or removing each graphical object corresponding to the filtered event. A detection unit detects the events, and a decision unit is activated at each event detected by the detection unit to provide or prohibit provision of the event to the storage unit. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a method for displaying graphical objects by a mobile terminal corresponding to events relative to applications (2) a computer program comprising a set of instructions to perform a method for displaying graphical objects corresponding to events relative to applications (3) a storage unit for storing a computer program comprising a set of instructions to perform a method for displaying graphical objects corresponding to events relative to applications.

Description

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal adapted to display on its screen graphical objects corresponding to events relating to applications installed on the mobile terminal. The present invention also relates to a method implemented by this mobile terminal. The present invention also relates to a computer program for implementing the method and storage means storing such a computer program. Mobile terminals such as mobile phones, PDAs (Persona / Digital Assistant), media players or tablet-type personal computers (tablet PC or tablet Persona / Computer in English, also known as Electronic Tablet in French) are becoming more complex and offer more and more features to their users. These features are accessible in the form of software modules called applications. These software modules can also be coupled to hardware modules, as is the case, for example, for a voice communication application in a cellular radiotelephone terminal. These applications handle events that may arise from information received from a communication network to which the mobile terminal is connected. Such events are, for example, related to SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messaging service messages, dispatch messages or messages messages. e-mail (e-mail in English). Such events are also for example related to updates made by persons in the mobile terminal user's knowledge network, their respective profiles on social networking websites.

These applications can also be generating events. For example, a calendar application may generate an event to indicate a birthday reminder, an appointment reminder, or a reminder that a given task is to be performed. Each application thus manages the events that are specific to it or that are intended for it. In order to view the events relating to an application, the user must access an interface dedicated to this application. Thus, if the user wishes to access the events relating to the applications installed, or more generally available, on his mobile terminal, he must search the menu or application concerned. He must repeat this action for each application for which he wants to know the events received or generated. This generates a tedious manipulation of the interface of the mobile terminal. The user can also miss an event by forgetting to consult the application to which the event corresponds.

It is desirable to overcome these various disadvantages of the state of the art. In particular, it is desirable to provide a solution that allows easy and quick access to events relating to applications installed on a mobile terminal. It is particularly desirable to provide a solution that allows easy and quick access to events, to which the user has a particular interest, among a multitude of such events. It is particularly desirable to provide a solution that is simple to implement and low cost. The invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising a screen and adapted to display on its screen at least graphic objects corresponding to events relating to applications installed on the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being such that it comprises: - means of storing said events in correspondence with at least one category of events to which they respectively belong; filtering means for filtering stored events according to at least one category of events; - Display means on said graphical objects screen corresponding to stored events by highlighting or withdrawing each graphical object corresponding to at least one filtered event. Thus, by displaying or retreating according to their respective categories, during the display of events among the stored events, a user of the mobile terminal can easily and quickly access events relating to applications installed on a device. mobile terminal and for which it is of particular interest. According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises means for detecting said events and, at each event detected by the detection means, decision means are activated for providing or not providing said event to said storage means. Thus, stored events are not polluted by events for which the user of the mobile terminal bears no interest.

According to a particular embodiment, the display means are adapted to display only the graphic objects corresponding to the filtered events. Thus, the display focuses only on the events to be filtered. According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal is of the type having a home page divided into individually displayable panels on the screen, and said display means are adapted to display said graphic objects on a panel, said panel event, among said panels. Thus, the user can easily access the events relating to the applications installed on the mobile terminal.

According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal is of the type having a status bar displayed on each of said panels, the status bar allowing access to events of at least one given category, and said means are adapted to display on the event panel graphic objects in a manner superimposed on said status bar.

Thus, it avoids redundancy between different event displays on the same panel of the homepage, and thus avoids confusion from the point of view of the user of the mobile terminal. According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises means for selecting said filter from among a set of filters.

Thus, the user of the mobile terminal can have means for dynamically varying the displayed events according to what interests him at a given moment. It then accesses even more easily and quickly events or information to which it is of particular interest. According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal is a cellular radiotelephone terminal. According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises means for selecting an event whose corresponding graphic object is displayed, and means for displaying a detailed version of the selected event by enlarging said graphic object. Thus, the selected event is highlighted in order to access details of that event. According to a particular embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises access means, via the enlarged graphic object, to functions of the application to which the selected event is relative.

The invention also relates to a method implemented by a mobile terminal comprising a screen and adapted to display on its screen at least graphic objects corresponding to events relating to applications installed on the mobile terminal, the method being such that it comprises the following steps of: storing said relative events in correspondence with at least one category of events to which they respectively belong; - filtering stored events according to at least one category of events; displaying graphical objects on the screen corresponding to stored events by highlighting or withdrawing each graphic object corresponding to at least one filtered event. The invention also relates to a computer program, which can be stored on a medium and / or downloaded from a communication network, in order to be read by a computer system or a processor. This computer program includes instructions for implementing the above-mentioned method, when said program is executed by a computer system or a processor. The invention also relates to storage means comprising such a computer program. The characteristics of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will appear more clearly on reading the following description of an exemplary embodiment, said description being given in relation to the attached drawings, among which: FIG. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal, having a screen, and wherein the invention can be implemented; FIG. 2a schematically illustrates the architecture of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1; FIG. 2b schematically illustrates means implemented by the mobile terminal of FIG. 1; FIG. 3a schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1, in a first event filtering situation; FIG. 3b schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1, in a second event filtering situation; FIG. 3c schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1, in a third event filtering situation; FIG. 4 schematically illustrates an algorithm for constructing an event list, as implemented by the mobile terminal of FIG. 1 in an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 schematically illustrates an event display algorithm as implemented by the mobile terminal of FIG. 1 in an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1, in which an event is more particularly highlighted; FIG. 7 schematically illustrates an event management algorithm, displayed in the situation of FIG. 6, in one embodiment of the present invention. In order for a mobile terminal user to easily and quickly access events relating to applications installed on the mobile terminal, it is proposed to store events relating to these applications. For example, these events are stored in a single event list. Each of these events is stored in correspondence with at least one event category to which it belongs. The set of events thus stored can be displayed on a dedicated panel of the mobile terminal home page or a filter can be applied in such a way that it does not appear, or more generally to highlight, the display that 'a subset of stored events. This filter is preferably associated with at least one category. In this case, the mobile terminal only displays the stored events that belong to the same category as that associated with the applied filter, or the same categories as those associated with the applied filter. In an alternative embodiment, the filter may be applied to indent the display a subset of stored events. Such a filter 30 is preferably associated with at least one category. In this case, the mobile terminal can display only the stored events that do not belong to the same category as that associated with the applied filter, or the same categories as those associated with the applied filter, or at least one of those categories. associated with the applied filter.

It should be noted that the result of filtering may be only one event. It should also be noted that the result of the display may be a single graphic object. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal in which the invention can be implemented.

A mobile terminal 1.1 conventionally comprises a screen 1.2 on which a user can view graphics elements relating to applications and interact with them. This interaction can be done directly if the screen 1.2 is touch or by means of a set of keys 1.3 or a keyboard. The mobile terminal 1.1 is for example a cellular mobile radio terminal, a PDA digital personal assistant, a tablet-type personal computer, etc. In a preferred embodiment, the mobile terminal 1.1 is a mobile terminal of cellular radio. Fig. 2a illustrates schematically the architecture of the mobile terminal 1.1. The mobile terminal 1.1 comprises, connected by a communication bus 2.1: - a processor, microprocessor, microcontroller (noted μc) or CPU (Central Processing Unit in English or Central Processing Unit in French) 2.2; - Random Access Memory RAM (Random Access Memory in French) 2.3; a ROM (Read Only Memory in English or Memory Read Only in French) 2.4; a storage medium reader 2.5, such as a SD (Secure Digital Card) card reader; interface means 2.6 with a communication network, for example a cellular radiotelephone network; and man-machine interface means 2.7, in particular for managing the screen 1.2 and the set of keys 1.3. The microcontroller 2.2 is capable of executing instructions loaded in the RAM 2.3 from the ROM 2.4, an external memory (not shown), a storage medium, such as an SD card or the like, or a communication network. When the mobile terminal 1.1 is turned on, the microcontroller 2.2 is able to read RAM 2.3 instructions and execute them. These instructions form a computer program. This computer program causes the implementation, by the microcontroller 2.2, of all or part of the algorithms described below in relation with FIGS. 4, 5 and 7.

All or part of the algorithms described below in relation to FIGS. 4, 5 and 7 can be implemented in software form by executing a set of instructions by a programmable machine, such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor in English or a Digital Signal Processing Unit in French) or a microcontroller, such as the microcontroller 2.2, or be implemented in hardware form by a machine or a dedicated component, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or an ASIC (Application-Specific). Integrated Circuit in English or Integrated Circuit Specific to an Application in French).

It is considered in the context of the present invention that the operating system of the mobile terminal constitutes an application the purpose of which is to process system events, such as for example an event to indicate that the battery level of the mobile terminal is low, c. that is, less than a predefined threshold, or to indicate that a vibrate function has been activated.

When a user turns on the mobile terminal 1.1, it typically displays a home page (home page in English) or a welcome panel (panel in English) of the home page. Indeed, given the multitude of applications available on such a mobile terminal and the reduced dimensions of its screen, it is now common that this homepage is divided into a plurality of panels. The screen of the mobile terminal then allows the display of a panel among the plurality of panels and the mobile terminal provides a means of navigation to move from one panel to another. Each of these panels may contain icons for launching applications. An icon is a static graphic object that allows, when the user interacts with this icon, to launch an application, to which it corresponds, with its complete user interface. For example, it is possible to launch an application with its complete user interface by pressing with the finger on the icon corresponding to the application, when the screen of the mobile terminal is a touch screen.

When an application is launched with its full user interface, it occupies the entire handheld screen and is displayed independently of the panel containing the icon from which it was launched. It then provides all of its features. A key 1.5 of the set of keys 1.3 allows the return to the home panel, or more generally to a panel of the home page. On the screen 1.2 can be displayed a status bar 1.4 which indicates the state of the mobile terminal 1.1 with regard to some main features. If the mobile terminal 1.1 is for example a cellular mobile radio terminal, this status bar 1.4 indicates the battery level, the reception level of the signals of the cellular radio network to which the mobile terminal 1.1 is connected and also indicates whether SMS or MMS messages are waiting to be read, or if incoming phone calls have occurred in the absence of the user. If the mobile terminal has an Android operating system (registered trademark) developed by Google Inc., by pressing with the finger on the 1.4 status bar and dragging down the screen, the The user can display the details of the SMS or MMS type messages that are waiting for reading and a list of incoming telephone calls that occurred in the absence of the user.

Fig. 2b schematically illustrates means implemented by the mobile terminal 1.1. The mobile terminal 1.1 comprises applications 2.10 which process the events and provide them to storage means 2.11 via a link 2.14. The events are stored by the storage means in correspondence with at least one category of events to which they respectively belong. The mobile terminal 1.1 further comprises filtering means 2.12 for filtering the stored events according to at least one category of events. The events are obtained by the filtering means 2.12 via a link 2.15. The events thus filtered are thus provided to display means 2.13 via a link 2.16, to display on the screen 1.2 graphic objects corresponding to stored events by highlighting or withdrawing each graphic object corresponding to at least one filtered event. Events are categorized. A simple way to categorize events is to categorize the applications to which they are related, and to consider that the category of an event is that of the application to which it is related. For example, it is possible to classify events in categories contacts, news, entertainment, calendar, etc. The contacts category could thus be representative of the events relating to a reception or sending of an SMS or MMS message or of an e-mail, to an update of a profile of a person with whom the user is in contact via a site. Social network internet, etc. The calendar category could thus be representative of the events relating to the organization of the time of the user of the mobile terminal 1.1. The same event can belong to several categories. For example, an event representative of a movie release reminder can be classified in both the calendar category and in the entertainment category, or both in the calendar category and in the contacts category if this outing is scheduled between friends . It is also possible to categorize events independently of the applications to which they relate. The events are then categorized according to what they represent. For example, it is possible to classify events into message categories, content updates on the Internet, system events, and so on. The mobile terminal 1.1 may further comprise decision means for providing or not providing each event to the storage means 2.11. These means would then be sandwiched between the applications 2.10 and the storage means 2.11. The decision to provide or not provide events to the storage means 2.11 can be made according to the categories to which these events respectively belong. In the remainder of the description, the mobile terminal 1.1 manages the events relating to the applications installed on the mobile terminal 1.1 in the form of a list. Events may be managed or stored in another form without this having an impact on the general principle of the present invention. Figs. 3a to 3c are intended to schematically illustrate a list of events, displayed on the screen 1.2, in different event filtering situations.

Fig. 3a schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen 1.2 of the mobile terminal 1.1 without event filtering is applied to the list. However, upstream filtering may have been performed during event detection to decide whether these detected events should be stored in the list, as will be described later in connection with steps 4.1 and 4.3 of FIG. 4.

On the screen 1.2 of the mobile terminal 1.1 is displayed a part of a list of events. The list may thus contain more events than what the capabilities of the screen 1.2 can display. The user then has means to navigate in the list of events.

The list of events is preferably displayed on a dedicated panel of the home page of the mobile terminal 1.1. Graphic objects 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 corresponding to respective events of this list are displayed. Each event is thus displayed as a text in a rectangle. On the far left of each of these rectangles is a graphical object representative of the category of the corresponding event or application to which it is related. Such a representation is purely illustrative. In the remainder of the description, the events will be assimilated to the graphic objects which respectively represent them on the screen 1.2. According to an illustrative example, events 3.1, 3.3 and 3.5 belong to a first category of events. Event 3.2 belongs to a second category of events. Event 3.4 belongs to a third category of events. The event list displayed on screen 1.2 then contains events of various categories. On the screen 1.2 are further displayed buttons 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, which enable to enable or disable respective filters. When the user actuates one of these buttons 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, a filter is activated, which highlights or indents elements of the displayed list. For example, a filter is activated if the corresponding button is highlighted and is not activated otherwise. Each filter is then associated with at least one category of events. In a particular embodiment, each filter is used exclusively. In an alternative embodiment, it is possible to activate several filters simultaneously.

In a particular embodiment, the activation of a filter makes it possible to highlight the events belonging to the category of events associated with this filter. For example, the activation of a filter according to this particular embodiment makes it possible to keep in the display only the events belonging to the category of events associated with this filter. In an alternative embodiment, the activation of a filter makes it possible to indent events belonging to the category of events associated with this filter. For example, the activation of a filter according to this alternative embodiment makes it possible to keep in the display only events that do not belong to the category of events associated with this filter.

It is also possible to associate several categories of events to the same filter. The association between event categories and filters can be predefined. For example, in the case where the mobile terminal 1.1 is a mobile radiotelephone terminal, this association between event categories and filters is defined by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal 1.1 or a telephone operator. The association between event categories and filters can be customized. The user of the mobile terminal 1.1 can, by accessing a dedicated menu, define which category is associated, or which categories are associated, with each of the filters associated with the buttons 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12. The menu can provide a predefined list of categories and the user can select at least one category from this list. Fig. 3b schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen 1.2 of the mobile terminal 1.1 while event filtering is applied to the list, according to a first embodiment of the invention.

On the screen 1.2 of the mobile terminal 1.1 is thus displayed a part of the list of events by taking the illustrative example of FIG. 3a. This modification of the display was caused by the activation of a filter on the list of events, for example by highlighting the button 3.10. The button 3.10 then makes it possible to apply a filter highlighting the events of the first category, as defined above in relation to FIG. 3a. Events 3.1, 3.3 and 3.5 belonging to the first category have therefore been highlighted in the list, here by indenting events that belong to another category of events than the first category of events. Thus event 3.2 belonging to the second category of events and event 3.4 belonging to the third category of events are partially masked. Fig. 3c schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen 1.2 of the mobile terminal 1.1 while event filtering is applied to the list, according to a second embodiment of the invention. On the screen 1.2 of the mobile terminal 1.1 is therefore displayed a part of the list of events also taking again the illustrative example of FIG. 3a. This modification of the display was caused by the activation of a filter on the list of events, for example by highlighting the button 3.10. The button 3.10 then makes it possible to apply a filter highlighting the events of the first category, as defined above in relation to FIG. 3a. Events 3.1, 3.3 and 3.5 belonging to the first category of events have therefore been highlighted in the list, as well as events 3.6 and 3.7 also belonging to the first category of events. Thus event 3.2 belonging to the second category of events and event 3.4 belonging to the third category of events are not displayed. Figs. 3a and 3b illustrate the use of the filters by the user of the mobile terminal 1.1 by which he can highlight events in the list of events. Thus, the user of the mobile terminal 1.1 can, through a single list of events, gathering events relating to separate applications, quickly and easily access information to which it is of particular interest, simply by applying successively or jointly these filters. The manipulation of the home-machine interface of the mobile terminal 1.1 is also less tedious than in the state of the art. Preferably, the mobile terminal 1.1 displays the events on a dedicated panel, called event panel, of the home page. Like any panel on the home page, the event panel can contain the status bar 1.4, which provides access to events of at least one category. In a first embodiment, the status bar 1.4 remains accessible on the event panel. The status bar 1.4 thus allows the user to view the events in a grouped manner by categories, exposing a single graphic object by category. This allows the user to have a general overview of the event situation via the 1.4 status bar and a detailed overview of this situation via the event panel. In a second embodiment, the mobile terminal 1.1 can display at least one graphic object, such as for example a graphic object representing an event, superimposed on the status bar 1.4. This avoids any redundancy of information between the status bar and the list of events, filtered or not. This avoids any confusion from the point of view of the user of the mobile terminal 1.1.

Fig. 4 schematically illustrates an algorithm for constructing an event list, as implemented by the mobile terminal 1.1 in an embodiment of the present invention. In a step 4.1, the mobile terminal 1.1 configures a filter upstream of a list in which the events relating to the applications installed on the mobile terminal 1.1 are stored. This upstream filter makes it possible to store in the list only events of given categories. This configuration can be performed by interaction with the user of the mobile terminal 1.1. Such a configuration may for example consist of excluding from the list the events belonging to respective categories to which the user is not interested. In this configuration step, the mobile terminal 1.1 can propose to the user to select, via a menu, from among a set of predefined event categories, which are the categories whose events are to be stored in the list. The user can then select all or part of the predefined event categories. In a next step 4.2, the mobile terminal 1.1 determines whether an event is detected. If this is the case, a step 4.3 is performed, otherwise step 4.2 is repeated. In step 4.3, the mobile terminal 1.1 determines whether the detected event should be stored in the event list to be displayed on the event panel. If this is the case, a step 4.4 is performed, otherwise step 4.2 is repeated. In step 4.4, the mobile terminal 1.1 stores the detected event in the event list to be displayed on the event panel. The events are preferably stored in the chronological order in which they are detected in step 4.2, and are intended to be displayed in that order. Other scheduling of storage and display of events can be implemented. In an alternative embodiment, the events are displayed according to a schedule defined by the user. For example, the user can classify the applications according to a priority criterion of his own, and the display of events is implemented according to this ranking of the applications. The event is stored in correspondence with the category to which it belongs. For example, the events detected in step 4.2 are accompanied by an indication of the respective applications to which they correspond. The mobile terminal 1.1 can maintain a correspondence table between the applications installed on the mobile terminal 1.1 and predefined categories. Thus, the mobile terminal 1.1 can determine, by browsing this table, which category belongs to the event detected in step 4.2, considering that the category of an event is that of the application to which it is related. Other matching mechanisms between events and categories are applicable.

Fig. 5 schematically illustrates an event display algorithm as implemented by the mobile terminal 1.1 in one embodiment of the present invention. In a step 5.1, the event panel is selected. The mobile terminal 1.1 then displays the list of events, as obtained during step 4.4. In this situation, none of the filters associated with buttons 3.10, 311, and 3.12 are enabled. We are then in the display situation as described above in relation to FIG. 3a. In a next step 5.2, the mobile terminal 1.1 determines whether it receives a command relating to at least one filter to be activated or deactivated. Such a command is for example generated following a support, by the user, on one of the buttons 3.10, 3.11, 3.12. Fig. 5 describes an algorithm that applies only one filter at a time. It is of course possible to apply several filters simultaneously by slightly modifying this algorithm.

If it receives a command relating to at least one filter to be activated, a step 5.4 is executed; otherwise, the detected command relates to a deactivation of filter and step 5.1 is again implemented. Other commands than those concerning activation or deactivation of the filter can be received by the mobile terminal 1.1. These commands are processed by another algorithm, not described here. In step 5.4, the mobile terminal 1.1 applies the filter concerned by the command received in step 5.2. It then distinguishes, in the event list obtained in step 4.4, the events of which at least one associated category corresponds to the filter to be applied of those for which no associated category corresponds to this filter. To do this, the mobile terminal 1.1 can put the events in two separate temporary lists, one containing the events of which at least one associated category corresponds to the filter to be applied and the other the remaining events. In an alternative embodiment, the mobile terminal 1.1 may flag a flag corresponding to the events of which at least one associated category corresponds to the filter to be applied. In a subsequent step 5.5, the mobile terminal 1.1 performs a display of the events of the event list, by highlighting or withdrawing events according to the result obtained in step 5.4. The result of this step then corresponds to what has already been described above in relation to FIGS. 3b and 3c. Step 5.2 is then repeated. It should be noted that the event list can be updated independently of the execution of the algorithm of FIG. 5. Thus, when step 5.2 is executed, an updating of the display can be performed, either according to step 5.1, if step 5.1 immediately precedes step 5.2, or according to steps 5.4 and 5.5. if step 5.5 immediately preceded step 5.2. This update may concern an addition or deletion of at least one event. Fig. 6 schematically illustrates a list of events, displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 1.1, in which an event is highlighted more particularly. Fig. 6 shows the event list as described in the situation shown in FIG. 3c. Thus, event filtering is applied to the list. In an alternative embodiment, such an event can be more particularly highlighted without event filtering being applied to the event list, that is, in a situation as shown in FIG. . 3a. In FIG. 6, event 3.3 has been selected by the user and is represented in extended mode, i.e. deployed. In other words, event 3.3 is displayed on a larger area of screen 1.2 than events 3.1, 3.5 and 3.6. This allows event 3.3 to be displayed in detail without leaving the event panel. Thus, the mobile terminal 1.1 comprises means for selecting an event whose corresponding graphic object is displayed, and means for displaying a detailed version of the selected event by enlarging this graphic object.

Once he has visualized the detail of the event 3.3, the user can reduce the area occupied by this event by deselecting it. Event 3.3 then resumes its initial aspect, that is, the one it had before it was deployed. The user can return this event to its original appearance by selecting another event from the list. This newly selected event then goes into extended mode and event 3.3 resumes its initial appearance. In addition, in extended mode, event 3.3 may provide the user with access to functions provided by the application with which the event is associated. These functions are for example the functions most commonly used when the application is launched. In another example, these functions can be dynamically adapted according to the event 3.3. To allow the user to access these functions of the application to which event 3.3 is associated, 6.1 icons representative of these functions are displayed. They are preferentially placed within the framework reserved for the representation of event 3.3. The user can then activate functions of the application, in response to the event 3.3, without leaving the event panel. Thus, the mobile terminal 1.1 comprises access means, via the enlarged graphic object, to functions of the application.

Event 3.3 may further provide the user with a means 6.2 to launch the application, to which event 3.3 is associated, with its complete user interface. The display of this interface is then substituted for the event panel, and the user can access the full functionality of the application. Fig. 7 schematically illustrates an event management algorithm, displayed in the situation described above in relation to FIG. 6, in one embodiment of the present invention. In a step 7.1, the event 3.3 is selected by the user in the event list displayed on the event panel. In a next step 7.2, the mobile terminal 1.1 displays the event 3.3 in extended mode. The user thus has access to the detail of event 3.3 without leaving the event panel. In a next step 7.3, the mobile terminal 1.1 displays icons representative of application actions. The user thus has access to functions of the application to which the event 3.3 is associated without leaving the event panel. In a next step 7.4, the mobile terminal 1.1 interacts with the user so as to allow the activation of the functions represented by the icons displayed, to enable the application to which the event 3.3 is associated to be launched and to allow the 3.3 event to exit the extended mode.

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CLAIMS1) Mobile terminal (1.1) having a screen (1.2) and adapted to display on its screen at least graphic objects (3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.5) corresponding to events relating to applications (2.10) installed on the mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises: storage means (2.11) for said events in correspondence with at least one category of events to which they respectively belong; filtering means (2.12) for filtering the stored events as a function of at least one category of events; display means (2.13) on said graphic object screen (3.1; 3.3; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7) corresponding to stored events by highlighting or withdrawing each graphic object corresponding to at least one filtered event. 2) mobile terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises means for detecting said events, and in that, at each event detected by the detection means, are activated decision means to provide or not providing said event to said storage means. 3) mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the display means are adapted to display only the graphical objects corresponding to the filtered events. 25 4) mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the type having a home page divided into panels individually displayable on the screen, characterized in that said display means are adapted to display said objects graphics on a panel, said event panel, among said panels. 30 5) mobile terminal according to claim 4, of the type having a bar (1.4) of state displayed on each of said panels, the status bar for accessing events of at least one category, characterized in what said displaymeans are adapted to display on the event panel graphic objects in a manner superimposed on said status bar. 6) mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it comprises means (3.10, 3.11, 3.12) for selecting said filter from a set of filters. 7) mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that said mobile terminal is a cellular radio terminal. 8) mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it comprises means for selecting an event whose corresponding graphical object is displayed, and means for displaying a detailed version of the selected event by enlarging said graphic object. 9) mobile terminal according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises access means (6.1), via the enlarged graphic object, to functions of the application to which the selected event is relative. 10) Process implemented by a mobile terminal (1.1) comprising a screen (1.2) and adapted to display on its screen at least graphic objects (3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.5) corresponding to events relating to applications installed on the mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises the following steps of: - storage (4.4) of said relative events in correspondence with at least one category of events to which they respectively belong; filtering (5.4) the events stored according to at least one category of events; - displaying (5.5) on the graphic objects screen (3.1; 3.3; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7) corresponding to stored events by highlighting or withdrawing each graphic object corresponding to at least one filtered event. 11) Computer program, characterized in that it comprises instructions for implementing, by a mobile terminal, the method according to claim 10, when said program is executed by a processor of said mobile terminal. 12) storage means, characterized in that they store a computer program comprising instructions for implementing, by a mobile terminal, the method of claim 10, when said program is executed by a processor of said mobile terminal.