Patent 11429248 was granted and assigned to Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. on August, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an unread message prompt method and a mobile terminal. The method includes: if an unread message is received when the mobile terminal is in a screen-off state, identifying an application pushing the unread message; and highlighting an icon of the application on a screen of the mobile terminal, where a position where the icon is not displayed on the screen is in a screen-off state.