other events or information in which the user subscribes to or the application wishes to display to the user u201c event u201d the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments in which a notification window is incorporated into a handheld mobile device in fig1 a an event occurs or is received on a small screen display device if the device user wishes to receive information regarding the event or if an application on the device wishes to display information regarding the new event to the user the system creates a semi transparent alert window 100 to be displayed in a manner known in the art the window 100 is created in an imaginary off screen position with a pre determined transparency level and its geometry is typically much smaller then the entire screen display to reduce the amount of interference with the active application the semi transparent window 100 will allow the active application 150 to continue to be partially visible in areas which overlap the semi transparent window in one embodiment of the current invention the window 100 displays a notification type 110 which may be selected to launch a predetermined application an exit user interaction object 120 which will close the notification and relevant information for that alert type in one embodiment of said invention a sms text message is received on a smart phone the window 100 contains 130 the sender name and a brief summary of the notification data 140 based on the notification type the window 100 background is in the shape of a conversation bubble to allow the user to immediately.