FIG. 6 shows an example of a passive style alert icon under an illustrative embodiment. In this example, the alert icon or area 504 from FIG. 5 is illustrated to show various features that may be included according to various aspects. In particular, the alert icon 504 may include an indicator area 602 that is configured to alert a user that new CDS notifications or messages are available for viewing. The indicator 602 may be a motion-based indicator that visually (or audibly) alerts the user that there are new CDS Hook notification messages to view, such as by blinking or a changed appearance (e.g., color). Moreover, the system may be configured such that the motion indicator 602 does not show once the user interacts with the alert icon 504 and has viewed the new CDS Hook message information.

Furthermore, the alert 504 may include badges 508 that are used to indicate the urgency or importance of what the CDS hook information will convey, as well as the number of messages. For example, badge 508a may provide an indication of an information message and the number of messages (i.e., 1 in this example), and badge 508b may provide an indication of a warning message and the number of messages of that type (i.e., 1 in this example). The badges 508 may also be configurable to be changed in appearance to indicate that messages are present, and revert back to a default appearance when the messages have been viewed and no new messages are present.