1. A system for customizing notifications available through a display of a locked mobile computing device, said system comprising: a memory area for storing one or more notifications received by a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is locked, said memory area further storing configuration data, said configuration data describing notifications to present to a user through a display of the locked mobile computing device; a processor programmed to: receive the configuration data from the user of the mobile computing device; access one or more of the notifications stored in the memory area; alter one or more of the accessed notifications based on the configuration data stored in the memory area; and present the altered notifications to the user through the display of the locked mobile computing device.