Icon creation on mobile device

• US 10,102,300 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2008
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lemay, Steve, Omernick, Tim, Williamson, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chaudhuri, Anita D
• Application Number:
  US11/969,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20090178006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,936 Days
• Field of Search: 715762, 715763, 715764, 715765, 715864, 715865, 715747, 715738, 715739
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

An icon associated with content (e.g., webpage content) is created on a mobile device. In one implementation, the content is displayed on the mobile device and an indication is received to create an icon associated with the content. All or a portion of the content is rendered into the icon, and the icon is displayed on a user interface of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying content in a first user interface of an application on a mobile device;

receiving an indication to create an icon associated with the content;

in response to receiving the indication to create the icon;

rendering at least a portion of the content into the icon;

ceasing display of the first user interface of the application; and

displaying the icon on a second user interface of the mobile device, wherein the icon is selectable to display the application, and the second user interface is not a user interface of the application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon receiving the indication to create the icon from the content, displaying a keyboard on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving input specifying a name associated with the icon.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the icon on a user interface of the mobile devices comprises:

displaying the name in association with the icon on the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is included on a webpage and the icon is a link to the webpage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an icon based at least in part on a portion of the content comprises:

converting at least half of the content into the icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one of text or an image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is displayed proximate to the content.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the second user interface of the mobile device includes a second icon,

the second icon is selectable to display a second application, and

the second icon includes at least a portion of second content displayed in a user interface of the second application.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the second user interface of the mobile device includes a second icon,

the second icon is selectable to display the application, and

the second icon includes at least a portion of second content displayed in the first user interface of the application.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user interface comprises a home screen of the mobile device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the home screen of the mobile device includes one or more icons selectable to display one or more applications other than the application.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein an appearance of the icon selectable to display the application is substantially similar to an appearance of the one or more icons selectable to display the one or more applications other than the application.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the icon on the second user interface of the mobile device; and

in response to the selection, displaying a source of the content in the application.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the source of the content is displayed in the first user interface of the application.

28. The method of claim 2, further comprising concurrently displaying a preview of the icon and the keyboard.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

displaying content in a first user interface of an application on a mobile device;

receiving an indication to create an icon associated with the content;

in response to receiving the indication to create the icon;

rendering at least a portion of the content into the icon;

ceasing display of the first user interface of the application; and

displaying the icon on a second user interface of the mobile device, wherein the icon is selectable to display the application, and the second user interface is not a user interface of the application.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising operations including:

upon receiving the indication to create the icon from the content, displaying a keyboard on the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising operations including:

receiving input specifying a name associated with the icon.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising operations including:

displaying the name in association with the icon on the user interface.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the content is included on a webpage and the icon is a link to the webpage.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising operations including:

converting at least half of the content into the icon.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to perform operations comprising:

displaying content in a first user interface of an application on a mobile device;

receiving an indication to create an icon associated with the content;

in response to receiving the indication to create the icon;

rendering at least a portion of the content into the icon;

ceasing display of the first user interface of the application; and

displaying the icon on a second user interface of the mobile device, wherein the icon is selectable to display the application, and the second user interface is not a user interface of the application.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising operations including:

upon receiving the indication to create the icon from the content, displaying a keyboard on the mobile device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising operations including:

receiving input specifying a name associated with the icon.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising operations including:

displaying the name in association with the icon on the user interface.

19. The-non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the content is included on a webpage and the icon is a link to the webpage.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising operations including:

converting at least half of the content into the icon.