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Method to automatically update a homescreen

  • US 10,521,070 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2015
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • identifying applications installed on a mobile device;

    maintaining historical data pertaining to use of the applications installed on the mobile device;

    ascertaining a context of the mobile device;

    determining locations in which a plurality of icons representing a plurality of items are to be presented within a homescreen of a display of the mobile device based, at least in part, on the context of the mobile device and the historical data, the plurality of items comprising at least a portion of the applications installed on the mobile device;

    updating the homescreen of the mobile device according to the locations, wherein updating the homescreen of the mobile device comprises providing the plurality of icons for display within the homescreen of the mobile device such that the homescreen of the mobile device displays the plurality of icons representing the plurality of items at the locations, wherein updating the homescreen of the mobile device is performed such that at least one of a color, a saturation or a brightness of at least one icon of the plurality of icons indicates whether a location of the at least one icon within the homescreen was previously selected by a user of the mobile device;

    receiving from a first application of the applications installed on the mobile device, via an application programming interface (API), a request pertaining to display of an icon associated with the first application or a tile associated with the first application;

    determining whether to display the icon or the tile according to the request received from the first application based, at least in part, on the context of the mobile device; and

    providing the icon or the tile associated with the first application for display within the homescreen of the mobile device responsive to determining to display the icon or the tile associated with the first application.

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