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Visual configuration and activation

  • US 10,656,800 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2013
  • Issued: 05/19/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    one or more computer-readable storage media including instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform operations including;

    receiving, at the computing device from a visual management resource that stores a plurality of visual profiles in association with a plurality of user accounts, visualization data associated with a specific visual profile that corresponds to a specific user account, wherein the visualization data defines a positional-arrangement in which a plurality of visuals are to be displayed in association with the specific user account, and wherein different visuals of the plurality of visuals represent applications with different functionalities;

    displaying, at the computing device, a visualization of the plurality of visuals in accordance with the positional-arrangement, wherein at least some visuals of the plurality of visuals represent corresponding applications that are currently inactive at the computing device;

    determining an activation order for the at least some visuals of the plurality of visuals based on user interaction information that uniquely corresponds to the specific user account, the user interaction information indicating a frequency of user interaction with the at least some visuals of the plurality of visuals at the computing device or a different computing device;

    concurrently with the displaying the visualization of the plurality of visuals in accordance with the positional-arrangement, automatically activating the at least some visuals of the plurality of visuals based on the activation order such that a first visual of the at least some visuals having a higher frequency of user interaction than a second visual of the at least some visuals is activated before the second visual; and

    while continuing the activating of the at least some visuals;

    dynamically updating the visualization to visually distinguish the first visual from the second visual when the first visual becomes activated prior to the second visual becoming activated, andenabling selection of the first visual to access a represented application in response to activating the first visual.

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