Method and device for providing a representation of applications for display on an electronic device
First Claim
1. A method for providing a representation of a first application to be executed in an electronic device, comprising:
- using said representation to present information of at least one other application;
selecting one of said applications for direct display and selecting at least another of said applications for indirect display in accordance with information representative of a state of at least one of said applications.
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Abstract
In accordance with this invention, there is disclosed a method for providing a representation of a first application to be executed in an electronic device that uses the representation to present information of at least one other application that selects one of the applications for direct display and selects at least another of the applications for indirect display in accordance with information representative of a state of at least one of the applications. Further, a user interface and an electronic device are disclosed having a display and being adapted to operate a plurality of applications having a component for providing a representation of one of the applications, a component for using the representation to present information of at least one other of the applications, and a component for selecting one of the applications for direct display and selecting at least another of the applications for indirect display in accordance with information representative of a state of at least one of the applications.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for providing a representation of a first application to be executed in an electronic device, comprising:
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using said representation to present information of at least one other application;
selecting one of said applications for direct display and selecting at least another of said applications for indirect display in accordance with information representative of a state of at least one of said applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A user interface for displaying applications on a display of an electronic device, said display being adapted to display a representation of a first application to be executed in said electronic device, wherein:
said representation is used to present information of at least one other application; and
whereinone of said applications is selected for direct display and at least another of said applications is selected for indirect display in accordance with information representative of a state of at least one of said applications. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An electronic device having a display and being adapted to operate a plurality of applications, comprising:
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a component for providing a representation of one of said applications;
a component for using said representation to present information of at least one other of said applications;
a component for selecting one of said applications for direct display and selecting at least another of said applications for indirect display in accordance with information representative of a state of at least one of said applications. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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