System and method for organizing application indicators on an electronic device

• US 20070083827A1
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Mousseau, Gary, Scott, Sherryl
• Granted Patent: US 8,037,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A device for and a method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects processed on an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: establishing a triggering event to initiate refreshment of a layout of the icons displayed on a display in the device; upon detection of the triggering event, creating a ranking of the objects processed by the device utilizing activity logs providing their recent levels of activity; identifying a most frequently processed object from the ranking; and automatically refreshing the layout of icons to highlight an icon associated with the most frequently processed object. The device incorporates modules to perform the method.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons of objects processed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing a triggering event to initiate refreshment of a layout of said icons displayed on a display in said device;

monitoring for said triggering event;

upon detection of said triggering event, creating a ranking of said objects processed on said device utilizing activity logs providing their recent levels of activity;

identifying a most frequently processed object of said objects from said ranking; and

automatically refreshing said layout of icons to highlight an icon associated with said most frequently processed object.

2. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 1, wherein said objects are applications that collectively receive and transmit communications with sources utilizing a plurality of communication technologies.

3. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 2, wherein

said ranking of said objects utilizes a subset of data in said activity logs.

4. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 3, wherein said subset of data excludes records older than a certain timestamp.

5. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 4, wherein

said subset of data further excludes records originating from at least one unwanted source.

6. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 5, wherein

said refreshing said layout of icons involves placing said icon in a prominent location on said display.

7. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 6, wherein

said refreshing said layout of icons further comprises placing a set of icons associated with a set of next most frequently used applications from said applications in next most prominent locations on said display.

8. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 7, wherein said triggering event is based on a time detected by said device.

9. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 7, wherein said triggering event is based on a determined location detected by said device.

10. The method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects as claimed in claim 5, wherein

said refreshing said layout of icons involves emphasizing visual aspects of said icon over other icons shown on said display.

11. A communication device for processing communications received and transmitted over a plurality of communication technologies, said device comprising:

a display;

a communication system to transmit and receive said communications over said plurality of communication technologies;

at least one application to update activity logs associated with said communications processed by said device;

an application

to establish a triggering event;

upon detection of said triggering event, to access said activity logs to generate a ranking of said communication technologies in order of recent levels of activity;

to identify a most frequently used communication technology of said communication technologies from said ranking; and

to automatically refresh a layout of icons displayed on said display to highlight an icon associated with said most frequently used communication technology.

12. The communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein

said ranking of said applications utilizes a subset of data in said activity logs.

13. The communication device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said subset of data excludes records older than a certain timestamp.

14. The communication device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said subset of data further excludes records originating from at least one unwanted source.

15. The communication device as claimed in claim 14, wherein

said layout of icons is refreshed to place said icon in a prominent location on said display and to place a set icons associated with a set of next most frequently used communication technologies from said communication technologies in next most prominent locations on said display.

16. The communication device as claimed in claim 14, wherein

said layout of icons is refreshed to emphasize visual aspects of said icon over other icons shown on said display.