ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF ARRANGING ICONS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110138328A1
• Filed: 08/01/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: GE, CHI-SHENG
• Granted Patent: US 8,434,023 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A method for arranging icons in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit storing a table recording icons provided by the electronic device and the number of click frequency of each of the icons. The method includes recording which of the icons is clicked and updating the number of click frequency of the clicked icon in the table, further causing the number of click frequency of the clicked icon to increase one if the icon is clicked. Then, arranging some of the icons according to the number of click frequency recorded in the table if a currently run application is closed.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage unit storing a table recording at least numbers of click frequency for icons provided by the electronic device; and

a processor, comprising

a recording module configured to record which of the icons is clicked and at least update the number of click frequency of the clicked icon in the table, wherein if one of the icons is clicked, the recording module causes the number of click frequency of the clicked icon to increase one; and

an arranging module configured to arrange some of the icons at least according to the numbers of click frequency recorded in the table if a currently run application is closed.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the table comprises an icon column recording the icons each corresponding to a row recording numbers of click frequency for the icons, each number in the intersection of one of the icons in the icon column and one of the icons in the row represents the number of click frequency of the icon of the icon column in the row after the icon in the column is clicked.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 2, wherein the recording module is configured to cause the number of click frequency in the intersection of a currently clicked icon and the formerly clicked icon to increase one, and the arranging module is configured to arrange some of the icons in a descending order according to the number of click frequency recorded in a row of the table associated with the icon an application of the icon is closed.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 3, wherein the arranging module is further configured to cause a predetermined number of the icons whose numbers of click frequency are higher than those of the rest of the icons to be displayed directly after the icon the application of the icon is closed.

5. The electronic device as described in claim 4, wherein the recording module is further configured to set the number in the table to zero after the arranging module has arranged the icons.

6. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the table comprises a first column, a second column, a third column, and a fourth column;

the first column each unit records two icons, the later icon in each unit is clicked after the former icon is clicked;

the second column records numbers of click frequency of each later icon in the first column;

the third column records run time of the application associated with each later icon;

the fourth column records weighted values through a formula.

7. The electronic device as described in claim 6, wherein the formula is γ

=n×

α

+t×

β

, where the “

r”

is the weighted value, “

n”

is the use frequency, “

t”

is the use time, and “

α

” and

“

β

”

are default.

8. The electronic device as described in claim 6, wherein the recording module further records the run time of each run application, updates the run time corresponding to each later icon, and updates each weighted value corresponding to the icon.

9. The electronic device as described in claim 8, wherein the arranging module obtains the weighted values recorded in a column associated with the icon, arranges the icons in a descending order according to the obtained weighted value, and causes a predetermined number of the icons whose weighted values are before the rest of the icons to be displayed directly.

10. The electronic device as described in claim 9, wherein the recording module further sets the numbers in the table to zero after the arranging module arranges the icons.

11. A method for arranging icons in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a storage unit storing a table recording at least numbers of click frequency icons provided by the electronic device, comprising:

recording which of the icons is clicked and at least updating the number of click frequency of the clicked icon in the table, further causing the number of click frequency of the clicked icon to increase one if one of the icons is clicked; and

arranging some of the icons at least according to the numbers of click frequency recorded in the table if a currently run application is closed.

12. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 11, wherein the table comprises a column recording the icons and a row recording the icons, each number in the intersection of one of the icons in the column and one of the icons in the row represents the number of click frequency of the icon in the row after the icon in the column is clicked.

13. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 12 further comprising causing the number of click frequency in the intersection of a currently clicked icon and the formerly clicked icon to increase one.

14. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 13 further comprising arranging some of the icons in a descending order according to the number of click frequency recorded in a row of the table associated with the icon an application of the icon is closed, and causing a predetermined number of the icons whose numbers of click frequency are higher than those of the rest of the icons to be displayed directly after the icon the application of the icon is closed.

15. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 14 further comprising setting the number in the table to zero after arranging the icons.

16. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 11, wherein the table comprises a first column, a second column, a third column, and a fourth column;

the first column each unit records two icons, the later icon in each unit is clicked after the former icon is clicked;

the second column records numbers of click frequency of each later icon in the first column;

the third column records run time of the application associated with each later icon;

the fourth column records weighted values through a formula.

17. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 16 further comprising recording the run time of each run application, updating the run time corresponding to each later icon, and updating each weighted value corresponding to the icon.

18. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 17 further comprising obtaining the weighted values recorded in a column associated with the icon, arranging the icons in a descending order according to the obtained weighted value, and causing a predetermined number of the icons whose weighted values are before the rest of the icons to be displayed directly.

19. The method for arranging icons as described in claim 18 further comprising setting the numbers in the table to zero after arranging the icons.