COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20120154341A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Chan, Eric, Stoev, Orlin Vesselinov, Lessard, Joshua Roland
• Granted Patent: US 8,633,896 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system

Abstract

According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for controlling the display of a mobile electronic device are provided. The mobile electronic device comprises a display; a memory for storing a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application; and, a processor interconnected with the display and the memory, the processor configured to control the display to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory for storing a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application; and

,

a processor interconnected with the display and the memory, the processor configured to control the display to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, the processor being further configured, prior to generating the launch interface, to determine that the first application has not been launched previously.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 2, the processor being further configured to determine that the first application has not been launched previously by inspecting a flag maintained in memory in association with the first application.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 3, the processor being further configured, following generation of the launch interface, to receive input data representative of a selection of the second identifier, and to launch the first application in response to receiving the input data.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 4, the processor being further configured to generate an intermediate interface comprising representations of each of the first and second identifiers.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 5, the processor being further configured to update the flag following generation of the intermediate interface.

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 6, the processor being further configured, subsequent to updating the flag, to generate an application interface for the first application.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the functionality of the first application is a superset of the functionality of the second application.

9. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the launch interface further comprises a representation of the first identifier for launching the first application.

10. A method of controlling a display of a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory of the mobile electronic device, a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application; and

,

controlling the display to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

prior to generating the launch interface, determining that the first application has not been launched previously.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining that the first application has not been launched previously comprises inspecting a flag maintained in memory in association with the first application.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

following generation of the launch interface, receiving input data representative of a selection of the second identifier; and

launching the first application in response to receiving the input data.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

controlling the display to generate an intermediate interface comprising representations of each of the first and second identifiers.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

updating the flag following generation of the intermediate interface.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

subsequent to updating the flag, controlling the display to generate an application interface for the first application.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the functionality of the first application is a superset of the functionality of the second application.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the launch interface further comprises a representation of the first identifier for launching the first application.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing computer-readable instructions executable by a processor, the computer-readable instructions implementing a method comprising:

storing, in a memory of the mobile electronic device, a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application;

controlling a display of the mobile electronic device to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application.