System and Method For Arranging Application Icons Of A User Interface On An Event-Triggered Basis

• US 20140108978A1
• Filed: 10/15/2012
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yu, Loc, Shen, Jun
• Application Number:
  US13/652,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A device, tangible computer readable storage medium and method for detecting a weight adjustment event, selecting one displayable object from a plurality of displayable objects based on the weight adjustment event, adjusting a current weight associated with the one displayable object to a new weight and determining a location on a display screen for the one displayable object based on the new weight.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting a weight adjustment event;

selecting one displayable object from a plurality of displayable objects based on the weight adjustment event;

adjusting a current weight associated with the one displayable object to a new weight; and

determining a location on a display screen for the one displayable object based on the new weight.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes determining the display screen location for the one displayable object in relation to a gravity well located on the display screen.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically determining a display screen location for the gravity well.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

manually determining a display screen location for the gravity well.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the one displayable object on the display screen in accordance with the new weight.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event is a selection of the one displayable object by a user, and

the adjusting of the current weight includes changing the current weight to the new weight corresponding to a value input by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event includes a predetermined time of day.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event includes arriving at a distance between a location of a device that includes the display screen and a second location that is detectable by the device, and

the new weight corresponds to a value that depends on the distance.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event includes a time, and

the new weight corresponds to a value that is dependent on the time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the time includes a time of day.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the time includes a time of month.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the time includes a time of year.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event includes arriving at a predefined location.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event includes a frequency of use of a software application associated with the one displayable object.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the weight adjustment event includes a velocity of the device.

16. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the new weight is higher than the current weight, and

as a result of the higher new weight, the display screen location of the one displayable object is moved closer to the gravity well.

17. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the new weight is lower than the current weight, and

as a result of the lower new weight, the display screen location of the one displayable object is moved farther from the gravity well.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one displayable object is an app icon of an app residing on a device.

19. A tangible computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions, the set of instructions causing a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

detecting a weight adjustment event;

selecting one displayable object from a plurality of displayable objects based on the weight adjustment event;

adjusting a current weight associated with the one displayable object to a new weight; and

determining a display screen location for the one displayable object based on the new weight.

20. A device, comprising:

a display screen to display a plurality of displayable objects;

a memory to store a set of instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform a method, the method comprising,

detecting a weight adjusting event and selecting one of the plurality of displayable objects on the basis of the weight adjusting event,

adjusting a current weight of the one displayable object to a new weight, and

determining a display screen location for the one displayable object on the basis of the new weight.