Intelligent Adaptation of Home Screens

• US 20150089359A1
• Filed: 09/25/2013
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brisebois, Arthur Richard
• Application Number:
  US14/036,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

Icons displayed on a home screen may be intelligently adapted. A sensor output is received indicating a measure of vibration of a mobile device. A database is queried for the measure of the vibration. The database stores different iconic arrangements associated with different measures of the vibration. One of the iconic arrangements is retrieved that is associated with the measure of the vibration. The icons on the home screen of the mobile device are arranged according to the one of the arrangements. The vibration experienced by the mobile device thus determines how the icons are arranged on the home screen.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a sensor output indicating a measure of vibration of a mobile device;

querying a database for the measure of the vibration, the database storing different arrangements associated with different measures of the vibration;

retrieving one of the arrangements that is associated with the measure of the vibration; and

arranging icons on a home screen of the mobile device according to the one of the arrangements,

wherein the vibration experienced by the mobile device determines how the icons are arranged on the home screen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising clustering the icons about a home button of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

retrieving a thumb radius from memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

aligning the icons along an arc having a radius measured from the home button that is less than the thumb radius.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

retrieving a thumb radius from memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

aligning the icons along successive arcs, each of the arcs having a radius measured from the home button that is less than the thumb radius.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising arranging the icons for right-handed operation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising arranging the icons for left-handed operation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving a thumb radius from memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

clustering the icons within the thumb radius about a home button of the mobile device.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a sensor output indicating a measure of vibration of a mobile device;

querying a database for the measure of the vibration, the database storing different arrangements associated with different measures of the vibration;

retrieving one of the arrangements that is associated with the measure of the vibration; and

arranging icons on a home screen of the mobile device according to the one of the arrangements,

wherein the vibration experienced by the mobile device determines how the icons are arranged on the home screen.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise clustering the icons about a home button of the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a thumb radius from the memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

aligning the icons along an arc having a radius measured from the home button that is less than the thumb radius.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a thumb radius from the memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

aligning the icons along successive arcs, each of the arcs having a radius measured from the home button that is less than the thumb radius.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise arranging the icons for right-handed operation.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise arranging the icons for left-handed operation.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a thumb radius from the memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

clustering the icons within the thumb radius about a home button of the mobile device.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a sensor output indicating a measure of vibration of a mobile device;

querying a database for the measure of the vibration, the database storing different arrangements associated with different measures of the vibration;

retrieving one of the arrangements that is associated with the measure of the vibration; and

arranging icons on a home screen of the mobile device according to the one of the arrangements,

wherein the vibration experienced by the mobile device determines how the icons are arranged on the home screen.

16. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise clustering the icons about a home button of the mobile device.

17. The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a thumb radius from the memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

aligning the icons along an arc having a radius measured from the home button that is less than the thumb radius.

18. The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a thumb radius from the memory, the thumb radius indicating a length of a thumb measured by the mobile device; and

aligning the icons along successive arcs, each of the arcs having a radius measured from the home button that is less than the thumb radius.

19. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise arranging the icons for right-handed operation.

20. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise arranging the icons for left-handed operation.