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Indicating status of application program with icons

  • US 8,887,080 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2006
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld wireless communications device, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a processor, memory and a display disposed in the housing;

    a user input device;

    an operating system executing in the memory of the device and providing access to functionality of the device, the operating system hosting the operation of a plurality of different computer programs;

    a graphical user interface (GUI) for the operating system displayed in the display, the GUI comprising a first set of icons, each icon of the first set configured upon activation to launch execution in the operating system of a corresponding one of the computer programs; and

    ,a second set of icons displayed in the GUI of the operating system, the icons of the second set including a personal email icon and an office email icon, each of the icons in the second set further being associated with a numeric indication displayed in the GUI and corresponding to a number of respectively unread email messages.

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