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Three-dimensional icons for organizing, invoking, and using applications

  • US 9,360,991 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2011
  • Issued: 06/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising:

  • displaying a first panel of an icon, the icon being associated with one or more applications;

    receiving an update to an application of the one or more applications; and

    based on the update to the application, displaying the icon as rotating in three dimensions until a second panel of the icon is displayed, the second panel of the icon displaying an indication of the update to the application, wherein the first and second panels are front and back side panels of the icon, respectively, and relate to the same application with information about the application being on the front side panel and the update being about the application on the back side panel, wherein the rotating occurs automatically in response to the application receiving the update and wherein as a result of the rotation, the front side panel is hidden when the back side panel is displayed, the update being data received by the computing device from a server computer.

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