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Operating system program launch menu search

  • US 9,465,516 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2006
  • Issued: 10/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more computer storage device storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for providing a program launch menu, the method comprising steps of:

  • (a) displaying a program launch menu on a display device of a computer system, said program launch menu capable of displaying, within the original confines thereof, at least three views without linking to a different page or a different window;

    i) a first view for displaying all application programs in a user-navigable structure,ii) a second view for displaying most commonly used selectable items including a most recently viewed item and a most recently used item, wherein the most commonly used selectable items are determined by an algorithm that adds usage points to an item when an item is selected and decays usage points over a period of time when the item is not selected during the period of time, wherein the item has a type, and wherein the algorithm determines the number of usage points based at least in part on the type of the item, andiii) a third view for displaying search results comprising selectable items matching text input received from a user via a search interface displayed within the program launch menu;

    (b) upon receiving user input via a view selection control, transitioning between the first and second views when no text input is in the search text input interface; and

    (c) automatically displaying the third view whenever text input is received via the search text input interface.

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