Systems and methods for managing launch activities on a mobile device

• US 9,615,193 B1
• Filed: 12/13/2013
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gen Digital Inc.
• Original Assignee: Symantec Corporation (NortonLifeLock Inc.)
• Inventors: Savant, Anubhav
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US14/105,640
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 455566, 4554561-457
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for managing launch activities on a mobile device may include maintaining a plurality of launch activities associated with an application. Each launch activity in the plurality of launch activities may be associated with a different launch icon. The method may further include identifying a mobile device environment within which the application is being used. The method may also include selecting, from the plurality of launch activities, a launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment. The method may additionally include enabling the launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing launch activities on a mobile device, the method being performed by a mobile computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

maintaining a plurality of launch activities associated with a single application, each launch activity in the plurality of launch activities being associated with a different launch icon for launching the single application;

identifying a mobile device environment within which the single application is being used after installation;

selecting, from the plurality of launch activities, a launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment; and

enabling the launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment, wherein enabling the launch activity comprises enabling display of a launch icon associated with the launch activity.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the mobile device environment comprises identifying a license that was used to activate the single application.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the mobile device environment comprises identifying at least one of:

a carrier of the mobile device;

a manufacturer of the mobile device;

a device type of the mobile device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the launch icon comprises a graphical image and an application name configured to be displayed within a root application launcher interface.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising, after enabling display of the launch icon, displaying a notification within a graphical user interface on the mobile computing device that indicates to a user of the mobile computing device that display of the launch icon has been enabled.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device environment displays, for launching the single application, a launch icon corresponding to the launch activity in response to identifying a list of the plurality of launch activities and determining that the launch activity is enabled.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device environment does not display, for launching the single application, a different launch icon corresponding to a different launch activity in response to identifying the list of the plurality of launch activities and determining that the launch activity is disabled.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein maintaining the plurality of launch activities comprises maintaining, within the mobile computing environment and in association with an installed instance of the single application within the mobile computing environment, a list comprising the plurality of launch activities, wherein the list indicates whether each launch activity within the plurality of launch activities is currently enabled or disabled.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing environment supports altering a configuration of launch activities for the single application after the single application is installed within the mobile computing environment to specify which launch activities within the plurality of launch activities are currently enabled and therefore are represented with a launch icon within the mobile computing environment and which launch activities within the plurality of launch activities are currently disabled and therefore are not represented with a launch icon within the mobile computing environment.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising, after identifying the mobile device environment within which the single application is being used, disabling at least one launch activity within the plurality of launch activities that does not correspond to the mobile device environment.

11. A system for managing launch activities on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a maintenance module, stored in memory, that maintains a plurality of launch activities associated with a single application, each launch activity in the plurality of launch activities being associated with a different launch icon for launching the single application;

an identification module, stored in memory, that identifies a mobile device environment within which the single application is being used after installation;

a selection module, stored in memory, that selects, from the plurality of launch activities, a launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment;

a launch configuration module, stored in memory, that enables the launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment, wherein the launch configuration module enables the launch activity by enabling display of a launch icon associated with the launch activity;

at least one processor configured to execute the maintenance module, the identification module, the selection module, and the launch configuration module.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the identification module identifies the mobile device environment by identifying a license that was used to activate the single application.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the identification module identifies the mobile device environment by identifying at least one of:

a carrier of the mobile device;

a manufacturer of the mobile device;

a device type of the mobile device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the launch icon comprises a graphical image and an application name configured to be displayed within a root application launcher interface.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising a notification module, stored in memory, that displays a notification within a graphical user interface on the mobile device that indicates to a user of the mobile computing device that the display of the launch icon has been enabled.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the launch configuration module disables at least one launch activity within the plurality of launch activities that does not correspond to the mobile device environment.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

maintain a plurality of launch activities associated with a single application, each launch activity in the plurality of launch activities being associated with a different launch icon for launching the single application;

identify a mobile device environment within which the single application is being used after installation;

select, from the plurality of launch activities, a launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment; and

enable the launch activity that corresponds to the mobile device environment, wherein enabling the launch activity comprises enabling display of a launch icon associated with the launch activity.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more computer-executable instructions further cause the mobile device to identify the mobile device environment by identifying a license that was used to activate the single application.