Device, method, and graphical user interface for viewing application launch icons

• US 9,619,143 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Herz, Scott, Chaudhri, Imran, Christie, Greg
• Primary Examiner(s): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US12/242,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20090178008A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,115 Days
• Field of Search: 715726, 715784, 715835, 715840, 715863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A computing device with a touch screen display displays a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, the first plurality of icons including a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display, the first plurality of icons including application launch icons; displays a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, the second plurality of icons including application launch icons, wherein the second area is different from the first area; detects a finger swipe gesture in the first area; and, in response replaces display of the first set with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a computing device with a touch screen display;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

while displaying the second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a third finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in the direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to detecting the third finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of icons includes one or more web-clip widget icons, wherein in response to detecting activation of a web-clip widget icon, a portion of a web page that corresponds to the activated web-clip widget icon is displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, including:

detecting a fourth finger gesture on an icon in the second set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the second set upon which the fourth finger gesture was detected.

4. The method of claim 1, including:

detecting a fourth finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, replacing display of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of a third set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a fifth finger gesture on an icon in the third set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fifth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the third set upon which the fifth finger gesture was detected.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first finger swipe gesture is at a location in the first display area that does not align with any indicia representative of said replacing.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display;

and further including;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set.

7. The method of claim 6, further including:

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture;

updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

8. A computing device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

while displaying the second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a third finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in the direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to detecting the third finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of icons includes one or more web-clip widget icons, wherein in response to detecting activation of a web-clip widget icon, a portion of a web page that corresponds to the activated web-clip widget icon is displayed.

10. The device of claim 8, including instructions for:

detecting a fourth finger gesture on an icon in the second set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the second set upon which the fourth finger gesture was detected.

11. The device of claim 8, including instructions for:

detecting a fourth finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, replacing display of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of a third set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a fifth finger gesture on an icon in the third set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fifth finger gesture, displaying an application that corresponds to the icon in the third set upon which the fifth finger gesture was detected.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the first finger swipe gesture is at a location in the first display area that does not align with any indicia representative of said replacing.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display;

and further including instructions for;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set.

14. The device of claim 13, further including instructions for:

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture;

updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

display a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detect a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replace display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detect a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replace display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

while displaying the second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detect a third finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in the direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

in response to detecting the third finger swipe gesture, replace display in the first area of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first plurality of icons includes one or more web-clip widget icons, wherein in response to detecting activation of a web-clip widget icon, a portion of a web page that corresponds to the activated web-clip widget icon is displayed.

17. The storage medium of claim 15, including instructions that cause the device to:

detect a fourth finger gesture on an icon in the second set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, display an application that corresponds to the icon in the second set upon which the fourth finger gesture was detected.

18. The storage medium of claim 15, including instructions that cause the device to:

detect a fourth finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, replace display of the second set of the first plurality of icons with display of a third set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detect a fifth finger gesture on an icon in the third set of the first plurality of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the fifth finger gesture, display an application that corresponds to the icon in the third set upon which the fifth finger gesture was detected.

19. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first finger swipe gesture is at a location in the first display area that does not align with any indicia representative of said replacing.

20. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display;

and further including instructions that cause the device to;

display two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, update the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set.

21. The storage medium of claim 20, further including instructions that cause the device to:

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture;

update the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

22. A graphical user interface on a computing device with a touch screen display, comprising:

a first set of a first plurality of icons displayed in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display; and

a second plurality of icons displayed in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

wherein;

in response to detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction, while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, display of the first set of the first plurality of icons is replaced with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons, in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

in response to detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons is replaced with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display; and

in response to detecting a third finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in the direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, while displaying the second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, display in the first area of the second set of the first plurality of icons is replaced with display of the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display.

23. A method, comprising:

at a computing device with a touch screen display;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while the first set of the first plurality of icons is displayed in the first area on the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture in a first direction in the first area on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons;

in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

while the first set of the first plurality of icons is displayed in the first area on the touch screen display, detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display; and

further including;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set; and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

24. A computing device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

activation of a respective application launch icon launches an application that

while the first set of the first plurality of icons is displayed in the first area on the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture in a first direction in the first area on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

while the first set of the first plurality of icons is displayed in the first area on the touch screen display, detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display; and

further including;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set; and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

display a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while the first set of the first plurality of icons is displayed in the first area on the touch screen display, detect a first finger swipe gesture in a first direction in the first area on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replace display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the first set of the first plurality of icons;

while the first set of the first plurality of icons is displayed in the first area on the touch screen display, detect a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replace display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

wherein the plurality of sets of icons includes a number of sets of icons that are configured to be separately displayed as a sequence of sets of icons in the first area of the touch screen display; and

further including;

displaying two or more set-sequence-indicia icons, wherein the set-sequence-indicia icons provide information about the number of sets of icons in the plurality of sets of icons and a position of a displayed set of icons in the sequence of sets of icons;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the second set; and

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, updating the information provided by a customized-information indicia icon and the set-sequence-indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed first set by the information customized to the user.

26. A method, comprising:

at a computing device with a touch screen display;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the first set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the second set of the first plurality of icons;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction;

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a third finger gesture on the touch screen display in the first area or the second area, wherein the third finger gesture is different from the first finger swipe gesture and the second finger swipe gesture; and

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, initiating performance of a user interface reconfiguration process, wherein the user interface reconfiguration process includes at least one of;

selecting any application launch icon of the second plurality of icons displayed in the second area, and repositioning the selected application launch icon of the second plurality of icons from being displayed in the second area to being displayed in the first area, resulting in the selected application launch icon of the second area becoming part of a set of the plurality of sets of the first plurality of icons in the first area; and

selecting any application launch icon of a displayed set of the plurality of sets of icons of the first plurality of icons displayed in the first area, and repositioning the selected application launch icon of the first plurality of icons from being displayed in the first area to being displayed in the second area, resulting in the selected application launch icon of the first area becoming part of the second plurality of icons in the second area.

27. A computing device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replacing display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the first set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the second set of the first plurality of icons;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detecting a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

,

in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replacing display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detecting a third finger gesture on the touch screen display in the first area or the second area, wherein the third finger gesture is different from the first finger swipe gesture and the second finger swipe gesture; and

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, initiating performance of a user interface reconfiguration process, wherein the user interface reconfiguration process includes at least one of;

selecting any application launch icon of the second plurality of icons displayed in the second area, and repositioning the selected application launch icon of the second plurality of icons from being displayed in the second area to being displayed in the first area, resulting in the selected application launch icon of the second area becoming part of a set of the plurality of sets of the first plurality of icons in the first area; and

selecting any application launch icon of a displayed set of the plurality of sets of icons of the first plurality of icons displayed in the first area, and repositioning the selected application launch icon of the first plurality of icons from being displayed in the first area to being displayed in the second area, resulting in the selected application launch icon of the first area becoming part of the second plurality of icons in the second area.

28. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein;

the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display;

displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein;

the second area is different from the first area, and

both of the first plurality of icons and the second plurality of icons includes application launch icons, wherein each application launch icon represents a particular application, and activation of a respective application launch icon causes;

launching and displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is not already launched, and

displaying of the particular application represented by the activated application launch icon, when the particular application is already launched;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detect a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a first direction;

in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture, replace display of the first set of the first plurality of icons with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area on the touch screen display, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the first set of the first plurality of icons is distinct from the second set of the first plurality of icons;

while displaying the first set of the first plurality of icons in the first area of the touch screen display, detect a second finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area in a direction that is substantially opposite the first direction; and

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in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture, replace display in the first area of the first set of the first plurality of icons with a display of information, other than a set of the plurality of sets of icons, customized to a user of the device, while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display;

detect a third finger gesture on the touch screen display in the first area or the second area, wherein the third finger gesture is different from the first finger swipe gesture and the second finger swipe gesture; and

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, initiating performance of a user interface reconfiguration process, wherein the user interface reconfiguration process includes at least one of;

selecting any application launch icon of the second plurality of icons displayed in the second area, and repositioning the selected application launch icon of the second plurality of icons from being displayed in the second area to being displayed in the first area, resulting in the selected application launch icon of the second area becoming part of a set of the plurality of sets of the first plurality of icons in the first area; and

selecting any application launch icon of a displayed set of the plurality of sets of icons of the first plurality of icons displayed in the first area, and repositioning the selected application launch icon of the first plurality of icons from being displayed in the first area to being displayed in the second area, resulting in the selected application launch icon of the first area becoming part of the second plurality of icons in the second area.