Terminal device for downloading and installing an application and method thereof

• US 10,180,831 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2014
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Seo, Joon-kyu, Kim, Hyun-jin, Kwak, Ji-yeon, Ra, Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ludwig, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US14/184,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20140196026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• Field of Search: 715201, 715203, 715204, 715208, 717178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An application installation method of a mobile device is provided. The method includes installing an application on the mobile device; presenting, if the application is installed, an icon corresponding to the application and a mark to indicate that the application is installed, such that at least a portion of the mark is located on the icon; executing the application; and presenting, after the application is executed, the icon without the mark.

Claims

1. An application installation method of a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving an input to install an application;

displaying a page selection screen to select one of a plurality of home screen pages;

in response to receiving an input to select one of the plurality of home screen pages on the page selection screen, installing the application on the mobile device, and displaying an icon corresponding to the application and a graphic element for informing an installation progress of the application on the selected home screen page;

in response to completing the installation of the application, removing the graphic element and displaying a mark on a side of the icon;

in response to selecting the icon, executing the application and displaying an execution screen of the application; and

in response to returning to the selected home screen page after executing the application, removing the mark displayed on the side of the icon.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the mark comprises displaying, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the mark on the side of the icon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the mark comprises displaying, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the mark on the side of the icon as a flickering mark.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the mark comprises adding, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, a highlight to the icon.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

downloading the application.

6. A mobile device, comprising:

a communication interface configured to download an application;

a storage configured to store the downloaded application;

a user interface; and

a controller configured to;

receive an input to install an application through the user interface,

control the user interface to display a page selection screen to select one of a plurality of home screen pages,

in response to receiving an input to select one of the plurality of home screen pages on the page selection screen, download and install the application on the mobile device, control the user interface to display an icon corresponding to the application and a graphic element for informing an installation progress of the application on the selected home screen page,

in response to receiving the installation of the application, control the user interface to remove the graphic element and display a mark on a side of the icon,

in response to selecting the icon, executing the application and control the user interface to display an execution screen of the application; and

in response to returning to the selected home screen page after execution of the application, control the user interface to remove the mark displayed on the side of the icon.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the controller controls, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the user interface to display the mark on the side of the icon.

8. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the controller controls, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the user interface to display the mark on the side of the icon as a flickering mark.

9. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the controller controls, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the user interface to add a highlight the icon.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium where a program to execute a method to install an application on a mobile device is stored, the method comprising:

receiving an input to install an application;

displaying a page selection screen to select one of a plurality of home screen pages;

in response to receiving an input to select one of the plurality of home screen pages on the page selection screen, installing the application on the mobile device, and displaying an icon corresponding to the application and a graphic element for informing an installation progress of the application on the selected home screen page;

in response to completing the installation of the application, removing the graphic element and displaying a mark on a side of the icon;

in response to selecting the icon, executing the application and displaying an execution screen of the application; and

in response to returning to the selected home screen page after execution of the application, removing the mark displayed on the side of the icon.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein displaying the mark comprises displaying from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the mark on the side of the icon.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein displaying the mark comprises displaying, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, the mark on the side of the icon as a flickering mark.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein displaying the mark comprises adding, from a time when the installation of the application is completed until a first time the application is executed, a highlight to the icon.