System and method for organizing application indicators on an electronic device
First Claim
1. A method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons of objects processed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- establishing a triggering event to initiate refreshment of a layout of said icons displayed on a display in said device;
monitoring for said triggering event;
upon detection of said triggering event, creating a ranking of said objects processed on said device utilizing activity logs providing their recent levels of activity;
identifying a most frequently processed object of said objects from said ranking; and
automatically refreshing said layout of icons to highlight an icon associated with said most frequently processed object.
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Abstract
A device for and a method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects processed on an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: establishing a triggering event to initiate refreshment of a layout of the icons displayed on a display in the device; upon detection of the triggering event, creating a ranking of the objects processed by the device utilizing activity logs providing their recent levels of activity; identifying a most frequently processed object from the ranking; and automatically refreshing the layout of icons to highlight an icon associated with the most frequently processed object. The device incorporates modules to perform the method.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons of objects processed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
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establishing a triggering event to initiate refreshment of a layout of said icons displayed on a display in said device;
monitoring for said triggering event;
upon detection of said triggering event, creating a ranking of said objects processed on said device utilizing activity logs providing their recent levels of activity;
identifying a most frequently processed object of said objects from said ranking; and
automatically refreshing said layout of icons to highlight an icon associated with said most frequently processed object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A communication device for processing communications received and transmitted over a plurality of communication technologies, said device comprising:
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a display;
a communication system to transmit and receive said communications over said plurality of communication technologies;
at least one application to update activity logs associated with said communications processed by said device;
an application to establish a triggering event;
upon detection of said triggering event, to access said activity logs to generate a ranking of said communication technologies in order of recent levels of activity;
to identify a most frequently used communication technology of said communication technologies from said ranking; and
to automatically refresh a layout of icons displayed on said display to highlight an icon associated with said most frequently used communication technology. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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