User interface for application management for a mobile device

• US 8,751,321 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lemay, Steve, Kelly, Sean
• Primary Examiner(s): Glass, Shay S
• Application Number:
  US13/350,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20120117504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

This specification describes technologies relating to user interfaces for mobile devices. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving a touch input to access an application management interface on a mobile device; presenting an application management interface; receiving one or more inputs within the application management interface including an input to install a particular application; installing the selected application; and presenting the installed application.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, on a mobile device, a touch input to a first display object in a graphical interface, the first display object being associated with an application management interface on the mobile device;

presenting the application management interface in response to the received touch input, the application management interface including a plurality of user activated elements wherein each of the plurality of user activated elements is associated with different criteria for presenting application objects corresponding to respective applications from an app store server available for installation on the mobile device;

presenting a set of application objects within the application management interface according to the criteria for a particular user activated element in the plurality of user activated elements, the set of application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation on the mobile device;

presenting a plurality of interface elements where each of the plurality of interface elements is associated with an additional criteria for presenting application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation; and

presenting a subset of application objects within the application management interface according to the additional criteria for a particular interface element in the plurality of interface elements, the subset of application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the application management interface further includes presenting a menu portion and a display portion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the display portion includes the set of application objects corresponding to respective applications, each application object presenting information about the respective application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the menu portion includes the plurality of user activated elements, each of the plurality of user activated elements providing access to particular features of the application management interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more inputs within the application management interface including an input to install a particular selected application;

installing the selected application on the mobile device; and

presenting a second display object associated with the installed application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving one or more user inputs includes receiving a selection of a particular application object, and wherein in response to the selection, transitioning the display portion to present additional information about the selected application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein presenting additional information includes presenting one or more reviews of the selected application.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving one or more user inputs includes receiving a selection of a particular application object, where the selected application object is an application update object associated with an update to an application previously installed on the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, where installing the selected application includes presenting a placeholder object on a display of the mobile device, the placeholder object including an indicator of installation progress.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of interface elements is presented in response to receiving a selection of the particular user activated element in the plurality of user activated elements.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

presenting another plurality of interface elements in response to receiving a selection of another particular user activated element in the plurality of user activated elements, wherein the other plurality of interface elements is different from the plurality of interface elements.

10. A system comprising:

a mobile device including a processor and operable to perform operations including;

receiving a touch input to a first display object in a graphical interface, the first display object being associated with an application management interface on the mobile device;

presenting the application management interface in response to the received touch input, the application management interface including a plurality of user activated elements wherein each of the plurality of user activated elements is associated with different criteria for presenting application objects corresponding to respective applications from an app store server available for installation on the mobile device; and

presenting a set of application objects within the application management interface according to the criteria for a particular user activated element in the plurality of user activated elements, the set of application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation on the mobile device;

presenting a plurality of interface elements where each of the plurality of interface elements is associated with an additional criteria for presenting application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation; and

presenting a subset of application objects within the application management interface according to the additional criteria for a particular interface element in the plurality of interface elements, the subset of application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation on the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein presenting the application management interface further includes presenting a menu portion and a display portion.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the display portion includes the set of application objects corresponding to respective applications, each application object presenting information about the respective application.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the menu portion includes the plurality of user activated elements, each of the plurality of user activated elements providing access to particular features of the application management interface.

14. The system of claim 10, further operable to perform operations comprising:

receiving one or more inputs within the application management interface including an input to install a particular selected application;

installing the selected application on the mobile device; and

presenting a second display object associated with the installed application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein receiving one or more user inputs includes receiving a selection of a particular application object and wherein in response to the selection, transitioning the display portion to present additional information about the selected application.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein presenting additional information includes presenting one or more reviews of the selected application.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein receiving one or more user inputs includes receiving a selection of a particular application object, where the selected application object is an application update object associated with an update to an application previously installed on the mobile device.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein installing the selected application includes presenting a placeholder object on a display of the mobile device, the placeholder object including an indicator of installation progress.

19. A computer program product, stored on a computer readable medium, comprising instructions that when executed on a computer system cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a touch input to a first display object in a graphical interface, the first display object being associated with an application management interface on the mobile device;

presenting the application management interface in response to the received touch input, the application management interface including a plurality of user activated elements wherein each of the plurality of user activated elements is associated with different criteria for presenting application objects corresponding to respective applications from an app store server available for installation on the mobile device; and

presenting a set of application objects within the application management interface according to the criteria for a particular user activated element in the plurality of user activated elements, the set of application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation on the mobile device;

presenting a plurality of interface elements where each of the plurality of interface elements is associated with an additional criteria for presenting application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation; and

presenting a subset of application objects within the application management interface according to the additional criteria for a particular interface element in the plurality of interface elements, the subset of application objects corresponding to respective applications available for installation on the mobile device.