Method and system for a home screen editor in smartphone devices
OwnerAndrew Haslaminventor
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Abstract
A home screen editor technique is described for use in smartphone devices having an operating system (OS) capable of executing an application and/or interacting with an application executed on a remote computer that affects the smartphone. One such technique collates at least one application associated Plug-in data from different sources, presents the collated Plug-in data to a user, and enables the user to customize a Home Screen associated with the OS, where the customization at least in part being based upon the collated Plug-in data. Other customization techniques described enable the user to change at least one color associated with the Home Screen and/or the OS.
Claims20
A home screen editor method for use in smartphone devices having an operating system (OS) capable of executing an application and/or interacting with an application executed on a remote computer that affects the smartphone, the method comprising:
- Steps for collating at least one application associated Plug-in data from different sources;
- Steps for presenting said collated Plug-in data to a user;
- and
- Steps for enabling the user to customize a Home Screen associated with the OS, the customization at least in part being based upon said collated Plug-in data.
A home screen editor method for use in smartphone devices having an operating system (OS) capable of executing an application and/or interacting with an application executed on a remote computer that affects the smartphone, the method comprising:
- Steps for changing at least one color associated with the OS;
- and
- Steps for changing at least one color associated with a home screen generated by the OS.
A home screen editor system for use in smartphone devices having an operating system (OS) capable of executing an application and/or interacting with an application executed on a remote computer that affects the smartphone, the system comprising:
- means for collating at least one application associated Plug-in data from different sources;
- means for presenting said collated Plug-in data to a user;
- and
- means for enabling the user to customize a Home Screen associated with the OS, the customization at least in part being based upon said collated Plug-in data.
A home screen editor computer program product for use in smartphone devices having an operating system (OS) capable of executing an application and/or interacting with an application executed on a remote computer that affects the smartphone, the computer program product residing on or being distributed across one or more computer readable mediums having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more associated processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- collate at least one application associated Plug-in data from different sources;
- present said collated Plug-in data to a user;
- and
- enable the user to customize a Home Screen associated with the OS, the customization at least in part being based upon said collated Plug-in data.
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