Three-dimensional icons for organizing, invoking, and using applications
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorBerk C. Celebisoy
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of three-dimensional icons that can be used to display a wide variety of information in an efficient manner and that can effectively organize a large number of applications on the display of a computing device (e.g., on the display of a mobile device). In one exemplary embodiment disclosed herein, an icon is associated with one or more applications, and a first panel of the icon is displayed. An update to the first application is received. Based on the update to the first application, the icon is rotated in three dimensions and a second panel of the icon is displayed with an indication of the update to the application.
Claims20
A method implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising:
- displaying a first panel of an icon, the icon being associated with one or more applications;
- receiving an update to an application of the one or more applications;
- and
- based on the update to the application, displaying the icon as rotating in three dimensions until a second panel of the icon is displayed, the second panel of the icon displaying an indication of the update to the application.
A computing device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- displaying a panel of an icon, the icon being associated with one or more applications;
- receiving an update to an application of the one or more applications;
- and
- based on the update to the application, displaying a three-dimensional rotation of the icon that reveals a second panel of the icon, the second panel comprising an indication of the update to the application.
A computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- assigning a first application to a first panel of an icon;
- assigning a priority to the first panel of the icon;
- displaying the first panel of the icon;
- receiving an update to a second application, the second application being assigned to a second panel of the icon;
- based on the update to the second application, rotating the icon in three dimensions to display the second panel, the second panel comprising an indication of the update to the second application;
- receiving an update to the first application;
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- based on the priority assigned to the first panel, rotating the icon in three dimensions to display the first panel, the first panel comprising an indication of the update to the first application;
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- launching the first application in response to user interaction associated with the first panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.