Method and apparatus pertaining to the presentation of icons
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorMathias LEWIN
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Abstract
A control circuit operably couples to a display and presents on that display a plurality of user-selectable icons for corresponding applications by highlighting at least one of the user-selectable icons as a function, at least in part, of a speed by which the corresponding application can be made user ready. By one approach the aforementioned speed is assessed by determining whether a given application is at least one of pre-cached and pre-loaded and hence available to deploy in a reduced amount of time as compared to applications that are not pre-cached and/or pre-loaded.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a control circuit operably coupled to the display and configured to display a plurality of user-selectable icons for corresponding applications, and to highlight at least one of the user-selectable icons, the highlighted at least one user-selectable icon indicating that the corresponding application can be made user ready more quickly than a corresponding application associated with another user-selectable icon that is not highlighted.
A method comprising:
- by a control circuit operably coupled to a display:
- displaying a plurality of user-selectable icons for corresponding applications by highlighting at least one of the user-selectable icons as a function, at least in part, of a speed by which the corresponding application can be made user ready.
A non-transitory memory having computer instructions stored there that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to display a plurality of user-selectable icons for corresponding applications, and to highlight at least one of the user-selectable icons, the highlighted at least one user-selectable icon indicating that the corresponding application can be made user ready more quickly than a corresponding application associated with another user-selectable icon that is not highlighted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.