# US 2014/0196026 A1 · Terminal device for downloading and installing an application and method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196026 A1 - Document ID: US20140196026A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/184,084 - Filed: 2014-02-19 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2010-09-20 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO; Hyun-jin KIM; Ji-yeon KWAK; Jin RA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196026A1 ## CPC - G06F 8/61: Installation - H04N 5/445: for displaying additional information (H04N5/50 takes precedence) - H04N 9/8205: {involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N 21/472: End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} - H04N 21/4882: {for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895)} - H04N 21/8166: {involving executable data, e.g. software (arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34)} - G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An application installation method of a mobile device is provided. The method includes installing an application on the mobile device; presenting, if the application is installed, an icon corresponding to the application and a mark to indicate that the application is installed, such that at least a portion of the mark is located on the icon; executing the application; and presenting, after the application is executed, the icon without the mark. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An application installation method of a mobile device, the method comprising: installing an application on the mobile device; presenting, if the application is installed, an icon corresponding to the application and a mark to indicate that the application is installed, such that at least a portion of the mark is located on the icon; executing the application; and presenting, after the application is executed, the icon without the mark. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the icon and the mark comprises displaying, from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the mark on one side of the icon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: executing, when the icon is selected, the application and deleting the mark. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the icon and the mark comprises presenting, from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the mark on the icon as a flickering mark. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the icon and the mark comprises adding, from at time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed a highlight to the icon. ### Claim 6 A mobile device, comprising: a communication interface configured to download an application; a storage configured to store the downloaded application; a user interface configured to present, if the application is installed on the mobile device, an icon corresponding to the application and a mark to indicate that the application is installed, such that at least a portion of the mark is located on the icon; and a controller configured to control, after the application is executed, the user interface to present the icon without the mark. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the controller controls, from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the user interface to present the mark on one side of the icon. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the controller executes, when the icon is selected, the application and deletes the mark. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the controller controls, from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the user interface to present the mark on the icon as a flickering mark. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the controller controls, from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the user interface to add a highlight the icon. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable medium where a program to execute a method to install an application on a mobile device is stored, the method comprising: installing an application on the mobile device; presenting, in response to the application is installed, an icon corresponding to the application and a mark to indicate that the application is installed, such that at least a portion of the mark is located on the icon; executing the application; and presenting, in response to the application is executed, the icon without the mark. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein presenting the icon and the mark comprises displaying from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the mark on one side of the icon. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: executing, when the icon is selected, the application and deleting the mark. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein presenting the icon and the mark comprises presenting, from a time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed, the mark on the icon as a flickering mark. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein presenting the icon and the mark comprises adding, from at time when the icon is selected until a first time the application is executed a highlight to the icon.