System and method for organizing application indicators on an electronic device

A communication device comprising:

• a display;
• a communication system to transmit and receive telephone calls and email transmissions for the mobile communication device;
• a microprocessor;
• a memory device to store and update first and second activity logs, the memory device containing
• a telephone application providing instructions to the microprocessor to process the telephone calls using the communication system and to track activity relating to the telephone calls in the first activity log;
• an email application providing instructions to the microprocessor to process the email transmissions using the communication system and to track activity relating to the email transmissions in the second activity log;
• an icon manager application for providing instructions to the microprocessor to
• generate a list options for first and second triggering conditions to update a layout of the icons in a display of a mobile communication device, an interface to allow for entry of a selection of a format for the layout of the icons and for entry for a parameter for a triggering event for the format;
• provide a first template for the layout of the icons for the first trigger condition based on a time condition for the mobile communication device;
• and
• provide a second template for the layout of the icons for the second trigger condition based on a location condition for the communication device.

A method for updating presentation of icons for applications on a display of a mobile communication device, the icons including a first icon for a telephone application operating on the mobile communication device and a second icon for an email application operating on the mobile communication device, the method comprising:

• generating in a graphical user interface (GUI), a list options for first and second triggering conditions to update a layout of the icons in the display and an interface to allow for entry of a selection of a format for a layout of the icons and for a parameter for a triggering event for the format;
• providing a first template for the layout of the icons for the first trigger condition based on a time condition for the mobile communication device;
• and
• providing a second template for the layout of the icons for the second trigger condition based on a location condition for the mobile communication device,
• wherein the layout of the icons includes a first icon layout where an icon of the icons is placed in a first location on the display and other icons are placed in ranked order in the display according to respective activity levels of their associated applications.