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US 9,310,958 B2Granted
Dock for favorite applications
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsKaren R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Abstract
Systems, methods and products are described that provide a dock for favorite applications. One aspect includes providing a dock point on a display device of an information handling device; responsive to user input associated with said dock point, launching a utility organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of launch points; providing an animated movement of said launch points in said utility responsive to user input; and responsive to user input selecting a launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said launch point on the information handling device. Other embodiments are described.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a toolbar on a display device of an information handling device;
- providing, within the toolbar, a dock point on the display device of the information handling device, said dock point being a consistent point among scrollable desktop views;
- responsive to user input associated with said dock point, determining if the user input is a settings input;
- launching a utility that animates a display organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of application icon launch points if the input is not settings input;
- launching a utility that allows for user modification of the sub-set of user applications displayed on said information handling device if the input is settings input;
- said utility overlaying an underlying desktop view and providing an animated movement of said application icon launch points in said utility responsive to user input;
- said utility organizing the application icon launch points in a wheel arrangement with overlapping tiles extending from a side of the display device and arcing towards a central portion of the display device;
- and
- responsive to user input selecting an application icon launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said application icon launch point on the information handling device.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a display device;
- wherein, responsive to execution of computer program instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors:
- provide a toolbar on the display device of said system;
- provide, within the toolbar, a dock point on the display device of said system, said dock point being a consistent point among scrollable desktop views;
- responsive to user input associated with said dock point, determining if the user input is a settings input;
- launch a utility that allows for user modification of the sub-set of user applications displayed on said system if the input is settings input;
- launch a utility organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said system in a predetermined arrangement of application icon launch points;
- said utility overlaying an underlying desktop view and providing an animated movement of said application icon launch points in said utility responsive to user input;
- said utility organizing the application icon launch points in a wheel arrangement with overlapping tiles extending from a side of the display device and arcing towards a central portion of the display device;
- and
- responsive to user input selecting an application icon launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said application icon launch point on said system.
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A computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- computer readable program code that provides a toolbar on a display device of an information handling device;
- computer readable program code that provides a dock point on the display device of the information handling device, said dock point being a consistent point among scrollable desktop views;
- computer readable program code that, responsive to user input associated with said dock point, determines if the user input is a settings input;
- computer readable program code that, launches a utility that allows for user modification of the sub-set of user applications displayed on said information handling device if the input is settings input;
- computer readable program code that, launches a utility organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of application icon launch points;
- said utility overlaying an underlying desktop view and providing an animated movement of said launch points in said utility responsive to user input;
- said utility organizing the application icon launch points in a wheel arrangement with overlapping files extending from a side of the display device and arcing towards a central portion of the display device;
- and
- computer readable program code that, responsive to user input selects an application icon launch point in said utility, launch an application associated with said application icon launch point on the information handling device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.