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US 9,851,865 B2Granted
Method for managing application and electronic device thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeong-Hyun Pang, Jin-Hong Jeong, Jin-Gil Yang, Pil-Joo Yoon
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for managing an application are provided. A method of managing an electronic device includes deleting an application, detecting entering of an icon edit mode, and displaying an icon of the deleted application when in the icon edit mode.
Claims18
A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- deleting an application;
- storing an icon display location at which an icon of the deleted application is arranged on a touch screen;
- detecting entering of an icon edit mode;
- determining whether there is a deleted application, if the icon edit mode is entered;
- displaying icons of an installed application and the icon of the deleted application at the icon display location, if the deleted application exists;
- and
- recovering the deleted application by reinstalling the deleted application at the icon display location, if recovering the deleted application,
- wherein the icon of the deleted application is displayed visually distinguished from the icons of the installed application.
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An electronic device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a touch screen;
- a memory;
- and
- a program stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors,
- wherein the program includes an instruction for:
- deleting an application,
- storing an icon display location at which an icon of the deleted application is arranged on the touch screen,
- detecting entering of an icon edit mode,
- determining whether there is a deleted application, if the icon edit mode is entered,
- displaying icons of an installed application and the icon of the deleted application at the icon display location, if the deleted application exists;
- and
- recovering the deleted application by reinstalling the deleted application at the icon display location, if recovering the deleted application,
- wherein the icon of the deleted application is displayed visually distinguished from the icons of the installed application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.