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`Title:
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`COMPUTING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE FOR APPLICATIONS
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`INVENTOR: Matthieu Kennedy Martyn
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`Type of Documents:
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`PCT National Phase Transmittal Letter (x2) together with our check for $954.00;
`Preliminary Amendment (6 pages);
`PCT Published Application (11 pages and 1 page of drawings);
`International Preliminary Examination Report (2 pages);
`Form PCT/IPEA/402 (PCT Receipt of Demand) - (1 page);
`Form PCT/IPEA/401 (PCT Demand) - (3 pages);
`Form PCT/IB/308 (Communication of |ntern’l Application) - (1 page);
`PCT Search Report (4 pages);
`Declaration and Power of Attorney (unsigned) - 3 pages;
`One page of formal drawings;
`This "Express Mail" Certificate; and;
`Acknowledgment Post Card.
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`I hereby certify that the enclosed documents are being deposited with the United States Postal
`Service "Express Mail Post Office to Addressee" service under 37 CFR 1.10 on the date indicated
`above and is addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Patent and
`Trademark Office, Box 2327, Arlington, VA 22202-0327 — Att: Box PCT
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`DESIGNATED/ELECTED ‘OFFICE (DO/E0/Us)
`CONCERNTNGAFILINGUNDER 35 U.S.C. 371
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`A.PPLICANT(S) FOR D0/E0/Us
`Matthieu Kennedy MARTYN
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`‘ pplicant herewith submits to the United States Designated/Elected Office (DO/E0/US) the following items and other information;
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`This is a FIRST submission of items concerning a filing under 35 U.S.C. 371.
`This is a SECOND or SUBSEQUENT submission of items concerning a filing under 35 U.S.C. 371.
`This is an express request to begin national examination procedures (35 U.S.C. 371(1)). The submission must include itens (5),
`(6), (9) and (24) indicated below,
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`The US has been elected by the expiration of 19 months from the priority date (Article 31).
`A copy ofthe International Application as filed (35 U.S.C. 37] (c) (2))
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`b.
`has been communicated by the International Bureau.
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`is not required, as the application was filed in the United States Receiving Office (R0/US).
`An English language translation of the International Application as filed (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(2)).
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`3 has been previously submitted under 35 U.S.C. l54(d)(4).
`endments to the claims of the International Application under PCT Article 19 (35 U.S.C. 371 (c)(3))
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`are attached hereto (required only if not communicated by the International Bureau).
`3 have been communicated by the International Bureau.
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`have not been made; however, the time limit for making such amendments has NOT expired
`have not been made and will not be made.
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`An English language translation of the amendments to the claims under PCT Article 19 (35 U.S.C. 371(c)(3)).
`An oath or declaration of the inventor(s) (35 U.S.C. 371 (c)(4)).
`An English language translation of the annexes of the International Preliminary Examination Report under PCT
`Article 36 (35 U.S.C. 371 (c)(5)).
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`A copy of the International Preliminary Examination Report (PCT/IPEA/409).
`A copy of the International Search Report (PCT/ISA/210).
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`Items 13 to 20 below concern document(s) or information included:
`An Information Disclosure Statement under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98.
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`An assignment document for recording. A separate cover sheet in compliance with 37 CFR 328 and 3.31 is included.
`A FIRST preliminary amendment.
`A SECOND or SUBSEQUENT preliminary amendment.
`A substitute specification.
`A change of power of attorney and/or address letter.
`A computer-readable fonn of the sequence listing in accordance with PCT Rule l3ter.2 and 35 U.S.C. 1.821 - 1.825.
`A second copy of the published international application under 35 U.S.C. l54(d)(4).
`A second copy of the English language translation of the international application under 35 U.S.C. l54(d)(4).
`Certificate of Mailing by Express Mail
`Other items or information:
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`Demand (3 pages)
`Form PCTIIPEA/402 (1 page)
`Form PCT/IB/308 (1 page)
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`International preliminary examination fee (37 CFR 1.482) not paid to
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`INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION No.
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`I ee for recording the enclosed assignment (37 CFR 1.21(h)). The assigninent must be
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`to cover the above fees is enclosed.
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`Please charge my Deposit Account No.
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`in the amount of
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`to cover the above fees.
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`The Cormnissioner is hereby authorized to charge any additional fees which may be required, or credit any overpayment
`to Deposit Account No.
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`A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
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`Fees are to be charged to a credit card. WARNING: Information on this fonn may become public. Credit card
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`OTE: Where an appropriate time limit under 37 CFR 1.494 or 1.495 has not been met, a petition to revive (37 CFR
`1.l37(a) or (b)) must be filed and granted to restore the application to pending status.
`SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
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`Richard C. Woodbridge, Esq.
`Woodbridge & Associates, PC.
`P. O. Box 592
`Princeton, NJ 08542-0592
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`“.1
`GNATURE
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`Richard C. Woodbridge
`NAIVIE
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`26,423
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`"EXPRESS MAIL CERTIFICATE"
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`"Express Mail" Mailing Label Number: EV 044712424 US
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`Express Mail Corporate Account Number:
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`(' M74. Z 5) Z dd?
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`Date of Deposit:
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`XO85783
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`Title:
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`COMPUTING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE FOR APPLICATIONS
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`INVENTOR: Matthieu Kennedy Martyn
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`Type of Documents:
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`‘°P°.\'.°‘.”‘:".“’!".“
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`10.
`11.
`12.
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`PCT National Phase Transmittal Letter (x2) together with our check for $954.00;
`Preliminary Amendment (6 pages);
`PCT Published Application (11 pages and 1 page of drawings);
`International Preliminary Examination Report (2 pages);
`Form PCT/IPEA/402 (PCT Receipt of Demand) - (1 page);
`Form PCT/IPEA/401 (PCT Demand) - (3 pages);
`Form PCT/IB/308 (Communication of |ntern’l Application) - (1 page);
`PCT Search Report (4 pages);
`Declaration and Power of Attorney (unsigned) - 3 pages;
`One page of formal drawings;
`This "Express Mail" Certificate; and;
`Acknowledgment Post Card.
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`I hereby certify that the enclosed documents are being deposited with the United States Postal
`Service "Express Mail Post Office to Addressee" service under 37 CFR 1.10 on the date indicated
`above and is addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Patent and
`Trademark Office, Box 2327, Arlington, VA 22202-0327 — Att: Box PCT
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`Richard C. Woodbridge, Esg.
`(Typed or pri ted name of perso mailing paper or fee)
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`(S' nature of person mailing paper ffee)
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`AP PLI CATI ONS
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`BACKGROUND TO THE INVETION
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`1.
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`Field of the Invention
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`This invention relates to a computing device with an improved user interface for
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`applications. The term ‘computing device’ refers to any kind of device which can
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`process and display information. The invention has specific application to mobile
`telephones.‘ The term ‘mobile telephone’ refers to any kind of mobile device with
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`communications capabilities and includes radio (mobile) telephones, smart phone s,
`communicators, PDAS and wireless information devices. It includes devices able to
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`communicate using not only mobile radio such as GSM or UMTS, but also any
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`other kind of wireless communications system, such as Bluetooth.
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`2.
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`Description of the Pn'or Art
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`One of the problems facing the designers of computing devices with small screens
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`is how to allow the user to navigate quickly and efficiently to access data and
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`activate a desired function. Computing devices with small screens tend to need
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`data and functionality divided into many layers or views: for example, the small
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`display size of mobile telephones has conventionally meant that several hierarchies
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`of functions have to be offered to a user. The interface can be thought of as having
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`many layers, with the user having to first locate the correct top level function and
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`then, within that function, progressively drill down (sometimes through 3 or more
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`layers) to complete the required task. Where a mobile telephone includes several
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`different applications
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`(e.g.
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`a message application,
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`a contacts/ address book
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`application, a calendar application and a telephone application), then the user
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`normally has to first of all locate, then start/open the required application and
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`then may need to navigate to the required function (e.g. create a new contact
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`entry) or cause the required stored data (e.g. display names beginning with the
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`letter ‘A’) to be displayed. This process can seem slow, complex and difficult to
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`learn, particularly to novice users.
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`Hence, with conventional user interfaces, a user may need to scroll around and
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`switch views many times to find the right data/functionality. An effective user
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`interface would ideally enable the user to readily and rapidly access the right
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`data/ functionality. Designing such an interface is however a complex human
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`factors problem, especially for computing devices such as mobile telephones.
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`In some mobile telephones, a menu of several available options is displayed: the
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`menu commands may then be divided into functional groups, with the most useful
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`functional group at the top of the menu; the most useful command within that
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`group is then placed at the top of group.
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`In other devices, only one option is
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`shown on the screen at any one time, making it harder for a user to appreciate the
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`available options and there fore navigate effectively.
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`Some mobile telephones also offer limited shortcuts to get straight to a particular
`function. This usually involves mernorising various keyboard input sequences,
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`corresponding to different menu positions at different
`levels in the menu
`hierarchy. These shortcuts appeal only to a small number of expert users. Most
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`mobile telephones also include idle screens (i.e. a display which is shown when the
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`mobile telephone is switched on but not in use);
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`these idle screens often carry
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`alerting messages (e.g. “1 missed call”).
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`On a more theoretical basis, a user interface typically has to demonstrate or make
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`explicit
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`the changing internal status of
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`the mobile telephone as navigation
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`proceeds. For example, to select or initiate a function (e.g.
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`to open an address
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`book function, enter a PIN security number or to alter the ring melody) a user has
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`to understand (a) how to navigate to that function in order to select that function
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`and (b) that the status of the telephone is such that the function can be selected or
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`initiated. The teclmical problem of effectively enabling the user to understand this
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`changing internal state has to date been inadequately addressed. The object of the
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`present invention is to provide an improved form of user interface which ad dresses
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`this problem
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`SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
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`According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a computing device
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`comprising a display screen, the computing device being able to display on the
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`screen an application summary window,
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`the summary window comprising a
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`limited list of (i) common functions offered within an application and/or (ii) data
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`stored in that application.
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`Hence, the present invention envisages, in one implementation, a ‘snap-shot’ view
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`of an application in which the snap-shot View brings together, in one summary
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`window, a limited list of common functions and commonly accessed stored data.
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`Preferably, where the summary window for a given application shows data or a
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`function of interest, the user can directly select that data or function; this causes
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`the application to open and the user to be presented with a screen in which the
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`data or function of interest is prominent. This saves the user from navigating to
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`the required application, opening it up, and then navigating within that
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`application to enable the data of interest to be seen or a function of interest to be
`activated.
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`In another aspect,
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`there is a computer program which when running on a
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`computing device (such as a mobile telephone), enables the device to operate in
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`accordance with the above aspects of the invention. The program may be an
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`op era ting system.
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`BRIEF DE SCRIPTI ON OF THE FIGURES
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`The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying Figures, in
`which:
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`Figures 1-3 are screen shots showing an implementation of the present invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`The present invention offers, in one implementation, a snap— shot View which
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`brings together, in one summary Window, a limited list of common functions and
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`commonly accessed stored data which it self can be reached directly from the main
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`menu listing some or all applications.
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`This yields many advantages in case and
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`speed of navigation, particularly on small screen devices. For example, a user can
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`get to the summary Window in just two steps — first, launch a main View which
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`shows various applications; then, launch the appropriate summary window for the
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`application of interest. This is far faster and easier than conventional navigation
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`approaches. Once the summary window is launched, core data/ functionality is
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`displayed and can be accessed in more detail can typically be reached simply by
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`selecting that data/ functionality. Hence, only three steps may be needed from
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`start up to reaching the required data/ functionality; navigating from between each
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`step is clear and straightforward.
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`As an example,
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`the main view may be an Application Launcher for several
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`applications
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`such
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`as
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`‘Messages’,
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`‘Contacts’,
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`‘Calendar’
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`and ‘Phone’. The
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`Application Launcher View is
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`then presented as a standard scrolling list of
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`application names with appropriate application icons next to them. The list
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`is
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`vertical and only one application is presented per line. St andatd highlight functions
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`apply in that when the Application Launcher view is opened the highlight defaults
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`to the first item in the list of applications. This is shown in Figure 1, in which the
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`screen displayl includes a list of applications (‘Messages’; ‘Contacts’; ‘Calendar’;
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`and ‘Phone’), including a highlighted ‘Messages’ at 2. Alternatively, the highlight
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`may default to the middle item in the list of applications. At this point, the user
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`may take conventional navigation steps, such as scrolling, to move the highlight
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`and using the available select function to navigate to the required highlighted
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`The innovative summary window functionality can be accessed as follows: should
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`the highlight rest on the name of an application in the App Launcher for a certain
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`amount of time (say a 1.2 second timeout),
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`the summary window (the “App
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`Snapshot”) drops down Etom the highlight bar. The App Snapshot for any given
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`application is a window which includes commonly requested data associated with
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`that application and links to common functionality in that application. The App
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`Snapshot is shown at 3 in Figure 2; it includes the number of new messages (‘0’)
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`and links to the two most common functions (as defined by the system designer, or
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`selected by the user, or learned by the device) in the Messages application — ‘Create
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`Messages’ and ‘Enter chat room’.
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`In Figure 3, a slightly longer App Snapshot is
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`shown, indicating at 4 that there are ‘2 new SMS’ messages and ‘1 Chat Ongoing’.
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`Other selection processes could also be used (e.g. voice activation,
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`softkey
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`selection etc) to access the App Snapshot. For example, the App Snapshot may be
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`‘called’ or ‘fired’ by using a right scroll function (if the mobile telephone has 4-way
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`scrolling Capacity); a press and hold of the select function when an application
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`name is highlighted; or using a right cursor key on a highlighted application name.
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`A highlight is available in the App Snapshot dropdown which may be scrolled in
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`order to select a required item. When an item in the App Snapshot is selected (e.g.
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`by being highlighted and then selected using a conventional selection technique
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`such as pressing a right cursor),
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`the device displays the relevant data in the
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`application details view, or displays the relevant screen offering the relevant
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`functionality. The required application may be automatically opened when the
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`item in the App Snapshot is selected. The App Snapshot can there fore display data
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`from an application and functions of that application without actually op ening the
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`application up: only once a user has selected an item in the App Snapshot
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`associated with a given application does that application have to be opened. For
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`example, when ‘Create Messages’
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`in an App Snapshot
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`is
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`selected,
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`then the
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`messagng application is opened up; that application does not however have to be
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`opened up prior to that stage.
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`Although the term ‘window’ has been used to describe the drop down summary,
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`the summary does not have to be presented within any kind of frame. Any manner
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`of presenting the common fimctions offered within an application and/or data
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`stored in that application will constitute a ‘window’ as such.
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`The App Snapshot dropdown may be dismissed in the following ways:
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`0
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`If a timeout is used to call the App Snapshot, scrolling the highlight back to the
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`relevant application name (i.e. back up to ‘Messages’
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`in Figure 2 or 3)
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`removes the App Snapshot. Scrolling down through the App Snapshot and off
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`the end moves the highlight to the next application in the list (i.e. to ‘Contacts’
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`if the Messages App Snapshot has been scrolled through).
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`If scroll functions (e.g. right scroll) call the App Snapshot the opposite scroll
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`function removes the snapshot.
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`When a user scrolls off the end of the App Snapshot, the main list from which the
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`App Snapshot was opened de-compresses to regain the display estate that was
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`taken up by the App Snapshot (i.e. the screen reverts to that shown Figure 1).
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`If
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`the user has scrolled up back to the application name (so that the highlight moves
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`up), this application name stays where it was and the next main list item draws
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`back up to abut
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`it. If the user scrolls off the end of the App Snapshot,
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`the
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`highlight moves down to the next item in the main list and this item together with
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`the highlight move up the screen to regain the App Snapshot estate (i.e. taking the
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`place of the App Snapshot).
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`Another caveat regarding the main list is that when the App Snapshot opens, there
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`will typically be one item in the main list above and below it to preserve context -
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`(i.e. to reduce any feelingin the user of having been transported somewhere else in
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`the UI. They have not gone anywhere yet; the App Snapshot is just showing where
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`they could easily go to). Hence in Figure 2, the term ‘Launcher’ remains at the
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`top of the screen, and the word ‘Phone’ and its associated icon remains at
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`App Snapshots are not intended to replace notifications, but to complement them
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`by providing non-intrusive reminders for the user, as well as rapid shortcuts to key
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`ap pli cati on fu nct iona lit y.
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`The mobile telephone may be able to learn what functionality and/or stored data
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`types are most likely to be of interest to a given user and which should therefore
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`be included in a summary View to any given user. Alternatively, the user or system
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`designer may define the kinds of functionality and/or stored data to be included in
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`the App Snapshot for a given application. The constituency of the App Snapshot
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`can therefore vary as determined by the user and/or system designer and/or
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`thae
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`usage patterns of the user. The consistent goal however is for the App Snapshot
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`to show only the most useful views and states.
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`Another possible feature is that the constituency of the App Snapshot may vary
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`with the environment in which the mobile telephone finds itself. For example, if
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`the telephone is Bluetooth enabled, then there may be a Bluetooth application
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`which has associated with it a summary window which lists the other Bluetooth
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`devices in the vicinity.
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`A further possible feature is that the constituency of the App Snapshot may vary
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`with the actions of the user. For example, if the mobile telephone has an active
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`Calendar application, and the user opens the App Snapshot for Contacts, then the
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`Contacts App Snapshot may include contact
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`information _for parties in the
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`previously or currently open Calendar application. But if the user opened the
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`Contacts App Snapshot when the Phone application was current,
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`then the
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`Contacts App Snapshot may instead include contact information of the most called
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`party, or a missed call party, or a party whose call the user is auto-replying to.
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`In a Messages view, when the highlight
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`rests on a message entry,
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`further
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`information on that message becomes visible such as date and time it arrived and
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`the first line/subject of the message. Rather than an App Snapshot opening here,
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`the highlight expands to cover this extra information as well as the list item. It
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`does this here because the extra information displayed is not ‘fireable’ like App
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`Snapshot items in the application switcher.
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`In the Contacts manager, the App Snapshot opens (using whatever mechanism is
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`implemented) to display phone numbers and email addresses which may be ‘fired’
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`(Le. a phone number is dialled, an email address is seeded into a new message). The
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`Contacts manager can have a base View — a list of names of the people stored in a
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`device.
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`It opens to show usable contact details like phone numbers and email
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`addresses for each contact so you can initiate communication from here rather than
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`navigating further within the Contacts Manager application. For example,
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`the
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`contact John Smith would have a snapshot which expands to show his phone
`number and email address. A user can scroll to the email address and hit the select
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`button - the display then changes to a new email form seeded with his email
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`address and all the user need do is input some body text and hit a ‘Do It’ button.
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`The present invention can also be used in systems which do not have a concept of
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`separate applications as such.
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`Then,
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`the snapshot views are then views of
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`commonly used functions and/or data, selected by the system designer, user or
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`through a machine learning process.
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`As explained above,
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`the present
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`invention is particularly useful
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`for mobile
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`telephones because of their user interface constraints. However, it may also be
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`used in environments outside of mobile telephony. For example, desktop and
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`laptop PCs may also benefit from the present invention. The present invention
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`may therefore be used in any computing environment,
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`including both keyboard
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`and keyboard- less devices.
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`CLAIM S
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`A computing device comprisinga display screen, the computing device being
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`able to display on the screen an application summary window, the summary
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`window comprisinga limited list of (i) common functions offered within an
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`application and/or (ii) data stored in that application.
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`The computing device of Claim 1 in which selecting a common function
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`listed in the summary window causes the related application to open and
`that selected common function to be activated.
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`The computing device of Claim 1 or 2 in which an application launcher lists
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`the names and/ or icons of several applications and selecting a name or icon
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`causes the summary window for that application to be opened.
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`The computing device of any preceding claim in which the kinds of content
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`of a summary window for a given application is selected using a process in
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`which the device learns what functionality and/ or stored data types are of
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`interest to any given user.
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`The computing device of any preceding claim in which the user can define
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`what functionality and/or stored data types are of interest to that user for
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`the summary window for an application.
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`The computing device of any preceding claim in which the functionality
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`and/or stored data types for a summary window for a given application
`varies with the environment of the device.
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`The computing device of any preceding claim in which the functionality
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`and/or stored data types for a summary window for a given application
`varies with the actions of the user.
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`The computing device of any preceding claim in which opening a summary
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`window for a given application does not result in that application being
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`op ene d.
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`The computing device of any preceding claim in which the summary window
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`is a frame which includes the name of the associated application.
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`A computing device as claimed in any preceding claim, being a mobile
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`te lep hone.
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`A computing device as claimed in any preceding claim 1 — 9, being a PC.
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`A computer program which, when running on a computing device, causes the
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`computing device to operate as a computing device as claimed in Claim 1 -
`1 1 .
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`The computer program of Claim 12, being an operating system program.
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`(19) World Intellectual Property Organization
`International Bureau
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`(43) International Publication Date
`7 February 2002 (07.02.2002)
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`(10) International Publication Number
`WO 02/10893 A2
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`(51) International Patent Classification’:
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`G06F 3/00
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`(21) International Application Number:
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`PCT/GBDI/03387
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`(22) International Filing Date:
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`27 July 2001 (27.07.2001)
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`Kennedy [GBIGB]; 6] Stmhan Road, London E3 SDA
`(GB).
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`(74) Agent: ORIGIN LIMITED; 52 Muswell Hill Road, Lon-
`don N10 3IR (GB).
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`(25) Filing Language:
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`(26) Publication Language:
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`(30) Priority Data:
`00194597
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`English
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`English
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`28 July 2000 (28.07.2000)
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`GB
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`(71) Applicant 0"or all designated States except U.9: SYM-
`BIAN LIMITED [GB/GB]; Sentinel House, 16 Harcourt
`Street, London Wll-I IDS (GB).
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`(72) Inventor; and
`(75) Inventor/Applicant (for US only): MARTYN, Matthieu,
`l
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`(81) Designated States (national): CN, JP, US.
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`(84) Designated States (regional): European patent (AT, BE,
`CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC,
`NL, PT, SE, TR).
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`Published:
`without international search report and to be republished
`upon receipt ofthat report
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`For two-letter code: and other abbreviations, refer to the "Guid-
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