Granted Patent B2

US 8,667,423 · App. 12/535,521 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Abstract

Claims (46)

1. A method comprising:

displaying a first wallpaper image on a multi-touch-sensitive display of a mobile computing device, wherein one or more application icons are provided on the first wallpaper image;

displaying an indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition on the display;

receiving a user input on the displayed indicator for initiating the wallpaper transition, the user input including a dragging gesture starting from the indicator to enable the wallpaper transition; and

dynamically displaying a second wallpaper image in response to receiving the user input;

wherein the one or more application icons remain stationary while the second wallpaper image is dynamically displayed; and

wherein the first and the second wallpaper images are background images of the mobile computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dragging gesture includes one or more of a left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top or corner-to-corner diagonal dragging gesture.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the dragging gesture results in a proportional portion of the second wallpaper image displayed along with a proportional portion of the first wallpaper image based on a position of the dragging gesture on the multi-touch-sensitive display.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed indicator is further configured to allow a user to resize a given wallpaper image using a pinch-in gesture or a pinch-out gesture.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sounding an auditory queue indicating that one or more applications are associated with the second wallpaper image.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first or the second wallpaper image comprises an application wallpaper dynamically updated in response to changes in a corresponding application.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first or the second wallpaper image is automatically selected based on a selected application.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying consecutive wallpaper images in response to consecutive user inputs, each of the consecutive user inputs including a dragging gesture.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

retrieving the consecutive wallpaper images from an image or application database.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

display a first wallpaper image on a multi-touch-sensitive display of a mobile computing device, wherein one or more application icons are provided on the first wallpaper image;

display an indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition on the display;

receive a user input on the displayed indicator for initiating the wallpaper transition, the user input including a dragging gesture starting from the indicator to enable the wallpaper transition; and

dynamically display a second wallpaper image in response to receiving the user input;

wherein the one or more application icons remain stationary while the second wallpaper image is dynamically displayed; and

wherein the first and the second wallpaper images are background images of the mobile computing device.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the dragging gesture includes one or more of a left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top or corner-to-corner diagonal dragging gesture.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the dragging gesture results in a proportional portion of the second wallpaper image displayed along with a proportional portion of the first wallpaper image based on a position of the dragging gesture on the multi-touch-sensitive display.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the displayed indicator is further configured to allow a user to resize a given wallpaper image using a pinch-in gesture or a pinch-out gesture.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

sound an auditory queue indicating that one or more applications are associated with the second wallpaper image.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first or the second wallpaper image comprises an application wallpaper dynamically updated in response to changes in a corresponding application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first or the second wallpaper image is automatically selected based on a selected application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

display consecutive wallpaper images in response to consecutive user inputs, each of the consecutive user inputs including a dragging gesture.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

retrieve the consecutive wallpaper images from an image or application database.

19. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a multi-touch-sensitive display;

a wallpaper management module to display a first wallpaper image on the multi-touch sensitive display, and to display an indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition on the display, wherein one or more application icons are provided on the first wallpaper image; and

a multi-touch management module to receive a user input on the displayed indicator for initiating a wallpaper transition, the user input including a dragging gesture starting from the indicator to enable the wallpaper transition;

wherein the wallpaper management module dynamically displays a second wallpaper image in response to receiving the user input;

wherein the one or more application icons remain stationary while the second wallpaper image is dynamically displayed; and

wherein the first and the second wallpaper images are background images of the mobile computing device.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 19 , wherein the dragging gesture includes one or more of a left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top or corner-to-corner diagonal dragging gesture.

21. The mobile computing device of claim 20 , wherein the dragging gesture causes the wallpaper management module to display a proportional portion of the second wallpaper image along with a proportional portion of the first wallpaper image based on a position of the dragging gesture on the multi-touch-sensitive display.

22. The mobile computing device of claim 19 , wherein the displayed indicator is further configured to allow a user to resize a given wallpaper image using a pinch-in gesture or a pinch-out gesture.

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