Apparatus and method for controlling display of a terminal icon
View Patent ↗A method for controlling display of an icon on a terminal includes displaying a first graphical object corresponding to an application, detecting a data update for the application, generating a second graphical object based on the data update, displaying the second graphical object on at least a portion of the first graphical object, in which the second graphical object corresponds to a content of the data update. An apparatus to control display of an icon includes a storage unit to store a first graphical object corresponding to an application, a detection unit to detect a data update for the application, a processing unit to generate a second graphical object based on the data update, a control unit to display the second graphical object on at least a portion of the first graphical object, in which the second graphical object corresponds to a content of the data update.
1. A method for controlling display of an icon on a terminal, comprising:
displaying a first graphical object corresponding to the icon for accessing a corresponding application;
detecting a first data update and a second data update for the application;
generating a second graphical object based on the first data update;
generating a third graphical object based on the second data update; and
displaying, simultaneously or sequentially, the second graphical object and the third graphical object on at least a portion of the first graphical object or in place of the first graphical object,
wherein the second graphical object corresponds to a content of the first data update and the third graphical object corresponds to a content of the second data update.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object is generated if a graphical object condition is satisfied.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the graphical object condition is based on a log stored in the terminal.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the log stores at least one of an activity history of the terminal, interaction with a contact, and social network activity information.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises an image corresponding to the content.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises a function key for operating a portion of the content.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises a different color than the first graphical object.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises at least one profile image of a contact.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second graphical object further comprises a numerical indicator corresponding to the first data update and linked to the at least one profile image.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises at least a clip of the content.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises an album cover art corresponding to the content.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises a signal strength of a source station.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises weather information.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second graphical object comprises alarm settings.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data update is detected in real time.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first graphical object is a default icon image corresponding to the application.
17. An apparatus to control display of an icon, comprising:
a memory configured to store a first graphical object corresponding to the icon for accessing a corresponding application; and
a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
detecting a first data update and a second data update for the application;
generating a second graphical object based on the first data update and generate a third graphical object based on the second data update; and
controlling display, simultaneously or sequentially, of the second graphical object and the third graphical object on at least a portion of the first graphical object or in place of the first graphical object,
wherein the second graphical object corresponds to a content of the first data update and the third graphical object corresponds to a content of the second data update.