Rearranging display of mobile applications based on geolocation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016103583-A1
Application number	US-201414510250-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Rearranging a set of generated application display panels is provided. A set of application display icons corresponding to a set of mobile applications installed on a mobile data processing system having matching keyword tags with a geolocation keyword tag corresponding to a defined geographic area is inserted into a set of generated application display panels. The set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags is rearranged based on the geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the defined geographic area. The rearranged set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags is displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for rearranging a set of generated application display panels, the method comprising:
inserting, by a mobile data processing system, a set of application display icons corresponding to a set of mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing system having matching keyword tags with a geolocation keyword tag corresponding to a defined geographic area into a set of generated application display panels; rearranging, by the mobile data processing system, the set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags based on the geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the defined geographic area; and displaying, by the mobile data processing system, the rearranged set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the mobile data processing system, whether the mobile data processing system exited the defined geographic area based on currently received geographic location data corresponding to a current location of the mobile data processing system; and responsive to the mobile data processing system determining that the mobile data processing system has not exited the defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system, continuing to display, by the mobile data processing system, the rearranged set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the mobile applications having the matching keyword tags.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
responsive to the mobile data processing system determining that the mobile data processing system has exited the defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system, determining, by the mobile data processing system, whether the mobile data processing system entered another defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system; and responsive to the mobile data processing system determining that the mobile data processing system has entered another defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system, retrieving, by the mobile data processing system, a geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the another defined geographic area from a storage device of the mobile data processing system.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
responsive to the mobile data processing system determining that the mobile data processing system has not entered another defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system, switching, by the mobile data processing system, to a default mobile application icon display mode.

5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
determining, by the mobile data processing system, whether current geographic location data of the mobile data processing system matches geographic location data corresponding to the defined geographic area; and responsive to the mobile data processing system determining that the current geographic location data of the mobile data processing system does match the geographic location data corresponding to the defined geographic area, retrieving, by the mobile data processing system, the geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the defined geographic area from a storage device of the mobile data processing system.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the current geographic location data of the mobile data processing system is provided by a global positioning system transceiver located in data processing system.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
retrieving, by the mobile data processing system, a user profile that includes display preferences corresponding to a user of the mobile data processing system from a storage device of the mobile data processing system; and rearranging, by the mobile data processing system, the set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags based on the geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the defined geographic area and the display preferences corresponding to the user.

8 . A mobile data processing system for rearranging a set of generated application display panels, the mobile data processing system comprising:
a bus system; a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions; and a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to insert a set of application display icons corresponding to a set of mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing system having matching keyword tags with a geolocation keyword tag corresponding to a defined geographic area into a set of generated application display panels; rearrange the set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags based on the geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the defined geographic area; and display the rearranged set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags.

9 . The mobile data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the processor further executes the program instructions to determine whether the mobile data processing system exited the defined geographic area based on currently received geographic location data corresponding to a current location of the mobile data processing system; and continue to display the rearranged set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the mobile applications having the matching keyword tags in response to determining that the mobile data processing system has not exited the defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system.

10 . The mobile data processing system of claim 9 , wherein the processor further executes the program instructions to determine whether the mobile data processing system entered another defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system in response to determining that the mobile data processing system has exited the defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system; and retrieve a geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the another defined geographic area from the storage device of the mobile data processing system in response to determining that the mobile data processing system has entered another defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing system.

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Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Barillaud Franck
• Cho Insoo
• Christiani Daniel
• Thill Mark R
• Zhang David S

Classifications

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F9/4451 Primary

  User profiles; Roaming · CPC title

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title