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Patent No.:

US 11182045 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Iman Johari, Coquitlam, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes, in response to receiving usage information for each application in a set of applications associated with a mobile device, identifying the usage information per application within predetermined time intervals. The method further includes determining a relative order of each application within each of a plurality of application categories using predetermined ranges of the predetermined time intervals that a respective application was used. The method further includes, in response to determining a particular time of day, modifying a size of icons for display relative to other icons for applications within the application category to highlight applications within the application category according to the relative order. The method further includes displaying, on a display, icons of the set of applications within the application category using a modified size.


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