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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Levon Dolbakian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Arnaud Marie Froment, San Jose, CA (US);
Gy Stuart Fullmer, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Sean Thomas Congden, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brett Nathan Lynnes, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nadim Awad, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Paul Kiraly, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Users can switch between applications using contextual interface elements. These elements can include icons for applications determined to likely be accessed by the user for a current context. Information is gathered to determine the current context, then information such as patterns of historical usage are utilized to determine and rank the applications by likelihood of use. Different contexts can include different icons, and a given context can include different icons for different points in time or locations. A user can access a contextual interface element by performing a swipe motion, for example. The user can continue the motion to an area associated with an icon of interest, and perform an action such as a tap or release to cause the associated application to be launched. Such an approach enables a user to quickly and easily launch another application independent of the application currently active on the device.