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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2006
Applicant:

Bing Xia, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventor:

Bing Xia, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system comprising a display, a processor, and a storage device is provided. The storage device is operable to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, display on the display as a home screen a portion of a virtual world. The virtual world includes a plurality of objects sharing a common theme. At least one of the plurality of objects is operable to launch an application and at least one of the plurality of objects is operable to provide notification of an event to a user of the system.


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