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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Heath Stallings, Colleyville, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Donald H. Relyea, Jr., Dallas, TX (US);
George Masao Higa, Dallas, TX (US);
Sok Y. Hwang, Dallas, TX (US);
Heath Stallings, Colleyville, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Donald H. Relyea, Jr., Dallas, TX (US);
George Masao Higa, Dallas, TX (US);
Sok Y. Hwang, Dallas, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computing device displays a multi-button menu icon and a group of application icons associated with one of the buttons of the multi-button menu icon. User input is received to activate the multi-button menu icon and to identify a first button of the multi-button menu icon associated with a location of the user input. A group of application icons, associated with the identified first button of the multi-button menu icon, is displayed. A second button of the multi-button menu icon is identified based on a changed location of the user input, and a different group of application icons associated with the identified second button are displayed. The multi-button menu icon is deactivated upon removal of the user input, allowing one of the application icons to be selected with a second user input.