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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
William P. Alberth, Jr., Prairie Grove, IL (US);
Daniel J. Declerck, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Dean E. Thorson, Grayslake, IL (US);
William S. Hede, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
William P. Alberth, Jr., Prairie Grove, IL (US);
Daniel J. Declerck, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Dean E. Thorson, Grayslake, IL (US);
William S. Hede, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic device is operable to display images on a display screen of the device's display. The images include at least one icon and at least one image to be used as a background setting for the display screen. The electronic device includes the display, at least one storage device, and a processing unit. The storage device(s) digitally stores the images and operating instructions for displaying the images. The processing device is operable in accordance with the operating instructions to: retrieve the images from the storage device, determine at least one portion of the background setting that is of higher importance than a remainder of the background setting to produce at least one high importance portion of the background setting, and instruct the display to display the background setting and the icons on the display screen such that the high importance portion(s) of the background setting is viewable.