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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:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Karen R. Kluttz, Raleigh, NC (US);

James A. Hunt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

David Rivera, Durham, NC (US);

Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);

Inventors:

Karen R. Kluttz, Raleigh, NC (US);

James A. Hunt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

David Rivera, Durham, NC (US);

Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods and products are described that provide a dock for favorite applications. One aspect includes providing a dock point on a display device of an information handling device; responsive to user input associated with said dock point, launching a utility organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of launch points; providing an animated movement of said launch points in said utility responsive to user input; and responsive to user input selecting a launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said launch point on the information handling device. Other embodiments are described.


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