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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Jose DE Souza Lima, San Francisco, CA (US);
Le Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jose de Souza Lima, San Francisco, CA (US);
Le Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a mobile computing device is disclosed. Each of a plurality of applications that are stored or installed in the mobile computing device is associated with a corresponding design scheme. A user interface feature is displayed on the display of the mobile computing device. The user interface feature is present independent of the operation of the plurality of applications. A change in the state of an application is detected and the appearance of the user interface feature is affected based on the design scheme associated with the application that is changed in state.