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Patent No.:

US 9667772 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

David L. Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

David M. Ogle, Powell, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/72566 (2013.01); H04M 1/72572 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dependent context is provided for a mobile device. The dependent context is a context-dependent logical grouping of specified content for display on the mobile device, and may be provided by: receiving an indication of the specified content for inclusion in the dependent context; loading the specified content into the mobile device; and activating the dependent context on the mobile device. The activating may include activating the dependent context in a display interface of the mobile device. In enhanced aspects, subsequent to the activating, the dependent context may be automatically deactivated. The automatically deactivating, which may be based on time, a calendar day, an event, a location of the device, etc., may include automatically removing the dependent context from the display interface of the mobile device.


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