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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus generates a user interface for activating a plurality of applications. The apparatus comprises: a hardware storage unit adapted to store therein an operation history on a plurality of applications; a generating unit adapted to generate first degree-of-association information indicating a degree of association in a first period among the plurality of applications and second degree-of-association information indicating a degree of association in a second period among the plurality of applications, on a basis of an operation history stored in the hardware storage unit; a hardware receiving unit adapted to receive a designation of any of the first period and the second period; and an arranging unit adapted to arrange the plurality of objects based on their degree-of-association information.