Dynamic updating and renaming virtual pre-installation stub applications
US9092291B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/451
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of renaming stub applications on a mobile communication device comprises installing a plurality of stub applications, wherein each of the stub applications comprises a generic file name. The method further comprises determining a plurality of interactive thumbnail images to present on a display, wherein the determining is done by a widget, displaying the plurality of interactive thumbnail images within a graphical user interface frame of the widget in response to the determining, wherein each of the interactive thumbnail images is linked to one of the stub applications, identifying that the generic file names of the stub applications do not match the file names of the interactive thumbnail images to which they are linked, and replacing the generic file names of the stub applications linked to the interactive thumbnail images with file names that match the file names of the interactive thumbnail images in response to the identifying.
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