Patent ID: 9310958
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a toolbar on a display device of an information handling device; providing, within the toolbar, a dock point on the display device of the information handling device, said dock point being a consistent point among scrollable desktop views; responsive to user input associated with said dock point, determining if the user input is a settings input; launching a utility that animates a display organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of application icon launch points if the input is not settings input; launching a utility that allows for user modification of the sub-set of user applications displayed on said information handling device if the input is settings input; said utility overlaying an underlying desktop view and providing an animated movement of said application icon launch points in said utility responsive to user input; said utility organizing the application icon launch points in a wheel arrangement with overlapping tiles extending from a side of the display device and arcing towards a central portion of the display device; and responsive to user input selecting an application icon launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said application icon launch point on the information handling device.