Patent ID: 9715284
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for executing an application through a user interface displayed by an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: displaying on the user interface at least one application icon, an application icon being associated to an application, displaying on the user interface at least one input icon, an input icon being associated to an input mode for one or more applications, both the at least one application icon and the at least one input icon being part on the user interface respectively of a first and second list of icons movable along a first direction of the user interface, capturing one or more user inputs along the first direction to move the list of icons in the first direction, detecting a user input linking an input icon with an application icon to select respectively the associated input mode and application, executing the selected application using the selected input mode, wherein the electronic device is operatively linked to a database comprising a plurality of elements of a first type, and another plurality of elements of a second type, the elements of one of the first and second types being linked to a plurality of elements of the other of the first and second types based on compatibility, and wherein the capturing of one or more user inputs further comprises: selecting one icon from one of the first or second lists as an active icon, retrieving in the database the elements linked to the active icon, and updating the other of the first and second lists using the icons associated to the retrieved elements.