Patent ID: 9557806
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for employing a power-save mode in an electronic device, the method comprising: providing, in a touch-sensitive display unit of the electronic device, a desktop divided into a plurality of parallel home screens comprising a home screen for a power-save mode of the electronic device and a home screen for a non-power-save mode of the electronic device; providing a navigation mechanism to navigate from the home screen of the non-power-save mode to the home screen of the power-save mode in response to a swipe touch input received through the touch-sensitive display unit, and, upon detecting a swipe touch input causing a switch to the home screen for the power-save mode, causing the electronic device to switch on at least some of the power-save features of the electronic device, wherein the non-power-save home screen includes icons of a first group of icons of applications, and the power-save home screen includes icons of a second group of icons of applications, further comprising detecting a user input moving an icon of an application from the non-power-save home screen to the power-save home screen and, in response to the detection, enabling execution of the moved application in the power-save mode.