Patent ID: 9632682
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of presenting visual display elements by an electronic device, the method comprising: presenting a plurality of visual display elements on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of visual display elements are respectively associated with a plurality of applications, one of the plurality of visual display elements provides first information representing an application associated with the one of the plurality of applications, and a presentation of each of the plurality of visual display elements presented on the screen is independently changeable; receiving a first touch input for enabling a presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements to be changed; receiving a second touch input for changing the presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements, at a location associated with the one of the plurality of visual display elements; and based on the second touch input, changing the presentation of the one of plurality of visual display elements and replacing the first information with second information by presenting a partial portion of an image less than an entire portion of the image within the changed presentation of the one of the plurality of visual display elements while another of the plurality of visual display elements is presented on the screen of the electronic device.