Patent ID: 8966375
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for arranging program icons on a portable electronic device (PED), the method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a device data set, the device data set including device application data to identify a plurality of application programs provided in the PED and arrangement data for the plurality of application programs provided in the PED; displaying, in a first portion of a display device associated with the computing device, visual representations of each of a plurality of display screens, each of the plurality of display screens representing a corresponding display screen of the PED, the visual representations of the plurality of display screens including application icons from a second set of the plurality of application programs provided in the PED, the application icons from the second set arranged in the visual representations in accordance with the arrangement data; displaying, in a second portion of the display device, a visual representation of a display screen for the PED, the visual representation including application icons from a first set of the plurality of application programs provided in the PED, the application icons from the first set arranged in the visual representation in accordance with the arrangement data; permitting a user to interact with the application icons for the second set of the plurality of application programs to alter an arrangement of the application icons in the visual representations in the first portion and to add application icons to the visual representations in the first portion; permitting the user to interact with the application icons for the first set of the plurality of application programs to alter an arrangement of the application icons in the visual representation in the second portion and to add application icons to the visual representation in the second portion; and notifying the PED of the altered arrangement such that the PED is able to alter its arrangement of the one or more of the plurality of application programs provided on the PED in accordance with the altered arrangement and/or to add application programs corresponding to application icons added to the visual representation so that the application programs are provided in the PED.