Patent ID: 7689932
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for maintaining a shortcut key to an application accessible at a device, the method comprising: assigning a first application to a shortcut key at a device; storing an identifier of the first application to a first file at the device; in response to detecting a change in which applications are stored on the device, determining if the first application at the device assigned to the shortcut key remains executable at the device; and if the first application is determined to be unexecutable at the device, assigning a second application to the shortcut key at the device, wherein an identifier of the second application is stored in a second file at the device, the second file indicating that the second application was recently selected by a user, wherein the second application is executable at the device, and wherein the second application is assigned based upon the indication that the second application was recently selected by the user.