Patent ID: 8250518

Claim:
A method for identifying an application as a default application to excute an event, the method comprising: presenting a list of a plurality of applications that are installed on a computing device; receiving a selection of the application from among the list of the plurality of applications; in response to the selection of the application, presenting information that describes the application, wherein the information includes an application identifier, a software-manufacturer identifier, a location of the application within a computer file system, and a text description of functionality supported by the application; receiving a selection of a settings button that is displayed together with the information that describes the application; and in response to the selection of the settings button, displaying an event list including a plurality of event items, each event item corresponding to a respective event that is executable using the application, wherein the event list is displayed without invoking the application running in the operating system, and wherein the event list identifies events for which the application is designated as the default application and events for which the application is not designated as the default application.