Patent ID: 8065629

Claim:
A method for displaying icon layouts, the method comprising: displaying, on a particular display device, a first layout at a first resolution, the first layout comprising at least a first icon and a second icon; determining coordinates of the first icon in a second layout at a second resolution on the particular display device by using a first mapping function to map coordinates of the first icon in the first layout to the same coordinates in the second layout, the first mapping function for mapping icons that are inside a boundary for the second layout defined by the second resolution; determining coordinates of the second icon in the second layout at the second resolution on the particular display device by using a second scaler-mapping function different from the first mapping function to map coordinates of the second icon in the first layout to scaled coordinates in the second layout, the second scaler-mapping function for mapping icons that are outside the boundary for the second layout defined by the second resolution; and displaying, on the particular display device, the second layout at the second resolution, the second layout comprising at least the first and second icons positioned at the determined coordinates.