Patent ID: 8266550

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying, on a mobile device proximity sensitive display, a first portion of a mobile device desktop, wherein the mobile device desktop includes a wallpaper image spanning across multiple screens of a mobile device proximity sensitive display and a set of selectable icons that each, when selected causes a predefined action to be performed, and wherein the first portion of the mobile device desktop includes a first portion of the wallpaper image and a first subset of the selectable icons displayed over the first portion of the wallpaper image; receiving, through the mobile device proximity sensitive display, a user input to pan across the mobile device desktop; panning the wallpaper image and the selectable icons in a parallax manner relative to each other; and in response to panning the wallpaper image and the selectable icons in a parallax manner relative to each other, displaying, on the mobile device proximity sensitive display, a second portion of the mobile device desktop, wherein the second portion of the mobile device desktop includes a second portion of the wallpaper image and a second subset of the selectable icons displayed over the second portion of the wallpaper image.