Patent ID: 8732617

Claim:
A method comprising: outputting, by a computing device, and for presentation, an application selection screen, the application selection screen including one or more icons, each icon associated with a respective application, each respective application associated with a respective primary application user interface for the respective application; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a first gesture input entered at a first location of a presence-sensitive display, the first location being associated with a first icon from the one or more icons; responsive to determining that the first gesture input is a tap gesture, outputting, by the computing device and for presentation, the respective primary application user interface for the application associated with the first icon; and responsive to determining that the first gesture input is a directional swipe gesture: outputting, by the computing device and for presentation within the application selection screen, an indication of the one or more predefined functions of the application associated with the first icon without outputting, for presentation, the respective primary application user interface for the application associated with the first icon, the indication of the one or more predefined functions overlaying at least one of the one or more icons; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second gesture input indicating a selection of at least one of the one or more predefined functions of the application associated with the first icon; and responsive to the selection, executing the selected at least one of the one or more predefined functions without outputting, for presentation, the respective primary application user interface for the application associated with the first icon.