Mobile Communications Device Home Screen

Abstract

A mobile communications device home screen is described. In one or more implementations, a method is performed by a mobile communications device that includes receiving status updates of contacts from a social network service. A home screen of the mobile communications device is configured to include the status updates.

1 . A method performed by a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
 receiving status updates of contacts from a social network service; and   configuring a home screen of the mobile communications device to include the status updates.   
     
     
         2 . A method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the home screen is a base level of a hierarchical structure usable to organize content and applications of the mobile communications device. 
     
     
         3 . A method as described in  claim 2 , wherein the hierarchical structure is managed as part of an operating system executed by the mobile communications device. 
     
     
         4 . A method as described in  claim 1 , wherein at least one said status update is text that was input by a user associated with the social network service that describes a message to be communicated to friends of the user. 
     
     
         5 . A method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the contacts are specified as friends of a user associated with an account of the social network service. 
     
     
         6 . A method as described in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the home screen includes a plurality of views;   a first said view includes the status updates and profile information of a user associated with an account of the social network service; and   the account references the contacts from which the status updates are to be received.   
     
     
         7 . A method as described in  claim 6 , wherein the profile information in the first said view includes a portion that is configured to accept a status update of the user. 
     
     
         8 . A method as described in  claim 6 , wherein the first said view aggregates status updates from a plurality of said social network services. 
     
     
         9 . A method as described in  claim 6 , wherein the first said view aggregates the status updates with updates from one or more specified websites, at least one of which is an ecommerce website. 
     
     
         10 . A method as described in  claim 6 , wherein a second said view of the home screen includes representations of the contacts. 
     
     
         11 . A method as described in  claim 10 , wherein:
 the contacts included in the second said view are a subset of a plurality of contacts stored on the mobile communications device such that at least one of the plurality of contacts is not used to provide a status update in the first said view; and   the second said view includes a portion that is selectable to view the plurality of contacts.   
     
     
         12 . A method as described in  claim 6 , wherein:
 a third said view of the home screen includes representations of a subset of a plurality of applications that are available for execution on the mobile communications device; and   the third said view includes a portion that is selectable to view the plurality of applications.   
     
     
         13 . A method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the mobile communications device includes telephone functionality and at least one representation of the contacts is selectable to initiate a telephone call. 
     
     
         14 . A method as described in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the home screen includes a plurality of views between which navigation is achievable through detection of a pan gesture using touchscreen functionality of the mobile communications device;   a first said view includes the status updates and profile information of a user associated with an account of the social network service;   a second said view includes representations of the contacts; and   a third said view includes representations of a plurality of applications that are available for execution on the mobile communications device.   
     
     
         15 . A mobile communications device comprising a display device and one or more modules to provide telephone functionality and to configure a user interface for display on the display device to include a plurality of views between which navigation is achievable through detection of a pan gesture, in which:
 a first said view is configured to display network feed information;   a second said view is configured to display representations of contacts, at least one of which is configured to aid in initiating a telephone call using the telephone functionality; and   a third said view is configured to display representations of a plurality of applications.   
     
     
         16 . A mobile communications device as described in  claim 15 , wherein the network feed information includes status updates received from a social network service. 
     
     
         17 . A mobile communications device as described in  claim 15 , wherein the network feed information includes data received from an ecommerce website. 
     
     
         18 . A mobile communications device as described in  claim 15 , wherein the network feed information is prioritized in the first said view based on:
 which contacts were selected for display in the second said view, wherein the contacts that were selected for display are a subset of a plurality of contacts that are stored by the mobile communications device; or   which representations of applications were selected for display in the third said view, wherein the representations of the applications that were selected for display are a subset of a plurality of applications that are available for execution by the mobile communications device.   
     
     
         19 . One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a mobile communications device to configure a home screen to include:
 a portion to receive an input that is to be communicated as a status update via a social network service to friends of a user associated with an account of the social network service; and   display one or more status updates received from one or more of the friends via the social network service.   
     
     
         20 . One or more computer-readable media as described in  claim 19 , wherein the home screen is a base level of a hierarchical structure usable to organize content and applications by an operating system of the mobile communications device included in the one or more instructions.