US 11,914,842 B1
Dynamic application icons
Mats Mikael Kyyrö, Oulu (FI); Antti Oskari Laitala, Oulu (FI); Matias Kukka, Oulu (FI); and Ralph Morales, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Oura Health Oy, Oulu (FI)
Filed by Oura Health Oy, Oulu (FI)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,570.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, as part of an application downloading operation to a user device, an application software package for an application, wherein the application runs on an operating system of the user device, and wherein the application software package comprises a plurality of icons that are configured to visually distinguish the application on a user interface of the user device from other applications running on the operating system of the user device, wherein the plurality of icons comprises at least a default icon and one or more alternate icons that correspond to one or more achievement thresholds;
identifying a satisfaction of a first achievement threshold of the one or more achievement thresholds corresponding to a first alternate icon of the one or more alternate icons based at least in part on processing data received at the application; and
outputting, to the operating system of the user device, a visual display instruction to display the first alternate icon of the one or more alternate icons on the user interface of the user device instead of the default icon based at least in part on identifying the satisfaction of the first achievement threshold, wherein the first alternate icon is visually representative of a type of achievement corresponding to the first achievement threshold.