US Patent 9247380 Location based mobile device profiles

A computer-implemented method and system for configuring a mobile device is provided. The method includes detecting location information for a location of a mobile device, determining if the detected location information is associated with a location based profile, wherein the location based profile defines a set of one or more applications for display on a homepage of the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device, selecting the location based profile associated with the detected location information when the detected location information is associated with a location based profile and configuring the mobile device based on the selected location based profile, such that activation icons of the set of one or more applications are provided for display on the homepage of the mobile device.