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Rendering icons along a multidimensional path having a terminus position

US7743341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

35Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Rainer Brodersen · Santa Clara, US
Rachel Clare Goldeen · Mountain View, US
Jeffrey Ma · Darien, US
Mihnea Calin Pacurariu · Los Gatos, US
Thomas Michael Madden · Sunnyvale, US
Steven P. Jobs · Palo Alto, US
Jeff Robbin · Los Altos, US
Eric Taylor Seymour · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 2006
Grant date	Jun 22, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 1, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0482
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Icons are arranged in foreground background positions in an interface environment to define a multidimensional path extending from a terminus. The icons transition between the foreground position and the background positions along the multidimensional path.

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