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Device, method, and graphical user interface for marquee scrolling within a display area

US8595645B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by

2References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Jesse Boettcher · San Jose, US
Benjamin Andrew Rottler · San Francisco, US
Policarpo Wood · San Francisco, US
Bryan J. James · Menlo Park, US
Jorge Fino · San Jose, US
Eugene Dvortsov · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2010
Grant date	Nov 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04883
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, performed at a portable electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, includes displaying a list of items on the display. The method also includes displaying an item in the list with just a portion of the item visible on the display. The method further includes detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the item. The method further includes, in response to detecting the first gesture, marquee scrolling the item in a predefined marquee scrolling direction.

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