Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons
US9335924B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Steven P. Jobs
- Scott Forstall
- Greg Christie
- Stephen O. Lemay
- Scott Herz
- Marcel van Os
- Bas Ording
- Gregory Novick
- Wayne Carl Westerman
- Imran Chaudhri
- Patrick L. Coffman
- Kenneth L. Kocienda
- Nitin Ganatra
- Freddy Anzures
- Jeremy Wyld
- Jeffrey Bush
- Michael Matas
- Paul D. Marcos
- Charles J. Pisula
- Virgil Scott King
- Chris Blumenberg
- Francisco Ryan Tolmasky
- Richard Williamson
- Andre M. J. Boule
- Henri C. Lamiraux
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72436
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items.
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