US 10,852,914 B2Granted

Device, method, and graphical user interface for navigation of concurrently open software applications

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsKenneth Kocienda, Imran Chaudhri

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Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence.

Claims39

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;
one or more processors;
and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a user interface of a first application on the touch-sensitive display without displaying a representation of an application other than the first application on the touch-sensitive display;
while displaying the user interface of the first application on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a first touch gesture that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein, when the first touch gesture starts, the user interface of the first application is displayed on the touch-sensitive display without displaying a representation of an application other than the first application;
and
in response to detecting the first touch gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the first touch gesture includes movement of the contact in a first direction, switching from displaying the user interface of the first application to displaying a user interface of a second application, wherein displaying the user interface of the second application includes displaying the user interface of the second application without displaying a representation of an application other than the second application on the touch-sensitive display;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first touch gesture includes movement of the contact in a second direction that is different from the first direction:
moving the user interface of the first application from a first position to a second position determined in accordance with the first touch gesture, wherein at least a portion of the user interface of the first application is not displayed on the touch-sensitive display when the user interface of the first application is at the second position;
and
in response to ceasing to detect the first touch gesture on the touch-sensitive display, moving the user interface of the first application from the second position to the first position.

11 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a user interface of a first application on the touch-sensitive display without displaying a representation of an application other than the first application on the touch-sensitive display;
while displaying the user interface of the first application on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a first touch gesture that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein, when the first touch gesture starts, the user interface of the first application is displayed on the touch-sensitive display without displaying a representation of an application other than the first application;
and
in response to detecting the first touch gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the first touch gesture includes movement of the contact in a first direction, switching from displaying the user interface of the first application to displaying a user interface of a second application, wherein displaying the user interface of the second application includes displaying the user interface of the second application without displaying a representation of an application other than the second application on the touch-sensitive display;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first touch gesture includes movement of the contact in a second direction that is different from the first direction:
moving the user interface of the first application from a first position to a second position determined in accordance with the first touch gesture, wherein at least a portion of the user interface of the first application is not displayed on the touch-sensitive display when the user interface of the first application is at the second position;
and
in response to ceasing to detect the first touch gesture on the touch-sensitive display, moving the user interface of the first application from the second position to the first position.

7 more elements

A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:
displaying a user interface of a first application on the touch-sensitive display without displaying a representation of an application other than the first application on the touch-sensitive display;
while displaying the user interface of the first application on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a first touch gesture that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein, when the first touch gesture starts, the user interface of the first application is displayed on the touch-sensitive display without displaying a representation of an application other than the first application;
and
in response to detecting the first touch gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the first touch gesture includes movement of the contact in a first direction, switching from displaying the user interface of the first application to displaying a user interface of a second application, wherein displaying the user interface of the second application includes displaying the user interface of the second application without displaying a representation of an application other than the second application on the touch- sensitive display;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first touch gesture includes movement of the contact in a second direction that is different from the first direction:
moving the user interface of the first application from a first position to a second position determined in accordance with the first touch gesture, wherein at least a portion of the user interface of the first application is not displayed on the touch-sensitive display when the user interface of the first application is at the second position;
and
in response to ceasing to detect the first touch gesture on the touch-sensitive display, moving the user interface of the first application from the second position to the first position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/378,990Filed 9 Apr 2019 · continuation
Priority: 20 Dec 2010
Published: US 2019/0302971 A13 Oct 2019
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/0488
Using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of…:…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Family

Application61/425,207Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2010
Application13/077,524Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Mar 2011
Application15/004,189Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jan 2016
US 9,244,606 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jan 2016
Application15/990,076Parent of this continuation · filed 25 May 2018
US 10,007,400 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jun 2018
US 2019/0302971 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Oct 2019
US 10,261,668 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2012/0159380 A1Published application
US 2016/0139747 A1Published application
US 2018/0275839 A1Published application
US 10,852,914 B2This patent

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