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US 2012/0236037 A1Published application
Electronic device and method of displaying information in response to a gesture
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsRobert Simon LESSING, Michael George LANGLOIS, Daniel Tobias RYDENHAG, Joseph Eytan BENEDEK, Mihal LAZARIDIS, Nils Roger ANDERSSON REIMER, Donald James LINDSAY
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Abstract
A method includes displaying, on a display of an electronic device, an information element associated with an application and detecting a first gesture. In response to detecting the first gesture, at least a first part of a first image is displayed, including information associated with the application, while reducing display of the information element.
Claims57
A method comprising:
- displaying, on a display of an electronic device, an information element associated with an application;
- detecting a first gesture;
- in response to detecting the first gesture, displaying at least a first part of a first image including information associated with the application while reducing display of the information element.
A method comprising:
- while displaying an image associated with an application on a display of an electronic device, detecting a gesture associated with an information element of the application;
- in response to detecting the gesture, displaying a part of the information element while reducing display of the image associated with the application.
A method comprising:
- displaying a first image on a touch-sensitive display;
- detecting a gesture;
- in response to detecting the gesture:
- displaying a part of a second image;
- displaying a first part of the first image adjacent to the part of the second image and discontinuing display of a second part of the first image.
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A method comprising:
- while displaying an image on a display of an electronic device, detecting a gesture;
- in response to the detecting, displaying at least a part of a first icon while reducing display of the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.