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US 2019/0317558 A1Published application
Dynamic Function Row Customization
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsChristopher A. Dreessen, John R. Tegtmeyer, Taylor A. Kelly
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Abstract
A device may include a dynamic function row (DFR) comprising a touchscreen. A device processor may operate a DFR agent controlling the DFR. The DFR agent may generate and/or select images to display on the DFR based on rules and/or contexts, and the DFR may display the images.
Claims21
(canceled)
A method comprising:
- displaying, by a main display of a device, a first user interface (UI) showing:
- a second UI for display on a dynamic function row (DFR) of the device;
- and
- a layout displaying a plurality of DFR UI elements for insertion into the second UI;
- receiving, by an input device, a selection of at least one of the plurality of DFR UI elements from the layout made through the first UI;
- generating, by a DFR agent of the device, an image of the second UI that incorporates the at least one of the plurality of DFR UI elements;
- and
- displaying, by the DFR, the image.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes:
- displaying, by a main display of a device, a first user interface (UI) showing:
- a second UI for display on a dynamic function row (DFR) of the device;
- and
- a layout displaying a plurality of DFR UI elements for insertion into the second UI;
- receiving, by an input device, a selection of at least one of the plurality of DFR UI elements from the layout made through the first UI;
- generating, by a DFR agent of the device, an image of the second UI that incorporates the at least one of the plurality of DFR UI elements;
- and
- displaying, by the DFR, the image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes:
- displaying, by a main display of a device, a first user interface (UI) showing:
- a second UI for display on a dynamic function row (DFR) of the device;
- and
- a layout displaying a plurality of DFR UI elements for insertion into the second UI;
- receiving, by an input device, a selection of at least one of the plurality of DFR UI elements from the layout made through the first UI;
- generating, by a DFR agent of the device, an image of the second UI that incorporates the at least one of the plurality of DFR UI elements;
- and
- displaying, by the DFR, the image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.