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US 7,940,250 B2Granted
Web-clip widgets on a portable multifunction device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorScott Forstall
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Abstract
In a computer-implemented method for use at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, a web page or portion thereof is displayed on the touch screen display. An activation of a web-clip widget creation icon is detected. In response to detecting the activation, a web-clip widget is created from the web page or portion thereof.
Claims73
A method, comprising:
- at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display:
- displaying a web page or portion thereof on the touch screen display;
- detecting a web-clip widget creation operation;
- in response to detecting the web-clip widget creation operation:
- creating a web-clip widget from the web page or portion thereof, wherein the web-clip widget comprises an area in the web page or portion thereof scaled in response to detecting one or more finger gestures;
- and
- creating an icon corresponding to the web-clip widget;
- and
- displaying the icon corresponding to the web-clip widget with icons for one or more applications.
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A method, comprising:
- at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display;
- displaying a webpage in a browser application on the touch screen display;
- detecting one or more gestures by a user on the webpage;
- in response to detecting the one or more gestures by a user on the webpage, displaying a user-specified area of the webpage at a user-specified scale factor on the touch screen display;
- detecting a web-clip widget creation operation;
- in response to detecting the web-clip widget creation operation:
- creating a web-clip widget;
- detecting activation of the web-clip widget;
- and
- in response to detecting activation of the web-clip widget:
- displaying the user-specified area of the webpage on the touch screen display at the user-specified scale factor.
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A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a web page or portion thereof;
- wherein:
- in response to detecting a web-clip widget creation operation
- a web-clip widget is created from the web page or portion thereof, wherein the web-clip widget comprises an area in the web page or portion thereof scaled in response to detecting one or more finger gestures:
- and
- an icon corresponding to the web-clip widget is created;
- and the icon corresponding to the web-clip widget is displayed with icons for one or more applications.
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A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a web page or portion thereof;
- wherein:
- a webpage is displayed in a browser application on the touch screen display;
- one or more gestures are detected by a user on the webpage;
- in response to detecting the one or more gestures by a user on the webpage, a user-specified area of the webpage is displayed at a user-specified scale factor on the touch screen display;
- a web-clip widget creation operation is detected;
- in response to detecting of the web-clip widget creation operation:
- in response to detecting activation of the web-clip widget, the user-specified area of the webpage is displayed on the touch screen display at the user-specified scale factor.
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A portable multifunction device, comprising:
- a touch screen display;
- one or more processors;
- memory;
- and
- one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including instructions for:
- displaying a web page or portion thereof on the touch screen display;
- detecting a web-clip widget creation operation;
- in response to detecting the web-clip widget creation operation:
- creating a web-clip widget from the web page or portion thereof, wherein the web-clip widget comprises an area in the web page or portion thereof scaled in response to detecting one or more finger gestures;
- and
- creating an icon corresponding to the web-clip widget;
- and
- displaying the icon corresponding to the web-clip widget with icons for one or more applications.
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A portable multifunction device, comprising:
- a touch screen display;
- one or more processors;
- memory;
- and
- one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including instructions for:
- displaying a webpage in a browser application on the touch screen display;
- detecting one or more gestures by a user on the webpage;
- in response to detecting the one or more gestures by a user on the webpage, displaying a user-specified area of the webpage at a user-specified scale factor on the touch screen display;
- detecting a web-clip widget creation operation;
- in response to detecting the finishing gesture web-clip widget creation operation:
- creating a web-clip widget;
- detecting activation of the web-clip widget;
- and
- in response to detecting activation of the web-clip widget:
- displaying the user-specified area of the webpage on the touch screen display at the user-specified scale factor.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:
- display a web page or portion thereof on the touch screen display;
- detect a web-clip widget creation operation
- in response to detecting web-clip widget creation operation:
- create a web-clip widget from the web page or portion thereof, wherein the web-clip widget comprises an area in the web page or portion thereof scaled in response to detecting one or more finger gestures;
- create an icon corresponding to the web-clip widget;
- and
- displaying the icon corresponding to the web-clip widget with icons for one or more applications.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:
- display a webpage in a browser application on the touch screen display;
- detect one or more gestures by a user on the webpage;
- in response to detecting the one or more gestures by a user on the webpage, display a user-specified area of the webpage at a user-specified scale factor on the touch screen display;
- detect a web-clip widget creation operation;
- in response to detecting the web-clip widget creation operation:
- creating a web-clip widget;
- detect activation of the web-clip widget;
- and
- in response to detecting activation of the web-clip widget:
- display the user-specified area of the webpage on the touch screen display at the user-specified scale factor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.