User interface and method for persistent viewing of a user selected folder on a mobile device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorAndrew D. Bocking
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Abstract
A mobile device includes a display having a plurality of display modes including a folder view display mode wherein a plurality of folders are viewable. An input device is operable to change the display mode of the display between the folder view display mode and other display modes. A memory within the mobile device stores a folder that has been previously identified for persistent viewing. A processor controls the operation of the mobile device such that after the folder previously identified for persistent viewing is stored in memory, when the folder view display mode is entered, the folder is automatically displayed on the display.
Claims24
A method for automatic redisplay of a previously-selected folder in a data-enabled wireless mobile device having a user interface, the method comprising:
- entering an expandable and navigable folder structure displayable in a folder view display mode of the data-enabled wireless mobile device, wherein at least one folder within the expandable and navigable folder structure is displayable on the user interface;
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- automatically redisplaying the previously-selected folder on the user interface of the data-enabled wireless mobile device, wherein the previously-selected folder is contained within at least one higher-level folder within the expandable and navigable folder structure.
A data-enabled wireless mobile device having a user interface for automatic redisplay of a previously-selected folder, the data-enabled wireless mobile device comprising:
- means for entering an expandable and navigable folder structure displayable in a folder view display mode of the data-enabled wireless mobile device, wherein at least one folder within the expandable and navigable folder structure is displayable on the user interface;
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- means for automatically displaying the previously-selected folder on the user interface of the data-enabled wireless mobile device, wherein the previous-selected folder is contained within at least one higher-level folder of an expandable and navigable folder structure.
A data-enabled wireless mobile device comprising:
- a display having a plurality of display modes including a folder view display mode wherein a folder structure having one or more folders is viewable, expandable and navigable;
- an input device operable to change the display mode of the display between the folder view display mode and other display modes;
- a memory adapted to store a previously-selected folder for automatic redisplay;
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- a processor coupled to the display, the input device, and the memory for controlling the operation of the data-enabled wireless mobile device such that when the folder view display mode is entered, the previously-selected folder is automatically displayed on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.