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US 8,799,815 B2Granted
Device, method, and graphical user interface for activating an item in a folder
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorQuin C. Hoellwarth
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Abstract
A portable electronic device displays a plurality of icons on a touch-sensitive display. The plurality of icons includes a folder icon that corresponds to a folder that contains a plurality of items. The folder icon includes respective selectable item indicators for at least some of the items in the folder. The device detects a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at a location that corresponds to the folder icon. In response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at the location that corresponds to the folder icon, the device determines a respective item in the plurality of items in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture and activates the respective item.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:
- displaying a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of icons including a closed folder icon that corresponds to a folder that contains a plurality of items, the closed folder icon including respective selectable application launch icon indicators for at least some of the application launch icons in the folder;
- detecting a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at a location that corresponds to the closed folder icon;
- and,
- in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at the location that corresponds to the closed folder icon:
- determining a respective application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture, wherein determining the respective application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture includes:
- detecting a direction of movement of the finger gesture at the location that corresponds to the folder icon, and
- selecting the respective application launch icon that corresponds to the direction of movement of the finger gesture;
- and
- activating the respective application launch icon without opening the folder that contains the plurality of application launch icons.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive 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 one or more programs including instructions for:
- displaying a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of icons including a closed folder icon that corresponds to a folder that contains a plurality of application launch icons, the closed folder icon including respective selectable application launch icon indicators for at least some of the application launch icons in the folder;
- detecting a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at a location that corresponds to the closed folder icon;
- and,
- in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at the location that corresponds to the closed folder icon:
- determining a respective application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture, wherein determining the respective application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture includes:
- detecting a direction of movement of the finger gesture at the location that corresponds to the folder icon, and
- selecting the respective application launch icon that corresponds to the direction of movement of the finger gesture;
- and
- activating the respective application launch icon without opening the folder that contains the plurality of application launch icons.
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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 an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:
- display a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of icons including a closed folder icon that corresponds to a folder that contains a plurality of application launch icons, the closed folder icon including respective selectable application launch icon indicators for at least some of the application launch icons in the folder;
- detect a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at a location that corresponds to the closed folder icon;
- and,
- in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at the location that corresponds to the closed folder icon:
- determine a respective application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture, wherein the instructions that cause the device to determine the respective application launch icon in the plurality of a application launch icons in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture further includes instructions that cause the device to:
- detect a direction of movement of the finger gesture at the location that corresponds to the folder icon, and
- select the respective application launch icon that corresponds to the direction of movement of the finger gesture;
- and
- activate the respective application launch icon without opening the folder that contains the plurality of application launch icons.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.