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US 9,542,081 B2Granted
Methods and apparatuses for operating a data processing system
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsBas Ording, Donald Lindsay
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for operating data processing systems. One exemplary method of operating a data processing system which includes a display device includes receiving an input from a user, the input specifying an object to be represented in a user configurable portion of a window which is displayable on a display device, and displaying the window with the user configurable portion wherein the user configurable portion is present in an open interface window or a save interface window. Other methods are also described, and data processing systems are also described.
Claims25
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a computing device, the one or more programs including instructions that when executed cause the computing device to:
- display a user interface that includes a closed representation of a folder on a touch screen display of the computing device, wherein:
- the folder includes one or more objects,
- displaying the closed representation of the folder comprises displaying the closed representation of the folder in a user-configurable side bar of the user interface displayed on the touch screen display, and
- the user-configurable side bar includes one or more other side bar objects;
- display an object on the touch screen display that is not included in the folder and is not included in the user-configurable side bar;
- receive a touch input on the touch screen display that selects the object not included in the folder and not included in the user-configurable side bar and drags the selected object over a respective portion of the user-configurable side bar;
- while the touch input continues to drag the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, including:
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object has hovered over the folder for at least a required amount of time, displaying on the touch screen display an open representation of the folder that is different from the closed representation of the folder;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object has hovered between the folder and a respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar, updating the appearance of the user-configurable side bar to indicate a placement location on the user-configurable side bar for the selected object;
- after updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, detect liftoff of the touch input from the touch screen display;
- and
- in response to detecting liftoff of the touch input from the touch screen display:
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object was over the folder when the liftoff of the touch input was detected, update the folder, wherein the folder is automatically updated when the touch input is no longer received while the selected object is over the folder, and wherein the updated folder includes the selected object;
- and display the updated folder on the touch screen display;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object was between the folder and the respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar when the liftoff of the touch input was detected, insert a representation of the selected object into the user-configurable side bar between the folder and the respective side bar object.
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A computer-implemented system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums containing instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- displaying a user interface that includes a closed representation of a folder on a touch screen display, wherein:
- the folder includes one or more objects,
- displaying the closed representation of the folder comprises displaying the closed representation of the folder in a user-configurable side bar of the user interface displayed on the touch screen display, and
- the user-configurable side bar includes one or more other side bar objects;
- displaying an object on the touch screen display that is not included in the folder and is not included in the user-configurable side bar;
- receiving a touch input on the touch screen display that selects the object not included in the folder and not included in the user-configurable side bar and drags the selected object over a respective portion of the user configurable side bar;
- while the touch input continues to drag the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, including:
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object has hovered over the folder for at least a required amount of time, displaying on the touch screen display an open representation of the folder that is different from the closed representation of the folder;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object has hovered between the folder and a respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar, updating the appearance of the user-configurable side bar to indicate a placement location on the user-configurable side bar for the selected object;
- after updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, detecting liftoff of the touch input from the touch screen display;
- and
- in response to detecting liftoff of the touch input from the touch screen display:
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object was over the folder when the liftoff of the touch input was detected, updating the folder, wherein the folder is automatically updated when the touch input is no longer received while the selected object is over the folder, and wherein the updated folder includes the selected object;
- and displaying the updated folder on the touch screen display;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object was between the folder and the respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar when the liftoff of the touch-input was detected, inserting a representation of the selected object into the user-configurable side bar between the folder and the respective side bar object.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- displaying a user interface that includes a closed representation of a folder on a touch screen display, wherein:
- the folder includes one or more objects,
- displaying the closed representation of the folder comprises displaying the closed representation of the folder in a user-configurable side bar of the user interface displayed on the touch screen display, and
- the user-configurable side bar includes one or more other side bar objects;
- displaying an object on the touch screen display that is not included in the folder and is not included in the user-configurable side bar;
- receiving a touch input on the touch screen display that selects the object not included in the folder and not included in the user-configurable side bar and drags the selected object over a respective portion of the user configurable side bar;
- while the touch input continues to drag the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bag, including:
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object has hovered over the folder for at least a required amount of time, displaying on the touch screen display an open representation of the folder that is different from the closed representation of the folder;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object has hovered between the folder and a respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar, updating the appearance of the user-configurable side bar to indicate a placement location on the user-configurable side bar for the selected object;
- after updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected object over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, detecting liftoff of the touch input from the touch screen display;
- and
- in response to detecting liftoff of the touch input from the touch screen display:
- in accordance with a determination that the selectable object was over the folder when the liftoff of the touch input was detected, updating the folder, wherein the folder is automatically updated when the touch input is no longer received while the object is over the folder;
- and displaying the updated folder on the touch screen display;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected object was between the folder and the respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar when the liftoff of the touch input was detected, inserting a representation of the selected object into the user-configurable side bar between the folder and the respective side bar object.
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A system, 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 one or more processors including instructions for:
- displaying a user interface that includes a closed representation of a folder on the touch screen display, wherein:
- the folder includes one or more objects,
- displaying the closed representation of the folder comprises displaying the closed representation of the folder in a user-configurable side bar of the user interface displayed on the touch screen display, and
- the user-configurable side bar includes one or more other side bar objects;
- displaying an application launch icon on the touch screen display that is not included in the folder and is not included in the user-configurable side bar;
- detecting a contact on the touch screen display, the contact selecting the application launch icon and moving the application launch icon over a respective portion of the user configurable side bar;
- while the contact continues to drag the application launch icon over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected application launch icon over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, including:
- in accordance with a determination that the selected application launch icon has hovered over the folder for at least a required amount of time, displaying on the touch screen display an open representation of the folder that is different from the closed representation of the folder;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected application launch icon has hovered between the folder and a respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar, updating the appearance of the user-configurable side bar to indicate a placement location on the user-configurable side bar for the selected application launch icon;
- after updating the user interface based on the dragging of the selected application launch icon over the respective portion of the user-configurable side bar, detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch screen display;
- and
- in response to detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch screen display:
- in accordance with a determination that the selectable object was over the folder when the liftoff of the contact was detected, updating the contents of the folder to include the selected application launch icon when the detected contact is lifted from the touch screen display;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the selected application launch icon was between the folder and the respective side bar object in the user-configurable side bar when the liftoff of the contact was detected, inserting the application launch icon into the user-configurable side bar between the folder and the respective side bar object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.