Portable multifunction device with interface reconfiguration mode
Inventors
HERZ, SCOTT M. • Chaudhri, Imran • Christie, Gregory N.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12761784-B2
Publication Date
2026-10-13
Expiration Date
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method at a computing device with a touch screen display includes: displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display; displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second area is different from the first area; detecting a first finger gesture on the touch screen display; in response to detecting the first finger gesture, initiating a user interface reconfiguration process, and varying positions of one or more icons in the first set of the first plurality of icons about respective average positions.
Core Innovation
The claims describe a computing device, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a method for displaying a first set of icons in a first region. In response to a gesture moving a respective icon to an edge of the first region, display of the first set of icons ceases in that region. The device then displays a user interface region that does not include other icons at the corresponding location, with the respective icon added to that region.
The description and figures depict touch-screen icon reconfiguration on a portable multifunction device, including moving icons within or between a main icon region and a separate dock. The illustrations show repositioning overlapping icons, tracking pages using sequence indicators, deleting permitted icons, and creating web-clip widgets to display a selected webpage area. Because the supplied content omits background and summary sections, the problem being solved is not explicitly described in patent.
Claims Coverage
The claims identify three inventive features corresponding to three independent claims directed to a computing device, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a method.
Computing device replacing an icon set with a user interface region
The computing device comprises a display, input devices, processors, and memory configured to display a first set of icons in a first region, detect a gesture moving an icon to an edge of the first region, cease displaying the icon set, and display a user interface region lacking other icons at the corresponding location, adding the respective icon to that region.
Computer-readable storage medium storing icon-region reconfiguration instructions
The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions causing a computing device to display a first set of icons in a first region, detect a gesture moving a respective icon to an edge of that region, cease displaying the icon set there, and display a user interface region at the corresponding location with the respective icon added.
Method for replacing an icon set with a user interface region
The method comprises displaying a first set of icons in a first region, detecting a gesture moving a respective icon to an edge of that region, ceasing display of the first set of icons in that region, and displaying a user interface region lacking other icons at the corresponding location, adding the respective icon to that region.
The three independent claims cover replacing an icon set with a user interface region receiving a moved icon, embodied respectively as a computing device, stored instructions, and a method.
Stated Advantages
Not explicitly described in patent.
Documented Applications
Touch-screen icon reconfiguration on a portable multifunction device, including rearranging icons, moving icons within or between a main icon region and a separate dock, switching between icon sets while preserving icons in a separate screen region, repositioning overlapping icons, and deleting permitted icons.
Interface management involving sequence indicators tracking pages, application icons, user-created widget listings, and browser-based screens for creating and activating web-clip widgets that display or reopen a user-selected webpage area at a saved scale or position.
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