Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User interface for multiple display regions
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Application No.: US12549344Application Date: 2009-08-27
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Publication No.: US08555185B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: John Louch , Timothy W. Bumgarner , Eric S. Peyton , Christopher J. Hynes
- Applicant: John Louch , Timothy W. Bumgarner , Eric S. Peyton , Christopher J. Hynes
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048

Abstract:
User interfaces for multiple display regions are described. One embodiment provides an array of non-overlapping windows that are created from a set of overlapping windows, and a user can select one of the non-overlapping windows to obtain an enlarged view of that selected window while keeping the other windows in their non-overlapping state. In one embodiment, the array of non-overlapping windows can include minimized windows or windows in other virtual desktops (e.g. windows in other “Spaces”) or both. In one embodiment, only windows of a selected application are shown in non-overlapping mode while opened windows of other applications are not shown.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100313156A1 USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE DISPLAY REGIONS Public/Granted day:2010-12-09
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