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Granted Patent B2
US 12,321,569 · App. 18/418,917 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Device, method, and graphical user interface for navigation of concurrently open software applications

Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda (San Jose, CA); Imran Chaudhri (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
G06F3/0482G06F3/04842G06F3/0488G06F3/04883G06F3/04886
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Patent No.
US 12,321,569
App. No.
18/418,917
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence.

Claims (66)

1. A computer system that is in communication with a display, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying, via the display, a first application view of a first application;

while displaying the first application view of the first application, detecting a first input that includes a first finger input;

in response to detecting the first finger input, modifying a scale of the first application view of the first application;

subsequent to modifying the scale of the first application view of the first application, detecting an end of the first finger input; and

in response to detecting the end of the first finger input:

in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is satisfied, the first set of criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when the scale of the first application view of the first application is greater than a threshold scale when the end of the first finger input is detected, increasing the scale of the first application view of the first application; and

in accordance with a determination that the first set of criteria are not satisfied when the end of the first input is detected, ceasing to display the first application view of the first application.

2. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein ceasing to display the first application view of the first application includes displaying, via the display, a home screen.

3. The computer system of claim 2 , wherein displaying the home screen includes displaying a plurality of application icons corresponding to a plurality of applications.

4. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of criteria includes a criterion that is based on a velocity of the first finger input.

5. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to detecting the first finger input:

displaying, via the display, a second application view of a second application;

while displaying the second application view of the second application, detecting a second input that includes a second finger input; and

in response to detecting the second finger input:

ceasing to display the second application view of the second application; and

displaying, via the display, the first application view of the first application.

6. The computer system of claim 5 , wherein the first finger input includes movement in a first direction, and wherein the second finger input includes movement in a second direction, different from the first direction.

7. The computer system of claim 5 , wherein the first application is displayed in response to the second finger input based on a recency of use of the first application.

8. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein increasing the scale of the first application view of the first application is based on an amount of movement of the first finger input.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying, via the display, a first application view of a first application;

while displaying the first application view of the first application, detecting a first input that includes a first finger input;

in response to detecting the first finger input, modifying a scale of the first application view of the first application;

subsequent to modifying the scale of the first application view of the first application, detecting an end of the first finger input; and

in response to detecting the end of the first finger input:

in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is satisfied, the first set of criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when the scale of the first application view of the first application is greater than a threshold scale when the end of the first finger input is detected, increasing the scale of the first application view of the first application; and

in accordance with a determination that the first set of criteria are not satisfied when the end of the first input is detected, ceasing to display the first application view of the first application.

10. A method, comprising:

at a computer system that is in communication with a display:

displaying, via the display, a first application view of a first application;

while displaying the first application view of the first application, detecting a first input that includes a first finger input;

in response to detecting the first finger input, modifying a scale of the first application view of the first application;

subsequent to modifying the scale of the first application view of the first application, detecting an end of the first finger input; and

in response to detecting the end of the first finger input:

in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is satisfied, the first set of criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when the scale of the first application view of the first application is greater than a threshold scale when the end of the first finger input is detected, increasing the scale of the first application view of the first application; and

in accordance with a determination that the first set of criteria are not satisfied when the end of the first input is detected, ceasing to display the first application view of the first application.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein ceasing to display the first application view of the first application includes displaying, via the display, a home screen.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein displaying the home screen includes displaying a plurality of application icons corresponding to a plurality of applications.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first set of criteria includes a criterion that is based on a velocity of the first finger input.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to detecting the first finger input:

displaying, via the display, a second application view of a second application;

while displaying the second application view of the second application, detecting a second input that includes a second finger input; and

in response to detecting the second finger input:

ceasing to display the second application view of the second application; and

displaying, via the display, the first application view of the first application.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first finger input includes movement in a first direction, and wherein the second finger input includes movement in a second direction, different from the first direction.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first application is displayed in response to the second finger input based on a recency of use of the first application.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein increasing the scale of the first application view of the first application is based on an amount of movement of the first finger input.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein ceasing to display the first application view of the first application includes displaying, via the display, a home screen.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein displaying the home screen includes displaying a plurality of application icons corresponding to a plurality of applications.

20. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first set of criteria includes a criterion that is based on a velocity of the first finger input.

21. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

prior to detecting the first finger input:

displaying, via the display, a second application view of a second application;

while displaying the second application view of the second application, detecting a second input that includes a second finger input; and

in response to detecting the second finger input:

ceasing to display the second application view of the second application; and

displaying, via the display, the first application view of the first application.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first finger input includes movement in a first direction, and wherein the second finger input includes movement in a second direction, different from the first direction.

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first application is displayed in response to the second finger input based on a recency of use of the first application.

24. The method of claim 10 , wherein increasing the scale of the first application view of the first application is based on an amount of movement of the first finger input.

Continuity (8)
Continuation 17949859 · Sep 21, 2022
Continuation 17107321 · Nov 30, 2020
Continuation 16378990 · Apr 9, 2019
Continuation 15990076 · May 25, 2018
Continuation 15004189 · Jan 22, 2016
Continuation 13077524 · Mar 31, 2011
Provisional Application 61425207 · Dec 20, 2010
Related Publication 20240353973A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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