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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michel Elings, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Pepijn T. Zoon, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/211 (2013.01); G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 17/2294 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method for displaying text content on a device. The method receives a set of text content arranged in a single column. The method identifies a separable segment of the text content for display on a device. Based on properties of the text content and the device, the method determines whether the separable segment of the text content meets a set of characteristics for dividing the segment of text content into more than one column for display. When the separable segment of text content meets the set of characteristics, the method displays the segment of text content using more than one column.


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