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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John O. Louch, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Timothy W. Bumgarner, Sharpsburg, MD (US);
Eric S. Peyton, Lisle, IL (US);
Christopher J. Hynes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
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.