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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Robert M. Chinn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pavel Cisler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patrick E. Mcclaughry, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marcel Mwa Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bas Ording, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert M. Chinn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pavel Cisler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patrick E. McClaughry, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marcel MWA van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bas Ording, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A set of elements, such as, for example, a path, a directory list, a playlist, and a listing of information associated with a file or a song, may be truncated so that a partial set may be generated and displayed. The truncation may be performed in an intelligent manner to produce a meaningful truncated portion. Such a partial set may be beneficial when the space allotted for display of the set is small to begin with or is reduced. In one implementation, a display size of a set is compared with a size of a display area. A data element is selected based on the comparison, and a display space size is determined for the selected data element. A truncated, yet meaningful, portion is determined for the selected data element, the portion fitting within the display space size.