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Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Inventors:

Johannes Rhede, Berlin, DE;

Carsten Temming, Braunschweig, DE;

Johannes Tümler, Wellen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04114 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method which presents icons corresponding to applications, wherein each icon functions as an identifier for an application and the individual applications in this display cannot be operated by the user; detects a user input for selecting some of the applications identified by the icons; presents enlarged icons for the selected applications, wherein no comprehensive user functionality of the selected applications is available but a user action is performed for at least one application; detects an additional user input for selecting one of the applications identified by the enlarged icons; and presents the content of the selected application, wherein a comprehensive user functionality of the application can be accessed.


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