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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Chanaka G. Karunamuni, San Jose, CA (US);
Marcos Alonso Ruiz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathan de Vries, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon M. Walkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher P. Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Caelan G. Stack, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Bernstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian K. Missig, Redwood City, CA (US);
Linda L. Dong, Altadena, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first application. The device detects an input a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, and liftoff of the contact at an end of the movement. In response, the device, in accordance with a determination that the input meets last-application-display criteria, displays a second user interface of a second application that is distinct from the first application; and in accordance with a determination that the input meets home-display criteria, displays a home screen user interface that includes a plurality of application launch icons that correspond to a plurality of applications installed on the device.