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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Marcos Alonso Ruiz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chanaka G. Karunamuni, San Jose, CA (US);
Brandon M. Walkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shubham Kedia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In response to detecting a movement input directed to an application switcher user interface including application representations: the device, in accordance with the movement input meeting deletion criteria corresponding to a respective application representation, moves the respective application representation while maintaining the respective size of the respective application representation during its movement, and removes the respective application representation from the application switcher user interface; and the electronic device, in accordance with the movement input meeting home display criteria, changes the respective sizes of application representations, ceases to display the application switching user interface, and displays an application launching user interface.