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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 11, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joe Howard, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua McGlinn, Mooresville, NC (US);
Jonathan Lochhead, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Benjamin W. Keighran, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US);
Elbert D. Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jennifer L. C. Folse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lynne Kress, Seattle, WA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an electronic device. The electronic device provides, for display on a display device, a user interface including a first set of columns, two or more columns in the first set of columns each including two or more menu items. The electronic device receives a selection input. In response to receiving the selection input, in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of a first column the electronic device provides, for display on the display device, a second set of columns, two or more of the columns in the second set of columns corresponding to different subsets of menu items that were displayed in the first column that was selected in response to the selection input.