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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Hynes, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Louch, Boulder, CO (US);
Bas Ording, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Wayne Bumgarner, Sharpsburg, MD (US);
Eric Steven Peyton, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract
Selection of visualization objects, such as applications windows, is performed by determining a position of a system object. A graphical representation of a system object can be positioned over a display area of an application interface. The application interface is preeminently displayed in response to a graphical representation of system object being positioned over a corresponding display area of the application interface.