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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan S. Hshieh, Cupertino, CA (US);

Conrad A. Shultz, San Jose, CA (US);

Karl Christian Kohlschuetter, Monte Sereno, CA (US);

Mateusz K. Rajca, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Oluwatomiwa Alabi, Oakland, CA (US);

Raymond S. Sepulveda, Campbell, CA (US);

Shawn D. Moon, San Mateo, CA (US);

Zachary G. King, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Garrett M. Davidson, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for proactively identifying user interface objects (e.g., internet links) directed to information of interest to the user and displaying the identified user interface objects in a user interface on an electronic device are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the method includes receive, via a user input device, a user input within a user interface of an internet browser application and displayed on the display of the electronic device; and in response to the user input, display, within the user interface, a first set of one or more user interface objects, each providing a suggested internet link obtained from one or more data sources, different than the internet browser application, on the electronic device.


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