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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Brandon M. Walkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for multitasking include displaying a dock containing application icons corresponding to different application concurrently with a first user interface of a first application; detecting a first input directed to an application icon corresponding to a second application in the dock; in accordance with a determination that the second application is associated with multiple windows, displaying a first representation of a first window for the second application and a second representation of a second window for the second application concurrently with the first user interface of the first application in a second region of the display area; and in accordance with a determination that the second application is associated with only a single window, displaying a second user interface of the second application concurrently with the first user interface of the first application.