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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Elbert D. Chen, Cupertino, 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);
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
William M. Bachman, San Jose, 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 generates for presentation on a display a user interface including a plurality of groups of icons. A plurality of the icons have been grouped based at least in part on metadata of applications associated with the icons. The electronic device receives input selecting a respective icon. In response to receiving the input selecting a respective icon, the electronic device invokes an instance of an application associated with the respective icon.