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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas G. Salter, Foster City, CA (US);
Gregory Patrick Lane Lutter, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Rahul Nair, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Devin William Chalmers, Oakland, CA (US);
Ioana Negoita, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is performed at an electronic device with a one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. The method includes presenting, on the display, a plurality of objects including a first object and a second object. The method includes obtaining a first display priority value that is associated with the first object. The method includes prioritizing the first object over the second object based on a function of the first display priority value. The method includes, in response to determining that each of the first object and the second object satisfies an offscreen criterion, displaying, on the display, a first offscreen indicator that is associated with the first object according to the prioritization.