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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:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Applicant:
David Graham Boyers, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Graham Boyers, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, comprising: at a computing device with a touch-sensitive display: displaying a control icon; displaying an item preselection mark at a position of an item in a list of items; detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display; and—in response to detecting a change in a position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, changing in a number of discrete steps the position of the item preselection mark in the list of items; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; and in response to detecting a selection gesture on the control icon, selecting an item at a position of the item preselection mark in the list of items.