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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:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew I. Brown, New York, NY (US);

Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, San Francisco, CA (US);

Avi E. Cieplinski, San Francisco, CA (US);

May-Li Khoe, San Francisco, CA (US);

Julian Missig, Burlingame, CA (US);

Nicholas Zambetti, Largo, FL (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device with a display and touch-sensitive surface displays a plurality of user interface objects. The device enables multiple objects to be selected by a user, in succession, with a single gesture that remains in contact with the touch-sensitive surface, moving from object to object of the plurality of user interface objects, with separate press inputs for selecting each additional object while maintaining selection of objects previously selected using the same gesture.


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