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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kenneth Kocienda, San Jose, CA (US);
Chanaka G. Karunamuni, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary Ian Butcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dylan Ross Edwards, Cupertino, CA (US);
Aurelio Guzman, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes displaying a plurality of application icons for launching application programs, where the application icons occupy respective locations on a hexagonal grid and are arranged in a first configuration. An input that corresponds to a request to move the first application icon from a first location to a respective location, different from the first location, is detected. In response to the input, the display of the plurality of application icons is transitioned from the first configuration to a second configuration.