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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:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christine S. O′Mara, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jessica J. Peck, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Harry M. Simmonds, Calgary, CA;

Felicia W. Edwards, Loveland, CO (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example process includes while displaying, on a display, a graphical element having a first display location, receiving a natural language input including a deictic reference to the graphical element; determining whether the natural language input corresponds to a user intent to move or copy the graphical element; in accordance with a determination that the natural language input corresponds to the user intent to move or copy the graphical element: determining, based on detected user gaze input, that the deictic reference refers to the graphical element; and in accordance with determining that the deictic reference refers to the graphical element, displaying the graphical element at a second display location different from the first display location.


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