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Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2004
Applicants:

Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jessica Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sarah Wilkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);

David Hyatt, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jens Alfke, San Jose, CA (US);

Wayne Loofbourrow, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jessica Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sarah Wilkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);

David Hyatt, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jens Alfke, San Jose, CA (US);

Wayne Loofbourrow, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A user interface comprises an interactive control and method for quickly changing the amount of text displayed in each item in a list of text items. The control allows the user to choose from a large range of choices for how much text is displayed and provides live updates of the changes. The method saves the user time by eliminating the need to refresh the screen when changing the amount of text displayed.


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