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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:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2008
Jeffrey MA, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gregory Dudey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rachel Clare Goldeen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Justin Henzie, Concord, CA (US);
Rainer Brodersen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ma, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gregory Dudey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rachel Clare Goldeen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Justin Henzie, Concord, CA (US);
Rainer Brodersen, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Among other things, techniques and systems are disclosed for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to user. A system includes a content source and a GUI communicatively connected to the content source. The GUI includes a user input area to receive user input and a display area to display available content items from the content source based on the received user input. The display area includes a presentation of the available content arranged in one or more rows. Each row includes a user selectable area to display at least one visual indication that represents one or more of the available content items. Each row includes a holding area to display another visual indication that represents other available content items not displayed in the user selectable area. The display area includes highlighting positioned over one of the available content items.