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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Arnaud Gourdol, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Donald J. Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arnaud Gourdol, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Donald J. Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer user interface is provided which allows a user to adjust the size of icons based upon a user's preference or based upon a characteristic of the objects that the icons represent. When the icon sizing is performed according to a user preference, a relative sizing scheme or an arbitrary icon sizing scheme can be employed to variably size icons. Providing the ability to size icons in such a manner allows users to represent a user's categorization of object importance, for example.