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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Francisco Ryan Tolmasky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Williamson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patricia J. Coleman, Montara, CA (US);
Chris Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Corbin Robert Dunn, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francisco Ryan Tolmasky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Williamson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patricia J. Coleman, Montara, CA (US);
Chris Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Corbin Robert Dunn, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method in a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes: displaying content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of user input elements; detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display; choosing a user input element in the plurality of user input elements based on proximity of the user input element to the contact; displaying information associated with the chosen user input element over the displayed content; detecting a break in the contact by the finger with the touch screen display; and receiving input for the chosen user input element.