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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Julien Jalon, Paris, FR;
Julien Gricourt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yan Arrouye, Mountain View, CA (US);
Julien Jalon, Paris, FR;
Julien Gricourt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yan Arrouye, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
User interfaces for browsing and/or searching are described. According to some aspects of the invention, a server in the system initiates an instance of a preview generator for each client machine in the system. The instance sends at least one of a preview and a thumbnail of a file to the client machine responsive to a request for the file from the client machine to allow the client machine to present the preview. The instance may generate an icon representing the file and execute a plug-in associated with a creator application of the file to present the preview within the icon so that the creator application does not have to be launched. Other embodiments are also described, and computer readable media and apparatuses are also described.