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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Greg Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Herz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bas Ording, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Novick, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wayne C. Westerman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Lee Coffman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth Kocienda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nitin K. Ganatra, San Jose, CA (US);
Freddy Allen Anzures, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy A. Wyld, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bush, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul D. Marcos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Charles J. Pisula, San Jose, CA (US);
Virgil Scott King, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francisco Ryan Tolmasky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Williamson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andre M. J. Boule, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Henri C. Lamiraux, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Greg Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Herz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bas Ording, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Novick, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wayne C. Westerman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Lee Coffman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth Kocienda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nitin K. Ganatra, San Jose, CA (US);
Freddy Allen Anzures, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy A. Wyld, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bush, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul D. Marcos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Charles J. Pisula, San Jose, CA (US);
Virgil Scott King, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francisco Ryan Tolmasky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Williamson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andre M. J. Boule, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Henri C. Lamiraux, San Carlos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items.