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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Ian Patrick Mccullough, Wilkinsburg, PA (US);
Peter Glen Berger, Irwin, PA (US);
Ian Patrick McCullough, Wilkinsburg, PA (US);
Peter Glen Berger, Irwin, PA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes: displaying a collection of objects; detecting a gesture made by a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, the gesture comprising a first movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface followed by a pause in movement of the contact followed by a second movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface; selecting a plurality of objects in the collection of objects in accordance with the first movement; and, after detecting the pause in movement of the contact, moving the selected plurality of objects away from unselected objects in the collection of objects in accordance with the second movement.