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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2011
Applicants:

Matt Pallakoff, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeff Tycz, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jennifer NG, San Francisco, CA (US);

Josh Feldman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matt Pallakoff, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeff Tycz, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jennifer Ng, San Francisco, CA (US);

Josh Feldman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

NOOK DIGITAL, LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method provides a user interface on an electronic device with a listing of the most recently used or viewed items that is organized by the category of item. A menu containing the most recently read items is separated into separate categories such as books and periodicals. The menu displays the most recently opened item in each of the categories. In this manner, one category will not dominate over the other categories on the menu.


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