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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2012
Applicants:

Kenton M. Lyons, Santa Clara, CA (US);

David H. Nguyen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Daniel L. Ashbrook, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kenton M. Lyons, Santa Clara, CA (US);

David H. Nguyen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Daniel L. Ashbrook, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G04G 17/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G04G 21/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04G 17/083 (2013.01); G04G 21/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 1/1649 (2013.01); G06F 1/1692 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); H04M 1/0206 (2013.01); H04M 1/0247 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2356/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01); H04M 2250/16 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that receive touch input via at least first and second segments of a multi-segment wearable accessory and determine that the touch input associated with the second segment is moving relative to the touch input associated with the first segment. A presentation of content displayed at least partially by the first segment may be modified based upon movement of the touch input associated with the second segment, such as in an expand operation, in which content is displayed on a second segment, or a collapse operation, in which content is removed from the second segment following an expand operation.


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