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User interface for providing consolidation and access

A user and computer system technology, applied in data processing applications, data processing input/output processes, instruments, etc., and can solve problems such as the limitation of the number of applications

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-06-18
APPLE INC
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[0018] Although this GUI is sometimes more flexible than the toolbar / application bar of FIG. 2 in allowing the user to organize content, the application dock 300 is still limited in the number of applications it can accommodate at any one time.

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[0032] In the following description, for purposes of illustration and not limitation, detailed descriptions such as particular circuits, circuit components, techniques, etc. are given in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be applied to other embodiments that depart from these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known methods, devices, and circuits are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention.

[0033] Embodiments of the present invention can be applied to using Finder TM Apple Macintosh user interface TM computer system. However, it is readily understood by those skilled in the art that the user interface and elements of the user interface according to the present invention can be combined with any system having a display with a processor. Typically, such computer systems, such as Figure 4 As sh...

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A method for displaying graphical representations of launchable applications on a display of a device comprising: displaying on the display a visible mechanism for launching one or more launchable applications, wherein the visible mechanism comprises multiple user-activatable graphical representations that respectively correspond to multiple launchable applications; detecting a position of a user input proximate to at least one of the graphical representations; in response to the detecting, increasing in size the at least one of the graphical representations; and increasing one or more of the remaining graphical representations to one or more respective sizes, each of which is at least approximately inversely related to a distance between the associated graphical representation and the detected position.

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Background technique [0001] The present invention relates to graphical user interfaces for computer systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for interfacing with application programs and operating systems that provide flexible GUI customization. [0002] The development of the computer industry has not paralleled the growth rate and complexity. For example, personal computers that began as low-powered calculators with limited storage capacity, tape-driven input, and a monochrome display can now be used for almost any data-processing job. While this increase in functional speed is almost sufficient to meet the needs of application programmers, end users, etc., the corresponding increase in complexity creates a problem of ease of use, which is a problem that is relatively slow to solve in the industry. Designers are thus faced with a new challenge: to enable people with relatively little computer training to take advantage of this comput...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/033
CPCY10S715/977G06F3/04842G06F3/04817G06F3/0482G06F2203/04805
Inventor 巴斯・奥丁史蒂文・P・乔博斯唐纳德・J・林德塞
Owner APPLE INC
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