(58) Field of Classification Search. 715,767768. H.Clashbaby Adding Dising Ying...Configuring 715/802, 808, 810, 866 Individual Widgets As Desired
USOO8291.332B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,291.332 B2 Chaudhri et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Oct. 16, 2012 (54) LAYER FOR ACCESSING USER INTERFACE 5,289,574 A 2/1994 Sawyer ELEMENTS 5,297.250 A 3/1994 Leroy et al. 5,303,388 A 4, 1994 Kreitman et al. (75) Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA 5,351,995 A 10/1994 Booker (US); John Louch, San Luis Obispo, CA (Continued) (US); Andrew M. Grignon, Campbell, CA (US); Gregory N. Christie, San FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Jose, CA (US) CN 1191344. A 8, 1998 (73) Assignee: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 790 days. Examiner's First Report on Australian Patent Application No. 2011200603, Mar. 28, 2011, 2 pages. This patent is Subject to a terminal dis claimer. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 12/343,140 Primary Examiner — Steven BTheriault (22) Filed: Dec. 23, 2008 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Fish & Richardson P.C. (65) Prior Publication Data US 2009/0158193 A1 Jun. 18, 2009 (57) ABSTRACT Related U.S. Application Data A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface ele (63) Continuation of application No. 10877.968, filed on ments, referred to herein as “widgets, for quick access by a Jun. 25, 2004, now Pat. No. 7,490,295. user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen.
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