USOO9367232B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,367,232 B2 Platzer et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jun. 14, 2016 (54) PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, (52) U.S. Cl. METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER CPC ............ G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 INTERFACE SUPPORTING USER (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); NAVIGATIONS OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS (Continued) ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY (58) Field of Classification Search (71) Applicant: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US) None (72) Inventors: Andrew Emilio Platzer, Santa Clara, See application file for complete search history. CA (US); Charles J. Pisula, Bethesda, (56) References Cited MD (US): Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US); Steven P. Jobs; U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Gregory Christie, San Jose, CA (US); 5,051,736 A 9, 1991 Bennett et al. Scott Forstall, Los Altos, CA (US); 5,146,556 A 9/1992 Hullot et al. Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Matas, San Francisco, (Continued) CA (US); Gregory Novick, San Francisco, CA (US); Marcel van Os, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS San Francisco, CA (US) AU 20063381.83 A1 8, 2007 (73) Assignee: APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US) AU 2012202140 A1 5, 2012 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 OTHER PUBLICATIONS U.S.C. 154(b) by 246 days. International Preliminary Report on Patentability received for PCT (21) Appl. No.: 14/011,639 Patent Application No. PCT/US2008/050430, issued on Jul. 7, 2009, (22) Filed: Aug. 27, 2013 10 pages. (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2014/OO684.83 A1 Mar. 6, 2014 Primary Examiner - Adam R Giesy Related U.S. ApplicationO O Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Morrison & Foerster LLP (57) ABSTRACT (63) Continuation of application No. 1 1/969,809, filed on Jan. 4, 2008, now Pat. No. 8,519,964. A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface s s sa- - - s object and a second user interface object on a touch screen (60) Provisional application No. 60/937,993, filed on Jun. display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user 29, 2007, provisional application No. 60/937,990, interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the filed on Jun. 29, 2007, provisional application No. touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface 60/879,469, filed on Jan. 8, 2007, provisional object on the touchscreen display along a path determined by application No. 60/879.253, filed on Jan. 7, 2007. the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon (51)51) Int. 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