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Portable electronic device supporting application switching

A portable and icon-applied technology, which can be used in branch office equipment, telephones with user guidance/use, and equipment with touch pads/sensors/detectors, etc., which can solve problems such as inconvenient restrictions

Active Publication Date: 2010-01-13
APPLE INC
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This limitation is especially inconvenient if the purpose of invoking another app is related to an ongoing phone call

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[0031] Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments.

[0032]Embodiments of portable electronic devices, user interfaces for these devices, and related processes for using these devices are described. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device is a portable communication device, such as a mobile phone, that also incorporates other functions, such as PDA and / or music player functions.

[0033] The user interface may include a physical click whe...

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A portable electronic device displays, on a touch screen display, a user interface for a phone application during a phone call. In response to detecting activation of a menu icon or menu button, the UI for the phone application is replaced with a menu of application icons, while maintaining the phone call. In response to detecting a finger gesture on a non-telephone service application icon, displaying a user interface for the non-telephone service application while continuing to maintain the phone call, the UI for the non-telephone service application including a switch application icon thatis not displayed in the UI when there is no ongoing phone call. In response to detecting a finger gesture on the switch application icon, replacing display of the UI for the non-telephone service application with a respective UI for the phone application while continuing to maintain the phone call.

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technical field [0001] The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electronic devices, and more particularly, to portable electronic devices that allow a user to use multiple applications in parallel. Background technique [0002] Portable electronic devices (eg, mobile phones, sometimes referred to as cell phones, cell phones, cell phones, etc.) typically support a variety of applications such as telephony, email, Instant Messaging (IM), digital cameras, web browsing, etc. . [0003] Users may often prefer to start new applications without terminating or suspending existing applications. For example, if a user and another person are on the phone, the user may need to check the weather forecast for a city and then notify the other person of the weather forecast call. At some point, a user may wish to respond to an incoming IM message while chatting with another person on the phone. [0004] But existing products do not yet support this multitasking feature on t...

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IPC IPC(8): H04M1/247H04M1/725H04M1/72469G06F3/0488H04M1/72403
CPCG06F3/04883H04M2250/22H04M1/72403H04M1/72469
Inventor S·福斯塔G·克里斯蒂S·O·勒梅M·万欧斯I·乔德里
Owner APPLE INC