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Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for a unified annotation layer for annotating content displayed on a device

A user interface and annotation layer technology, applied in the input/output process of data processing, instruments, calculations, etc., can solve problems such as low efficiency and cumbersome methods, and achieve the effect of improving efficiency

Active Publication Date: 2019-06-04
APPLE INC
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Conventional methods of adding annotations to user interfaces are cumbersome and inefficient

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[0024] Many electronic devices have multiple applications for viewing and editing documents. Some of these applications allow users to add comments to documents. However, existing methods for annotating documents are slow and inefficient. For example, different applications use different methods to annotate documents and / or save annotated documents and annotations. Also, for documents associated with applications that do not allow annotation, a separate application is required for annotation. Also, comments added to documents in one application may not be saved for display or editing in other applications. The following embodiments address these issues by providing a method that allows annotations to be added to a unified annotation layer that operates in conjunction with multiple applications and is controlled by the annotation application independently of the multiple applications.

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An electronic device displays a first user interface of a first application. The first application is a respective application of a plurality of applications, and the first user interface including first application content. While displaying the first user interface, and in response to detecting a first input, the device continues to display the first application content and displays an annotationlayer over at least a first portion of the first user interface. The annotation layer is associated with a user application distinct from the plurality of applications. While displaying the annotation layer over at least the first portion, and in response to detecting a second input, the device adds a representation of at least a second portion of the first user interface to the annotation layer.While displaying the representation, the device detects a set of one or more additional inputs and, in response, adds annotations to the annotation layer.

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technical field [0001] This document generally relates to electronic devices with touch-sensitive displays, including but not limited to electronic devices with touch-sensitive displays that manipulate user interfaces by adding annotations to a unified annotation layer. Background technique [0002] The use of touch-sensitive surfaces as input devices for computers and other electronic computing devices has grown significantly in recent years. Examples of touch-sensitive surfaces include touchpads and touchscreen displays. Such surfaces are widely used for manipulating user interface objects on a display. [0003] The user interface can be manipulated by adding annotations. Conventional methods of adding annotations to user interfaces are cumbersome and inefficient. Contents of the invention [0004] Therefore, electronic devices need to have faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for adding annotations to user interfaces. Such methods and interfaces alternative...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0488
CPCG06F3/0488G06F40/169G06F3/04883G06F3/03545G06F2203/04804
Inventor D·C·格拉哈姆K·L·科西恩达C·G·斯塔克C·P·福斯F·A·安祖雷斯
Owner APPLE INC