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Account switching

  • US 10,572,120 B1
  • Filed: 12/11/2017
  • Issued: 02/25/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • displaying, on a display interface of a computing device, a home screen including a plurality of indications, each indication representing a different user account, the plurality of indications being simultaneously displayed in a first region of the display interface, each user account including one or more user account details specific to that respective user account, and each user account being associated with a respective background, a first one of the plurality of indications being located at a main position along the first region of the display interface and a second one of the plurality of indications being located at a secondary position along the first region of the display interface;

    displaying as a background image for the display interface, using one or more processors of the computing device, a representation of a first background associated with the first indication, the representation of the first background being displayed concurrently with the plurality of indications;

    presenting, using the one or more processors of the computing device, first user account details of the first indication, the first user account details being located at a corresponding position along a second region of the display interface relative to the first indication;

    receiving, at the display interface, a tap of the second indication, the tap indicating a selection of a second user account associated with the second indication; and

    transitioning, using the one or more processors of the computing device in response to the tap, from a first user account associated with the first indication to the second user account associated with the second indication, the transitioning including;

    gradually changing from displaying the representation of the first background associated with the first indication to displaying a representation of a second background associated with the second indication, wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second backgrounds are simultaneously displayed during the changing, andpresenting second user account details of the second indication, the second user account details being located at a corresponding position along a second region of the display interface relative to the second indication.

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