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System and method for displaying, navigating and selecting electronically stored content on a multifunction handheld device

  • US 8,468,460 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2010
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for navigating among a plurality of activity programs electronically stored in processor-readable non-transitory memory of a portable handheld multifunction electronic system having at least a main processor in electrical communication with the memory and with a contact-sensitive display, comprising the steps of:

  • simultaneously displaying on the contact-sensitive display a home screen comprising a plurality of category icons and a predetermined subcategory icon being a currently selected subcategory icon,each separate category icon of the plurality of category icons associated with one separate category of a plurality of categories,each separate category icon having a link to one or more activity programs of the plurality of activity programs, the one or more activity programs being linked to each category icon also being associated the currently selected subcategory;

    determining, in a first selecting step, whether one or more contacts with the contact-sensitive display represents a user selection of a first selected category corresponding to a first selected category icon of the plurality of displayed category icons, or a user selection of another subcategory corresponding to another displayed subcategory icon, and, in response,if the first selected category has been selected, replacing the plurality of displayed category icons with a display of one or more activity program icons, each of the one or more displayed activity program icons corresponding to a separate one of the activity programs belonging to the first selected category and to the currently selected subcategory, orif another subcategory has been selected, continuing to display the plurality of displayed category icons, changing the currently selected subcategory icon to the another subcategory icon and changing the link of each separate displayed category icon to a different one or more activity programs of the number of activity programs, the different one or more activity program being associated the another subcategory and with each category of the category icons being displayed.

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