User interface for portable device
First Claim
1. A user interface for a portable device, the user interface comprising:
- a vertical first list presented on a touchscreen display, the vertical first list including selections for launching applications executable by the portable device, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions, wherein each of the plurality of horizontal screen regions includes a textual description of the respective application and an icon representing the respective application, and wherein each application is launched by actuating its corresponding horizontal screen region, wherein the vertical first list presents a limited number of applications;
a vertical second list presenting selections related to respective stored contacts, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions; and
a vertical alternate list that presents selections for launching additional applications that are installed on the portable device but not shown in the vertical first list;
wherein each of the vertical first and vertical second lists includes a respective tab visible from both the vertical first and vertical second lists, and wherein either the vertical first or vertical second list is brought to the forefront by actuating its respective tab;
and wherein the vertical alternate list is accessed by actuating a selection presented with the vertical first list for accessing the vertical alternate list;
and wherein the vertical first list is scrollable and the selection for accessing the vertical alternate list is independent of the vertical first list and is presented in a fixed location on a screen that displays the vertical first list.
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Abstract
A user interface for a portable electronic device. In an example implementation, a first screen presents selections for launching applications executable by the portable device, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions, and a second screen presents selections related to stored contacts, these selections also being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions. Each of the first and second screens is accessible from the other by actuating a respective tab. A selection on the first screen may include an icon representing an application, and a textual description of the application, and the textual description may be prominent in relation to the icon. Actuating a selection on the second screen may access an individual contact screen that presents a chronological history of communications with the corresponding contact.
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22 Claims
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1. A user interface for a portable device, the user interface comprising:
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a vertical first list presented on a touchscreen display, the vertical first list including selections for launching applications executable by the portable device, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions, wherein each of the plurality of horizontal screen regions includes a textual description of the respective application and an icon representing the respective application, and wherein each application is launched by actuating its corresponding horizontal screen region, wherein the vertical first list presents a limited number of applications; a vertical second list presenting selections related to respective stored contacts, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions; and a vertical alternate list that presents selections for launching additional applications that are installed on the portable device but not shown in the vertical first list; wherein each of the vertical first and vertical second lists includes a respective tab visible from both the vertical first and vertical second lists, and wherein either the vertical first or vertical second list is brought to the forefront by actuating its respective tab; and wherein the vertical alternate list is accessed by actuating a selection presented with the vertical first list for accessing the vertical alternate list; and wherein the vertical first list is scrollable and the selection for accessing the vertical alternate list is independent of the vertical first list and is presented in a fixed location on a screen that displays the vertical first list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touchscreen display; and a processor system, the processor system configured to present a user interface on the touchscreen display, wherein the user interface includes a vertical first list, the vertical first list presenting selections for launching applications executable by the portable device, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions, wherein each of the plurality of screen regions includes a textual description of the respective application and an icon representing the respective application, and wherein each respective application is launched by actuating its corresponding horizontal screen region, wherein the vertical first list presents a limited number of applications; a vertical second list presenting selections related to respective stored contacts, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions; and a vertical alternate list that presents selections for launching additional applications that are installed on the portable device but not shown in the vertical first list; wherein each of the vertical first and vertical second lists includes a respective tab visible from both the vertical first and vertical second lists, and wherein either the vertical first or vertical second list is brought to the forefront by actuating its respective tab; and wherein the vertical alternate list is accessed by actuating a selection presented with the vertical first list for accessing the vertical alternate list; and wherein the vertical first list is scrollable and the selection for accessing the vertical alternate list is independent of the vertical first list and is presented in a fixed location on a screen that displays the vertical first list. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A user interface for a portable electronic device, the user interface comprising:
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a vertical list including selections for launching applications executable by the portable device, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions, wherein each of the plurality of horizontal screen regions includes a textual description of the respective application and an icon representing the respective application, and wherein each application is launched by actuating its corresponding horizontal screen region; wherein the vertical list presents a selection for launching a telephone application of the portable device, wherein the telephone application, when launched via the selection, displays a virtual keypad for entering telephone numbers; and wherein the vertical list presents a selection for launching a voicemail application that accesses voice messages associated with a telephone number of the portable device, and wherein the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application are presented simultaneously and adjacently in the same particular one of the plurality of horizontal regions on the same screen, which screen is brought to the forefront of the user interface making the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application visible when a physical home button of the portable device is actuated, and wherein the particular horizontal region contains only the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application; and wherein the horizontal screen region containing the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application is fixed in position in relation to at least one other screen region; and wherein the horizontal screen region containing the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application is at the top of the vertical list; and wherein the horizontal screen region containing the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application is the only horizontal region on the vertical list that contains more than one selection for launching applications executable by the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A user interface for a portable device, the user interface comprising:
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a vertical first list presented on a touchscreen display, the vertical first list including selections for launching applications executable by the portable device, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions, wherein each of the plurality of horizontal screen regions includes a textual description of the respective application and an icon representing the respective application, and wherein each application is launched by actuating its corresponding horizontal screen region, wherein the vertical first list presents a limited number of applications; a vertical second list presenting selections related to respective stored contacts, the selections being presented in a plurality of horizontal screen regions; and a vertical alternate list that presents selections for launching additional applications that are installed on the portable device but not shown in the vertical first list; wherein the vertical first list includes a horizontal region containing a selection for launching a telephone application and a selection for launching a voicemail application, wherein the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application are presented simultaneously and adjacently on the same screen; and wherein the horizontal screen region containing the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application is at the top of the vertical list; and wherein the horizontal screen region containing the selection for launching the telephone application and the selection for launching the voicemail application is the only horizontal region on the first vertical list that contains more than one selection for launching applications executable by the portable device.
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