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Touch-based tab navigation method and related device

  • US 20080270931A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2008
  • Published: 10/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of navigating between different tabs in a user interface of a portable digital information device, the method comprising:

  • displaying a first set of tabs sequentially arranged along a linear direction on a display of the portable digital information device, the first set of tabs containing tabs that are a subset of tabs contained in a master set of tabs;

    receiving touch input from a user in which the user touches a touch-sensitive area of the portable digital information device and drags a finger across the touch-sensitive area in a direction parallel to the linear direction in which the first set of tabs are sequentially arranged;

    changing a position of tabs displayed along the linear direction of the display in response to receiving the touch input from the user; and

    displaying a second set of tabs containing tabs that are a subset of tabs contained in the master set of tabs in response to the change in position of the tabs.

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