PatentBrief

Inventor

Patrick Lee Coffman

Patents indexed

1

Year range

2009

Associated with

Years active

2009

Total patents

1

Most recent

2009

Frequent collaborator

Freddy Allen Anzures

Domains

consumer_electronicssoftwaretelecommunications

Activity by decade

2000s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 2009

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20092010

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US 7479949·2009·Apple Inc

How Touchscreens Understand Your Finger Swipes and Scrolls

This patent describes how touchscreens use smart rules, called heuristics, to figure out if your finger movement means scrolling up, moving around a map, or flipping to the next photo, especially by looking at how you start your swipe.

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