{
  "patent_number": "US 11809700",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Folders With Multiple Pages Work on Touchscreens",
  "original_title": "Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing folders with multiple pages",
  "summary": "Apple's patent describes how to organize apps into multi-page folders and move icons between those pages by dragging them to specific screen edges.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent details a system for managing app icons inside folders that contain more items than can fit on a single screen. When a user opens a folder, they see a first page of icons. The system allows a user to drag an icon to a specific region—like the edge of the screen—to trigger a page flip. If the user drags the icon to a different region, the folder view closes. This mechanism allows for intuitive organization of large app collections on mobile devices.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover folder systems that only allow a single page of icons.",
    "Does not cover moving icons between folders using non-drag gestures like long-press menus.",
    "Does not cover automatic sorting or organizational logic that does not involve user-initiated dragging.",
    "Does not cover folder management on devices without touch-sensitive displays."
  ],
  "filed": "2022-03-18",
  "granted": "2023-11-07",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Apple Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/apple-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Imran Chaudhri",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/imran-chaudhri"
    },
    {
      "name": "Marcel van Os",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/marcel-van-os"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 3,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "A device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects that includes one or more folder icons on a display. The device detects a first input requesting to select a folder icon for a folder that includes selectable icons divided between a plurality of distinct separately displayed pages of a folder view. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a first page of the folder view. While displaying the first page of the folder view, the device detects a second input that corresponds to a request to display a second page of the folder view. In response to detecting the second input, the device ceases to display the first page and displays the second page of the folder view.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11809700/vision-pro-eye-tracking",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11809700/vision-pro-eye-tracking/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11809700",
  "relatedPatents": []
}