La 5 ani de zile de la lansarea iPhone-ului si a iOS 1, Apple are in sfarsit un brevet de inventie pentru interfata care a schimbat practic felul in care privim telefoanele mobile. Multe smartphone-uri ale anului 2007 aveau o interfata similara, insa ceea ce a facut Apple a inspirat multe alte companii. Pentru ca Apple breveteaza aproape orice, imaginile de mai sus descriu interfata iOS-ului care este acum brevetata de catre compania Apple si acest nou brevet de inventie ar putea reprezenta o problema majora pentru producatorii de terminale Android.
Brevetul acesta de inventie acopera o gama foarte larga de interfate grafice si daca va uitati putin la el realizati rapid ca majoritatea sistemelor de operare pentru terminale mobile au elementele aranjate similar pe ecran. Acum Apple va folosi cu siguranta acest brevet pentru a ataca producatorii de terminale Android si nu numai, insa ramane de vazut cat succes va avea.
A method, comprising: at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display: displaying a portion of an electronic document on the touch screen display, wherein the displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document; displaying a vertical bar on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document, the vertical bar displayed proximate to a vertical edge of the displayed portion of the electronic document, wherein: the vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document; and the vertical bar is not a scroll bar; detecting a movement of an object in a direction on the displayed portion of the electronic document; in response to detecting the movement: scrolling the electronic document displayed on the touch screen display in the direction of movement of the object so that a new portion of the electronic document is displayed, moving the vertical bar to a new vertical position such that the new vertical position corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed new portion of the electronic document, and maintaining the vertical bar proximate to the vertical edge of the displayed portion of the electronic document; and in response to a predetermined condition being met, ceasing to display the vertical bar while continuing to display the displayed portion of the electronic document, wherein the displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical extent that is less than a vertical extent of the electronic document.