Patent ID: 11899703
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first selectable representation of first content in a first location and a second selectable representation of a second content horizontally neighboring the first selectable representation, that upon selection of the first selectable representation, causes the first content, which is associated with the first selectable representation, to be presented in the GUI;
receiving a user input, the user input comprising a slide gesture across at least a portion of the first selectable representation, indicating a request to perform a slide movement on the first selectable representation independent of at least a portion of other objects in the GUI; wherein the slide gesture is initiated outward to an edge of the GUI in a first direction that is away from the second selectable representation; and
in response to the slide gesture being initiated outward to the edge of the GUI in the first direction that is away from the second selectable representation:
rendering, in the GUI, a slide animation that slides the first selectable representation in the first direction out of at least a portion of the first location, resulting in an exposed area of the GUI comprising a void in the at least portion of the first location, while retaining a position of the at least portion of the other objects rendered in the GUI and a portion of the first selectable representation on screen;
removing, from the GUI, the second selectable representation, creating an additional portion of the exposed area; and
rendering, in the GUI, one or more GUI controls in at least a portion of the void of the exposed area of the GUI; wherein the one or more GUI controls are selectable to perform a control action associated with the first content.