Patent ID: 9448719
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A device for displaying content containing multiple levels of information including one or more lower levels of information that can be hidden so as to not be displayed, comprising: a display for displaying the content to a user; a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input; and a user interface including an expand/collapse mode configured to reveal or hide lower level information relating to displayed content in response to user contact including a multipoint pinch gesture; wherein if the pinch gesture is performed over a particular piece of displayed content associated with lower level information, the expand/collapse mode exclusively reveals or hides lower level information for that particular piece of displayed content; and wherein if the pinch gesture is not performed over a particular piece of displayed content associated with lower level information, the expand/collapse mode globally reveals or hides lower level information for all of the displayed content associated with lower level information.