US 12,461,646 B2
System and method for streamlining user interaction with electronic content
Yves Behar, Oakland, CA (US); Joshua Morenstein, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel Kuo, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Hibmacronan, Oakland, CA (US); Naoya Edahiro, San Francisco, CA (US); Matthew David Day, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington, Asheville, NC (US); Noah Bruce Guyot, Mill Valley, CA (US); Jenea Boshart Hayes, Castro Valley, CA (US); Aaron Tang, Boston, MA (US); Donald Francis Fischer, Charlestown, MA (US); Christian Marc Schmidt, Brooklyn, NY (US); Lisa Strausfeld, New York, NY (US); David Livingstone Fore, Oakland, CA (US); John H. Chuang, Brookline, MA (US); Chris Bambacus, Framingham, MA (US); Bart Haney, Boston, MA (US); Logan Ray, Boston, MA (US); and Serge Beaulieu, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to LiTL LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by LiTL LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on May 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/658,090.
Application 18/658,090 is a continuation of application No. 18/182,632, filed on Mar. 13, 2023.
Application 18/182,632 is a continuation of application No. 16/722,760, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,604,566.
Application 16/722,760 is a continuation of application No. 15/858,955, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,564,818.
Application 15/858,955 is a continuation of application No. 14/680,422, filed on Apr. 7, 2015, granted, now 9,880,715.
Application 14/680,422 is a continuation of application No. 12/416,496, filed on Apr. 1, 2009, granted, now 9,003,315.
Application 12/416,496 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/170,951, filed on Jul. 10, 2008, granted, now 8,624,844.
Application 12/416,496 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/170,939, filed on Jul. 10, 2008, granted, now 8,289,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/041,365, filed on Apr. 1, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2024/0289000 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G06F 1/162 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 16/9577 (2019.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable computer, comprising:
a display; and
a support component rotatably coupled to the display;
wherein the portable computer is configurable among a plurality of computer system configurations including a first computer system configuration and a second computer system configuration,
wherein, in the first computer system configuration, the display has a first orientation with respect to the support component and the portable computer is configured to present a user with a first set of I/O devices, the first set of I/O devices including a keyboard and further including at least one navigation input device in addition to the keyboard,
wherein, in the second computer system configuration, the display has a second orientation with respect to the support component that is different from the first orientation, and the portable computer is configured to present the user with a second set of I/O devices, the second set of I/O devices including the at least one navigation input device and not including the keyboard, and
wherein the portable computer is configured to adapt a user interface presented on the display responsive to detection of a computer system configuration by:
presenting, in the user interface, responsive to detecting that the portable computer is in the first computer system configuration, a first plurality of visual representations of computer content, the computer content including at least one member selected from a group consisting of selectable digital content, selectable computer operations, and passive digital content; and
presenting, in the user interface, responsive to detecting that the portable computer is in the second computer system configuration, a second plurality of visual representations of the computer content that are enlarged with respect to the first plurality of visual representations of the computer content.