On May 1, the US Patent & Trademark Office published six of Apple’s granted patents. Five of the patents are noted as being design wins for the iMac, the Black and White Video iPods, the Nano and iPod Armband. The last patent win was for a Reissue Patent titled Systems and methods for replacing open windows in a graphical user interface .

Design Wins

The following illustrations relate to the following patents: the iMac, the black iPod video, the white iPod video, the iPod nano and Apple’s iPod Armband.

Reissue Patent: Systems and methods for replacing open windows in a graphical user interface

Apple’s Abstract: Systems and methods for returning windows to an original location are described. When springing already open windows to a new location on a display space, it is desired to return that window to its original location for certain situations. A list is provided when the springing operation is initialized which captures information used to return the sprung window. According to exemplary embodiments, the relocation of various windows is tracked to ensure that each window is returned to an original location.

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