US 10,649,622 B2Granted

Electronic message user interface

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsLawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Christopher Wilson, Imran Chaudhri, Gary Ian Butcher, Jonathan R. Dascola

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. A device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of an electronic messages application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing an electronic messages inbox and an affordance for accessing an interface for composing electronic message.

Claims45

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a rotatable input mechanism, a display, and a touch-sensitive surface configured to detect intensity of touches, cause the electronic device to:

display, on the display, an affordance representing an electronic message application;
receive user input activating the affordance representing the electronic message application;
display, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects;
receive user input activating an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects;
in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, display one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object;
while displaying the electronic conversation, receive user input;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism:
determine one or more suggested responses to the electronic conversation object;
and
display a set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a swipe input on the electronic conversation, display the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a touch on the electronic conversation:
in accordance with a determination that a characteristic intensity of the touch is above an intensity threshold, replace display of the electronic conversation with a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation;
and
in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is not above the intensity threshold, forgo replacing display of the electronic conversation with the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

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A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a rotatable input mechanism, a display, and a touch-sensitive surface configured to detect intensity of touches:
displaying, on the display, an affordance representing an electronic message application;
receiving user input activating the affordance representing the electronic message application;
displaying, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects;
receiving user input activating an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects;
in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, displaying one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object;
while displaying the electronic conversation, receiving user input;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism:
determining one or more suggested responses to the electronic conversation object;
and
displaying a set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a swipe input on the electronic conversation, displaying the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a touch on the electronic conversation:
in accordance with a determination that a characteristic intensity of the touch is above a intensity threshold, replacing display of the electronic conversation with a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation;
and
in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is not above the intensity threshold, forgoing replacing display of the electronic conversation with the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

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An electronic device, comprising:

a display;
a touch-sensitive surface configured to detect intensity of touches;
a rotatable input mechanism;
one or more processors;
a memory;
and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, on the display, an affordance representing an electronic message application;
receiving user input activating the affordance representing the electronic message application displaying, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects;
receiving user input activating an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects;
in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, displaying one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object;
while displaying the electronic conversation, receiving user input;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism:
determining one or more suggested responses to the electronic conversation object;
and
displaying a set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a swipe input on the electronic conversation, displaying the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;
in accordance with a determination that the user input is a touch on the electronic conversation:
in accordance with a determination a the characteristic intensity of the touch is above a intensity threshold, replacing display of the electronic conversation with a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation;
and
in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is not above the intensity threshold, forgoing replacing display of the electronic conversation with the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/641,308Filed 7 Mar 2015 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Sep 2014
Published: US 2016/0065509 A13 Mar 2016
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 1/163
For portable computers: wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/0362
Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor: with detection of…
G06F 3/0488
Using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of…:…