# US 10,771,606 B2 · Phone user interface

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- Number: US 10,771,606 B2
- Document ID: US10771606B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/259,954
- Filed: 2019-01-28
- Published: 2019-05-23
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2014-09-02
- Assignees: Apple Inc.
- Applicants: Apple Inc.
- Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang; Imran Chaudhri; Anton M. Davydov; Alan C. Dye; Dylan Ross Edwards; Christopher Patrick Foss; Jonathan P. Ive; Zachery Kennedy; Stephen O. Lemay
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771606B2

## CPC

- H04M 1/6066: {including a wireless connection}
- G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- H04M 1/0258: {for a headset device}
- H04M 1/2745: using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
- H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
- H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
- H04M 1/72484: wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
- H04M 3/428: Arrangements for placing incoming calls on hold
- H04M 3/4285: {Notifying, informing or entertaining a held party while on hold, e.g. Music On Hold}
- H04W 4/16: Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
- H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device}
- H04W 52/027: {by controlling a display operation or backlight unit}
- G06F 2203/04105: Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
- H04M 1/2746: Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
- H04M 1/663: Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
- H04M 2250/02: including a Bluetooth® interface
- H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
- H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
- H04M 2250/60: logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and/or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a touch-sensitive display,
one or more processors;
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 touch-sensitive display, an indication of an incoming call;
displaying a first answer affordance, wherein the first answer affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be answered;
displaying a decline affordance, wherein the decline affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be ended;
detecting user input; and
in response to the detected user input, displaying an additional affordance,
wherein the additional affordance, when selected, causes information about the incoming call to be communicated to the cellular phone,
wherein the information about the incoming call causes the cellular phone to display information indicating that the incoming call is on hold while concurrently displaying a second answer affordance, and
wherein the second answer affordance, when selected, causes the cellular phone to retrieve the incoming call.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein causing the cellular phone to answer the incoming call includes:
causing a speaker operatively connected to the cellular phone to provide input into the incoming call; and
causing a microphone operatively connected to the cellular phone to provide output from the incoming call.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while displaying the first answer affordance and the decline affordance, detecting a swipe on the touch-sensitive display; and
in response to detecting the swipe, displaying the additional affordance.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device of claim 3, wherein detecting the swipe includes detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display followed by a movement of the swipe in a substantially upward direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
displaying a message affordance; and
in response to detecting a selection of the message affordance:
displaying a plurality of affordances representing predetermined responses to the caller; and
in response to detecting a selection of an affordance representing a predetermined response:
ending the call; and
sending the predetermined response to the caller as a message.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the predetermined response is a text and the message is a text message.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the predetermined response includes an emoji character.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein detecting user input while displaying the indication of the incoming call includes:
detecting a swipe in a direction; and
displaying the message affordance in response to the detected swipe.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the direction is substantially in an upward direction.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance, displaying an affordance for locating the cellular phone, wherein the affordance for locating the cellular phone, when selected, causes the cellular phone to provide at least one of a visual output or a haptic output.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance, concurrently displaying:
an affordance for locating the cellular phone, wherein the affordance for locating the cellular phone, when selected, causes the cellular phone to provide at least one of a visual output or a haptic output; and
a second decline affordance, wherein the second decline affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be ended.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the first answer affordance, detecting a second user input that corresponds to selection of the first answer affordance; and
in response detecting the second user input that corresponds to selection of the first answer affordance, causing the incoming call to be answered.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance:
transmitting the information about the incoming call to the cellular phone, wherein the information about the incoming call causes the cellular phone to display the information indicating that the incoming call is on hold while concurrently displaying the second answer affordance.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an indication of an incoming call;
displaying a first answer affordance, wherein the first answer affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be answered;
displaying a decline affordance, wherein the decline affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be ended;
detecting user input; and
in response to the detected user input, displaying an additional affordance,
wherein the additional affordance, when selected, causes information about the incoming call to be communicated to the cellular phone,
wherein the information about the incoming call causes the cellular phone to display information indicating that the incoming call is on hold while concurrently displaying a second answer affordance, and
wherein the second answer affordance, when selected, causes the cellular phone to retrieve the incoming call.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein causing the cellular phone to answer the incoming call includes:
causing a speaker operatively connected to the cellular phone to provide input into the incoming call; and
causing a microphone operatively connected to the cellular phone to provide output from the incoming call.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while displaying the first answer affordance and the decline affordance, detecting a swipe on the touch-sensitive display; and
in response to detecting the swipe, displaying the additional affordance.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein detecting the swipe includes detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display followed by a movement of the swipe in a substantially upward direction.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
displaying a message affordance; and
in response to detecting a selection of the message affordance:
displaying a plurality of affordances representing predetermined responses to the caller; and
in response to detecting a selection of an affordance representing a predetermined response:
ending the call; and
sending the predetermined response to the caller as a message.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the predetermined response is a text and the message is a text message.

### Claim 21 (depends on 19)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the predetermined response includes an emoji character.

### Claim 22 (depends on 19)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

### Claim 23 (depends on 19)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein detecting user input while displaying the indication of the incoming call includes:
detecting a swipe in a direction; and
displaying the message affordance in response to the detected swipe.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the direction is substantially in an upward direction.

### Claim 25 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance, displaying an affordance for locating the cellular phone, wherein the affordance for locating the cellular phone, when selected, causes the cellular phone to provide at least one of a visual output or a haptic output.

### Claim 26 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance, concurrently displaying:
an affordance for locating the cellular phone, wherein the affordance for locating the cellular phone, when selected, causes the cellular phone to provide at least one of a visual output or a haptic output; and
a second decline affordance, wherein the second decline affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be ended.

### Claim 27 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the first answer affordance, detecting a second user input that corresponds to selection of the first answer affordance; and
in response detecting the second user input that corresponds to selection of the first answer affordance, causing the incoming call to be answered.

### Claim 28 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the electronic device further includes one or more microphones, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance:
transmitting the information about the incoming call to the cellular phone, wherein the information about the incoming call causes the cellular phone to display the information indicating that the incoming call is on hold while concurrently displaying the second answer affordance.

### Claim 29

A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, wherein the electronic device is configured to communicate with a cellular phone:
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an indication of an incoming call;
displaying a first answer affordance, wherein the first answer affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be answered;
displaying a decline affordance, wherein the decline affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be ended;
detecting user input; and
in response to the detected user input, displaying an additional affordance,
wherein the additional affordance, when selected, causes information about the incoming call to be communicated to the cellular phone,
wherein the information about the incoming call causes the cellular phone to display information indicating that the incoming call is on hold while concurrently displaying a second answer affordance, and
wherein the second answer affordance, when selected, causes the cellular phone to retrieve the incoming call.

### Claim 30 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein causing the cellular phone to answer the incoming call includes:
causing a speaker operatively connected to the cellular phone to provide input into the incoming call; and
causing a microphone operatively connected to the cellular phone to provide output from the incoming call.

### Claim 31 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising:
while displaying the first answer affordance and the decline affordance, detecting a swipe on the touch-sensitive display; and
in response to detecting the swipe, displaying the additional affordance.

### Claim 32 (depends on 31)

The method of claim 31, wherein detecting the swipe includes detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display followed by a movement of the swipe in a substantially upward direction.

### Claim 33 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising:
displaying a message affordance; and
in response to detecting a selection of the message affordance:
displaying a plurality of affordances representing predetermined responses to the caller; and
in response to detecting a selection of an affordance representing a predetermined response:
ending the call; and
sending the predetermined response to the caller as a message.

### Claim 34 (depends on 33)

The method of claim 33, wherein the predetermined response is a text and the message is a text message.

### Claim 35 (depends on 33)

The method of claim 33, wherein the predetermined response includes an emoji character.

### Claim 36 (depends on 33)

The method of claim 33, wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

### Claim 37 (depends on 33)

The method of claim 33, wherein detecting user input while displaying the indication of the incoming call comprises:
detecting a swipe in a direction; and
displaying the message affordance in response to the detected swipe.

### Claim 38 (depends on 37)

The method of claim 37, wherein the direction is substantially in an upward direction.

### Claim 39 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance, displaying an affordance for locating the cellular phone, wherein the affordance for locating the cellular phone, when selected, causes the cellular phone to provide at least one of a visual output or a haptic output.

### Claim 40 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance, concurrently displaying:
an affordance for locating the cellular phone, wherein the affordance for locating the cellular phone, when selected, causes the cellular phone to provide at least one of a visual output or a haptic output; and
a second decline affordance, wherein the second decline affordance, when selected, causes the incoming call to be ended.

### Claim 41 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, the method further comprising:
while displaying the first answer affordance, detecting a second user input that corresponds to selection of the first answer affordance; and
in response detecting the second user input that corresponds to selection of the first answer affordance, causing the incoming call to be answered.

### Claim 42 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein the electronic device further includes one or more microphones, the method further comprising:
while displaying the additional affordance, detecting a user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance; and
in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the additional affordance:
transmitting the information about the incoming call to the cellular phone, wherein the information about the incoming call includes the information indicating that the incoming call is on hold to the cellular phone; and
at the cellular phone:
in response to receiving the transmitted information indicating that the incoming call is on hold to the cellular phone, displaying information corresponding to the information indicating that the incoming call is on hold while concurrently displaying the second answer affordance.