Phone user interface
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsLawrence Y. Yang, Imran Chaudhri, Anton M. Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Dylan Ross Edwards, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Stephen O. Lemay
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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.
Claims27
A watch 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:
- receiving an indication of an incoming call;
- in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an answer affordance;
- while displaying the answer affordance, detecting a first input;
- and
- in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the answer affordance:
- causing the incoming call to be answered;
- and
- causing a wireless headphone that is in communication with the watch device to output audio of the incoming call;
- and
- after causing the incoming call to be answered, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an indication of a connection status between the watch device and the wireless headphone.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a watch device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- receiving an indication of an incoming call;
- in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an answer affordance;
- while displaying the answer affordance, detecting a first input;
- and
- in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the answer affordance:
- causing the incoming call to be answered;
- and
- causing a wireless headphone that is in communication with the watch device to output audio of the incoming call;
- and
- after causing the incoming call to be answered, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an indication of a connection status between the watch device and the wireless headphone.
A method, comprising:
- at a watch device with a touch-sensitive display:
- receiving an indication of an incoming call;
- in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an answer affordance;
- while displaying the answer affordance, detecting a first input;
- and
- in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the answer affordance:
- causing the incoming call to be answered;
- and
- causing a wireless headphone that is in communication with the watch device to output audio of the incoming call;
- and
- after causing the incoming call to be answered, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an indication of a connection status between the watch device and the wireless headphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.