US 12,405,631 B2Granted

Displaying application views

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsEdward Chao, Taylor G. Carrigan

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Abstract

A method includes receiving, a request to display a set of application views. In response to receiving the request to display a set of application views, a set of application views is displayed. The set of application views includes a first application view that corresponds to a first application that is not in an active session, and the set of application views are arranged in an order of application views. Displaying the set of application views includes: displaying a second application view that corresponds to the second application before the first application view in the order of application views in accordance with a determination that a second application is in an active session; and displaying the first application view in a first position in the order of application views in accordance with a determination that there are no applications in an active session.

Claims36

Dependent claims

A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component and one or more input devices, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to display a user interface of a respective application;
in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs, displaying the user interface of the respective application;
while displaying the user interface of the respective application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a set of application views;
and
in response to receiving the request to display the set of application views, displaying, via the display generation component, the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes a plurality of application views that includes a first application view that corresponds to a first application that is not in an active session and a second application view that corresponds to a second application, wherein:
the first application and the second application are different from the respective application;
an application that is actively performing one or more predefined functions is in an active session;
an application that is not actively performing one or more of the one or more predefined functions is not in an active session;
the set of application views are arranged in an order of application views based on application activity status and application usage;
and
displaying the set of application views includes:
in accordance with a determination that the second application is in an active session:
displaying the second application view that corresponds to the second application in a position before the first application view in the order of application views;
and
displaying the first application view in a position that is subsequent to the second application view in the order of application views;
and
in accordance with a determination that there are no applications in an active session, wherein the determination that there are no applications in an active session includes a determination that the first application is not in an active session:
displaying the first application view in a position before the second application view in the order of application views;
and
displaying the second application view in a position that is subsequent to the first application view in the order of application views.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to display a user interface of a respective application;
in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs, displaying the user interface of the respective application;
while displaying the user interface of the respective application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a set of application views;
and
in response to receiving the request to display the set of application views, displaying, via the display generation component, the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes a plurality of application views that includes a first application view that corresponds to a first application that is not in an active session and a second application view that corresponds to a second application, wherein:
the first application and the second application are different from the respective application;
an application that is actively performing one or more predefined functions is in an active session;
an application that is not actively performing one or more of the one or more predefined functions is not in an active session;
the set of application views are arranged in an order of application views based on application activity status and application usage;
and
displaying the set of application views includes:
in accordance with a determination that a second application is in an active session:
displaying the second application view that corresponds to the second application in a first position before the first application view in the order of application views;
and
displaying the first application view in a position that is subsequent to the second application view in the order of application views;
and
in accordance with a determination that there are no applications in an active session, wherein the determination that there are no applications in an active session includes a determination that the first application is not in an active session:
displaying the first application view in a position before the second application view in the order of application views;
and
displaying the second application view in a position that is subsequent to the first application view in the order of application views.

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A method, comprising:

at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to display a user interface of a respective application;
in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs, displaying the user interface of the respective application;
while displaying the user interface of the respective application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a set of application views;
and
in response to receiving the request to display the set of application views, displaying, via the display generation component, the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes a plurality of application views that includes a first application view that corresponds to a first application that is not in an active session and a second application view that corresponds to a second application, wherein:
the first application and the second application are different from the respective application;
an application that is actively performing one or more predefined functions is in an active session;
an application that is not actively performing one or more of the one or more predefined functions is not in an active session;
the set of application views are arranged in an order of application views based on application activity status and application usage;
and
displaying the set of application views includes:
in accordance with a determination that a second application is in an active session:
displaying the second application view that corresponds to the second application in a position before the first application view in the order of application views;
and
displaying the first application view in a position that is subsequent to the second application view in the order of application views;
and
in accordance with a determination that there are no applications in an active session, wherein the determination that there are no applications in an active session includes a determination that the first application is not in an active session:
displaying the first application view in a position before the second application view in the order of application views;
and
displaying the second application view in a position that is subsequent to the first application view in the order of application views.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/165,144Filed 6 Feb 2023 · us provisional application
Priority: 5 Jun 2022
Published: US 2023/0393616 A17 Dec 2023
Granted: 2 Sep 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 1/1613
Constructional details or arrangements: for portable computers
G06F 3/014
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06F 3/0232
Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as…:…