US 12,493,267 B2Granted

User interfaces for indicating time

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsKevin W. Chen, Hanwen Fan

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Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for providing clock user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for providing clock user interfaces displaying simulated emitted light, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including astronomical object, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces that include adjustable time indications, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces that include multiple calendar systems, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including animated numerals, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces with colors that are based on a selected color, and/or methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including animated lines are described.

Claims47

Dependent claims

A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component, 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:
detecting a request to display a clock user interface that includes a background and one or more foreground user interface elements, wherein the background is associated with a currently selected background color pattern;
and
in response to detecting the request to display the clock user interface that includes the background and the one or more foreground user interface elements, displaying, via the display generation component, the clock user interface, including:
in accordance with a determination that the currently selected background color pattern corresponds to a first background color pattern:
displaying, via the display generation component, the background with the first background color pattern;
and
displaying, via the display generation component, the one or more foreground user interface elements with a first foreground element color pattern that is different from the first background color pattern;
and
in accordance with a determination that the currently selected background color pattern corresponds to a second background color pattern that is different from the first background color pattern:
displaying, via the display generation component, the background with the second background color pattern;
and
displaying, via the display generation component, the one or more foreground user interface elements with a second foreground element color pattern that is different from the first foreground element color pattern and is different from the second background color pattern.

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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, the one or more programs including instructions for:

detecting a request to display a clock user interface that includes a background and one or more foreground user interface elements, wherein the background is associated with a currently selected background color pattern;
and
in response to detecting the request to display the clock user interface that includes the background and the one or more foreground user interface elements, displaying, via the display generation component, the clock user interface, including:
in accordance with a determination that the currently selected background color pattern corresponds to a first background color pattern:
displaying, via the display generation component, the background with the first background color pattern;
and
displaying, via the display generation component, the one or more foreground user interface elements with a first foreground element color pattern that is different from the first background color pattern;
and
in accordance with a determination that the currently selected background color pattern corresponds to a second background color pattern that is different from the first background color pattern:
displaying, via the display generation component, the background with the second background color pattern;
and
displaying, via the display generation component, the one or more foreground user interface elements with a second foreground element color pattern that is different from the first foreground element color pattern and is different from the second background color pattern.

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A method, comprising:

at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component:
detecting a request to display a clock user interface that includes a background and one or more foreground user interface elements, wherein the background is associated with a currently selected background color pattern;
and
in response to detecting the request to display the clock user interface that includes the background and the one or more foreground user interface elements, displaying, via the display generation component, the clock user interface, including:
in accordance with a determination that the currently selected background color pattern corresponds to a first background color pattern:
displaying, via the display generation component, the background with the first background color pattern;
and
displaying, via the display generation component, the one or more foreground user interface elements with a first foreground element color pattern that is different from the first background color pattern;
and
in accordance with a determination that the currently selected background color pattern corresponds to a second background color pattern that is different from the first background color pattern:
displaying, via the display generation component, the background with the second background color pattern;
and
displaying, via the display generation component, the one or more foreground user interface elements with a second foreground element color pattern that is different from the first foreground element color pattern and is different from the second background color pattern.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/946,993Filed 16 Sep 2022 · us provisional application
Priority: 24 Jan 2022
Published: US 2023/0236547 A127 Jul 2023
Granted: 9 Dec 2025
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Classification25 codes

G04B 19/268
Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like: with indicators for the phases of the moon
G04G 9/0064
Visual time or date indication means: in which functions not related to time can be displayed
G04G 9/007
In which functions not related to time can be displayed: combined with a calculator or computing means
G04G 9/02
Visual time or date indication means: by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the…

Family

Application63/302,272Us provisional application · filed 24 Jan 2022
Application63/332,998Us provisional application · filed 20 Apr 2022
Application63/349,116Us provisional application · filed 5 Jun 2022
US 2023/0236547 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Jul 2023
US 12,493,267 B2This patent

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