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US 12,676,927 B2Granted
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.
Claims39
An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display,
- 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 touch-sensitive display, a phone icon;
- detecting a user selection of the phone icon;
- in response to detecting the user selection of the phone icon:
- in accordance with a determination that a call is in progress, displaying an in-call indicator, wherein the in-call indicator includes a call participant identifier and a call duration indicator;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that a call is not in progress, displaying:
- a first affordance, wherein the first affordance, when selected, causes the electronic device to display a plurality of phone contacts;
- and
- a second affordance, wherein the second affordance, when selected, causes the electronic device to display a user-designed subset of the plurality of phone contacts;
- and
- while displaying the first affordance and the second affordance, detecting user input comprising at least a selection of a displayed affordance;
- in response to detecting the user input, displaying one or more phone contacts;
- initiating a call to a displayed phone contact;
- and
- after initiating the call:
- displaying the phone icon in response to detecting a second user input;
- detecting a second user selection of the displayed phone icon;
- and
- in response to detecting the second user selection of the displayed phone icon:
- displaying an indication of the initiated call, and at least the first affordance.
22 more elements
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 display, a phone icon;
- detecting a user selection of the phone icon;
- in response to detecting the user selection of the phone icon:
- in accordance with a determination that a call is in progress, displaying an in-call indicator, wherein the in-call indicator includes a call participant identifier and a call duration indicator;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that a call is not in progress, displaying:
- a first affordance, wherein the first affordance, when selected, causes the electronic device to display a plurality of phone contacts;
- and
- a second affordance, wherein the second affordance, when selected, causes the electronic device to display a user-designed subset of the plurality of phone contacts;
- and
- while displaying the first affordance and the second affordance, detecting user input comprising at least a selection of a displayed affordance;
- in response to detecting the user input, display one or more phone contacts;
- initiating a call to a displayed phone contact;
- and
- after initiating the call:
- displaying the phone icon in response to detecting a second user input;
- detecting a second user selection of the displayed phone icon;
- and
- in response to detecting the second user selection of the displayed phone icon:
- displaying an indication of the initiated call, and at least the first affordance.
17 more elements
A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:
- displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a phone icon;
- detecting a user selection of the phone icon;
- in response to detecting the user selection of the phone icon:
- in accordance with a determination that a call is in progress, displaying an in-call indicator, wherein the in-call indicator includes a call participant identifier and a call duration indicator;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that a call is not in progress, displaying:
- a first affordance, wherein the first affordance, when selected, causes the electronic device to display a plurality of phone contacts;
- and
- a second affordance, wherein the second affordance, when selected, causes the electronic device to display a user-designed subset of the plurality of phone contacts;
- and
- while displaying the first affordance and the second affordance, detecting user input comprising at least a selection of a displayed affordance;
- in response to detecting the user input, displaying one or more phone contacts;
- initiating a call to a displayed phone contact;
- and
- after initiating the call:
- displaying the phone icon in response to detecting a second user input;
- detecting a second user selection of the displayed phone icon;
- and
- in response to detecting the second user selection of the displayed phone icon:
- displaying an indication of the initiated call, and at least the first affordance.
18 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.