US 9,804,759 B2Granted

Context-specific user interfaces

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsChristopher Wilson, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth Kocienda, Kevin Lynch, Pedro Mari, Alessandro Sabatelli, Brian Schmitt, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang

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Abstract

Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.

Claims78

Dependent claims

A non-transitory, non-signal computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a wearable smart watch electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, a rotatable input mechanism, and one or more attachment mechanisms for attaching the wearable smart watch electronic device to a user's wrist, cause the device to:

detect a user movement of the wearable smart watch electronic device indicative of a raising of the user's wrist;
in response to detecting the user movement of the wearable smart watch electronic device:
automatically obtain data representing a current location of the electronic device, and
automatically display on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen, the user interface screen including:
a first affordance representing a simulation of a first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a current time, wherein the displayed first region of the Earth represented by the first affordance indicates the current location of the electronic device as a default;
and
a second affordance indicating the current time;
after displaying the user interface screen, receive a first user input;
and
in response to receiving the first user input:
rotate the simulation of the Earth to reveal a second region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time;
receive a second user input representing a movement of the rotatable input mechanism;
and
in response to receiving the second user input:
update the first affordance to represent a simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a non-current time;
and
update the second affordance to indicate the non-current time.

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A method, comprising:

at a wearable smart watch electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, a rotatable input mechanism, and one or more attachment mechanisms for attaching the wearable smart watch electronic device to a user's wrist:
detecting a user movement of the wearable electronic device indicative of a raising of the user's wrist;
in response to detecting the user movement of the wearable smart watch electronic device:
automatically obtaining data representing a current location of the electronic device, and
automatically displaying on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen, the user interface screen including:
a first affordance representing a simulation of a first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a current time, wherein the displayed first region of the Earth represented by the first affordance indicates the current location of the electronic device as a default;
and
a second affordance indicating the current time;
after displaying the user interface screen, receiving a first user input;
and
in response to receiving the first user input:
rotating the simulation of the Earth to reveal a second region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time;
receiving a second user input representing a movement of the rotatable input mechanism;
and
in response to receiving the second user input:
updating the first affordance to represent a simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a non-current time;
and
updating the second affordance to indicate the non-current time.

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A wearable smart watch electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;
a rotatable input mechanism;
one or more attachment mechanisms for attaching the wearable smart watch electronic device to a user's wrist;
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:
detecting a user movement of the wearable smart watch electronic device indicative of a raising of the user's wrist;
in response to detecting the user movement of the wearable smart watch electronic device:
automatically obtaining data representing a current location of the electronic device, and
automatically displaying on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen, the user interface screen including:
a first affordance representing a simulation of a first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a current time, wherein the displayed first region of the Earth represented by the first affordance indicates the current location of the electronic device as a default;
and
a second affordance indicating the current time;
after displaying the user interface screen, receiving a first user input;
and
in response to receiving the first user input:
rotating the simulation of the Earth to reveal a second region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time;
receiving a second user input representing a movement of the rotatable input mechanism;
and
in response to receiving the second user input:
updating the first affordance to represent a simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a non-current time;
and
updating the second affordance to indicate the non-current time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/815,879Filed 31 Jul 2015 · continuation
Priority: 2 Aug 2014
Published: US 2016/0034152 A14 Feb 2016
Granted: 31 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

G06F 3/04845
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G04G 9/0064
Visual time or date indication means: in which functions not related to time can be displayed
G04G 9/0076
Visual time or date indication means: in which the time in another time-zone or in another city can be displayed at will
G04G 13/02
Producing acoustic time signals: at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks

Family

Application62/032,562Us provisional application · filed 2 Aug 2014
Application62/044,994Us provisional application · filed 2 Sep 2014
Application62/129,835Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2015
PCT/US2015/034604Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Jun 2015
US 2016/0034152 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Feb 2016
US 9,804,759 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.