Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

• US 10,338,736 B1
• Filed: 10/06/2018
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith Interface Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: P4tents1 LLC
• Inventors: Smith, Michael S
• Primary Examiner(s): Xavier, Antonio
• Application Number:
  US16/153,761
• Time in Patent Office: 269 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 : by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system

Abstract

In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device. The device displays a first user interface including a background with a first appearance and foreground objects. While displaying the first user interface, the device detects a first input at a location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface. In response, if the contact has a characteristic intensity above a first intensity threshold, the device dynamically changes the background without changing the foreground objects, wherein the dynamic change in the background is based on the characteristic intensity of the contact. While dynamically changing the background, detecting termination of the first input; and, in response, the device reverts the background back to the first appearance of the background.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

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;

displaying a first user interface on the display, wherein the first user interface includes;

a background with a first appearance; and

one or more foreground objects;

while displaying the first user interface on the display, detecting a first input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface at a location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface; and

in response to detecting the first input by the first contact, in accordance with a determination that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above a first intensity threshold, dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface without changing the appearance of the one or more foreground objects in the first user interface, wherein the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact and wherein dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes displaying in sequence at least some of a plurality of images based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when the first input is detected, the electronic device is in a locked state in which access to a plurality of different operations that are accessible when the electronic device is in an unlocked state is prevented.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein a second input is detected, the second input meeting criteria to exit the locked state of the electronic device;

and, in response to detecting the second input, replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface that is distinct from the first user interface on the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the second user interface includes a background of the second user interface with a first appearance and one or more foreground objects.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein while detecting the first input by the first contact, after determining that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold:

detecting a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

, in response to detecting the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact, reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein at least one of:

the background includes a background image;

the background is a background image;

the one or more foreground objects includes one or more application icons;

the one or more foreground objects of the second user interface includes one or more application icons;

the one or more foreground objects include at least one of a date, a time, a network type, a battery level, or status information;

the one or more foreground objects of the first user interface include at least one of a date, a time, a network type, a battery level, or status information;

the background of the first user interface is the same as the background of the second user interface;

the background of the first user interface is different from the background of the second user interface;

the first appearance of the background of the first user interface is the same as the first appearance of the background of the second user interface;

the first appearance of the background of the first user interface is different from the first appearance of the background of the second user interface;

the first input by the first contact results from a press;

the first input by the first contact results from a press gesture;

the location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface includes a location that overlaps the background, at least in part;

the location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface, includes a bounding box;

the different operations include an email operation and a phone operation;

the characteristic intensity of the first contact includes a level of pressure of the first contact;

the characteristic intensity of the first contact refers to a characteristic of the first contact based on one or more intensities of the first contact;

the characteristic intensity includes at least one of a force or pressure of the first contact;

the first intensity threshold includes a threshold level of pressure or force of the first contact;

the first intensity threshold includes a predetermined level of pressure or force of the first contact;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by the appearance of the background of the first user interface conditionally changing based on the determination that the first contact has the characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by the appearance of the background of the first user interface changing only if it is determined that the first contact has the characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by the dynamic changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface altering dynamically based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by dynamically changing the appearance of the background in a first manner in response to a first characteristic intensity, and dynamically changing the appearance of the background in a second manner in response to a second characteristic intensity;

the dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes displaying in sequence at least some of the sequence of images based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by starting to scroll through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by scrolling through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by speeding a scrolling through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by adjusting a speed through which the at least some of the sequence of images are displayed in sequence as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by increasing a speed through which the at least some of the sequence of images are displayed in sequence as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes reversing the dynamic changing;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes reversing the dynamic changing;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes stopping a scroll through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes slowing a scroll through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

or

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes decreasing a speed through which the at least some of the sequence of images are displayed in sequence as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the background of the first user interface includes a representative image in a sequence of images.

8. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

displaying a first user interface on the display, wherein the first user interface includes;

a background with a first appearance, the background of the first user interface including a representative image in a sequence of images; and

one or more foreground objects;

while displaying the first user interface on the display, detecting a first input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a first focus selector is at a location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface, wherein, when the first input is detected, the electronic device is in a locked state in which access to a plurality of different operations that are accessible when the electronic device is in an unlocked state is prevented;

in response to detecting the first input by the first contact, in accordance with a determination that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above a first intensity threshold, dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface without changing the appearance of the one or more foreground objects in the first user interface, wherein the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact and wherein dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes displaying in sequence at least some of the sequence of images based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

while detecting the first input by the first contact, after determining that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

detecting a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

,

in response to detecting the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact, reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface;

detecting a second input, the second input meeting criteria to exit the locked state of the electronic device; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface that is distinct from the first user interface on the display, wherein the second user interface includes a background of the second user interface with a first appearance and one or more foreground objects.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first intensity threshold is associated with an operating system of the electronic device, and respective operations of respective applications on the electronic device are activated in response to detecting respective inputs that satisfy the first intensity threshold.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

respective operations of respective applications on the electronic device are activated in response to detecting respective inputs that satisfy a second intensity threshold;

the appearance of the background changes in a first manner when the characteristic intensity of the contact is between the first intensity threshold and the second intensity threshold; and

the appearance of the background changes in a second manner, different from the first manner when the characteristic intensity of the contact is above the second intensity threshold.

11. The method of claim 8, including:

while displaying the second user interface on the display, detecting a third input by a third contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is at a location in the second user interface that corresponds to the background of the second user interface, wherein the third contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold; and

,

in response to detecting the third input by the third contact, maintaining the first appearance of the background of the second user interface.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein a respective foreground object of the one or more foreground objects responds to an input by a contact having a characteristic intensity below the first intensity threshold.

13. The method of claim 8, including:

while displaying the second user interface on the display, detecting a fourth input by a fourth contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is at a location in the second user interface that corresponds to the background of the second user interface; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth input by the fourth contact, in accordance with a determination that the fourth contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold, dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the second user interface without changing the appearance of the one or more foreground objects in the first user interface, wherein the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the second user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the fourth contact.

14. The method of claim 13, including:

while dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the second user interface, detecting termination of the fourth input by the fourth contact; and

,

in response to detecting termination of the fourth input by the fourth contact, reverting the background of the second user interface back to the first appearance of the background of the second user interface.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein reversing the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes:

in accordance with a determination that a rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact during the detected decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact does not exceed a first rate of change threshold, dynamically reversing the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface based on the rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

,

in accordance with a determination that a rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact during the detected decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact exceeds a first rate of change threshold, animating reversal of the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface independent of the rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based in part on a positive rate of change in the characteristic intensity of the first contact.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein a magnitude of the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface decays following detection of an impulse force by the first contact.

18. The method of claim 8, including:

detecting termination of the first input by the first contact; and

,

in response to detecting termination of the first input by the first contact, reverting the background of the first user interface back to the first appearance of the background;

wherein reverting the background of the first user interface back to the first appearance of the background is based on a rate of change of the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact prior to termination of the first input.

19. The method of claim 8, including:

in response to detecting the first input by the first contact, in accordance with the determination that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold, changing an aspect of the appearance of the background of the first user interface without changing the appearance of a respective foreground object of the one or more foreground objects in the first user interface, wherein the change of the aspect of the appearance of the background of the first user interface is independent of position of the first focus selector in the background.

20. The method of claim 8, wherein:

in response to detecting the first input by the first contact on the touch-sensitive surface, in accordance with a determination that the first input does not have a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold, maintaining the first appearance of the background of the first user interface.

21. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

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;

displaying a first user interface on the display, wherein the first user interface includes;

a background with a first appearance, the background of the first user interface including a representative image in a sequence of images; and

one or more foreground objects;

while displaying the first user interface on the display, detecting a first input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a first focus selector is at a location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface, wherein, when the first input is detected, the electronic device is in a locked state in which access to a plurality of different operations that are accessible when the electronic device is in an unlocked state is prevented;

in response to detecting the first input by the first contact, in accordance with a determination that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above a first intensity threshold, dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface without changing the appearance of the one or more foreground objects in the first user interface, wherein the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact and wherein dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes displaying in sequence at least some of the sequence of images based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

while detecting the first input by the first contact, after determining that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

detecting a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

,

in response to detecting the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact, reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface;

detecting a second input, the second input meeting criteria to exit the locked state of the electronic device; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface that is distinct from the first user interface on the display, wherein the second user interface includes a background of the second user interface with a first appearance and one or more foreground objects.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the first intensity threshold is associated with an operating system of the electronic device, and respective operations of respective applications on the electronic device are activated in response to detecting respective inputs that satisfy the first intensity threshold.

23. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein:

respective operations of respective applications on the electronic device are activated in response to detecting respective inputs that satisfy a second intensity threshold;

the appearance of the background changes in a first manner when the characteristic intensity of the contact is between the first intensity threshold and the second intensity threshold; and

the appearance of the background changes in a second manner, different from the first manner when the characteristic intensity of the contact is above the second intensity threshold.

24. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein reversing the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes:

in accordance with a determination that a rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact during the detected decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact does not exceed a first rate of change threshold, dynamically reversing the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface based on the rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

,

in accordance with a determination that a rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact during the detected decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact exceeds a first rate of change threshold, animating reversal of the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface independent of the rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact.

25. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein a magnitude of the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface decays following detection of an impulse force by the first contact.

26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:

display a first user interface on the display, wherein the first user interface includes;

a background with a first appearance, the background of the first user interface including a representative image in a sequence of images; and

one or more foreground objects;

while displaying the first user interface on the display, detect a first input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a first focus selector is at a location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface, wherein, when the first input is detected, the electronic device is in a locked state in which access to a plurality of different operations that are accessible when the electronic device is in an unlocked state is prevented;

in response to detecting the first input by the first contact, in accordance with a determination that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above a first intensity threshold, dynamically change the appearance of the background of the first user interface without changing the appearance of the one or more foreground objects in the first user interface, wherein the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact and wherein dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes displaying in sequence at least some of the sequence of images based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

while detecting the first input by the first contact, after determining that the first contact has a characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

detect a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

in response to detecting the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact, reverse the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface;

detect a second input, the second input meeting criteria to exit the locked state of the electronic device; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, replace display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface that is distinct from the first user interface on the display, wherein the second user interface includes a background of the second user interface with a first appearance and one or more foreground objects.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein the first intensity threshold is associated with an operating system of the electronic device, and respective operations of respective applications on the electronic device are activated in response to detecting respective inputs that satisfy the first intensity threshold.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein:

respective operations of respective applications on the electronic device are activated in response to detecting respective inputs that satisfy a second intensity threshold;

the appearance of the background changes in a first manner when the characteristic intensity of the contact is between the first intensity threshold and the second intensity threshold; and

the appearance of the background changes in a second manner, different from the first manner when the characteristic intensity of the contact is above the second intensity threshold.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein reversing the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes:

in accordance with a determination that a rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact during the detected decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact does not exceed a first rate of change threshold, dynamically reversing the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface based on the rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact; and

,

in accordance with a determination that a rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact during the detected decrease in the characteristic intensity of the first contact exceeds a first rate of change threshold, animating reversal of the change of the appearance of the background of the first user interface independent of the rate of change of the characteristic intensity of the first contact.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein a magnitude of the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface decays following detection of an impulse force by the first contact.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein at least one of:

the background includes a background image;

the background is a background image;

the representative image includes a background image;

the representative image includes one of the sequence of images;

the one or more foreground objects includes one or more application icons;

the one or more foreground objects of the second user interface includes one or more application icons;

the one or more foreground objects include at least one of a date, a time, a network type, a battery level, or status information;

the one or more foreground objects of the first user interface include at least one of a date, a time, a network type, a battery level, or status information;

the background of the first user interface is the same as the background of the second user interface;

the background of the first user interface is different from the background of the second user interface;

the first appearance of the background of the first user interface is the same as the first appearance of the background of the second user interface;

the first appearance of the background of the first user interface is different from the first appearance of the background of the second user interface;

the first focus selector includes a graphical user interface element;

the first focus selector does not include a graphical user interface element;

the first focus selector includes a contact;

the first focus selector includes a finger contact;

the first focus selector includes a contact of a user that is detected by the electronic device;

the first focus selector includes a selection boundary;

the first focus selector includes an invisible selection boundary;

the first focus selector includes a selection boundary, for a user interface control widget;

the while the first focus selector is at the location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface, includes while the first contact in the first user interface corresponds to the background of the first user interface;

the first input by the first contact results from a press;

the first input by the first contact results from a press gesture;

the location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface includes a location that overlaps the background, at least in part;

the location in the first user interface that corresponds to the background of the first user interface, includes a bounding box;

the different operations include an email operation and a phone operation;

the characteristic intensity of the first contact includes a level of pressure of the first contact;

the characteristic intensity of the first contact refers to a characteristic of the first contact based on one or more intensities of the first contact;

the characteristic intensity includes at least one of a force or pressure of the first contact;

the first intensity threshold includes a threshold level of pressure or force of the first contact;

the first intensity threshold includes a predetermined level of pressure or force of the first contact;

the instructions include at least one of;

computer code, computer software, software instructions, hardware code, or hardware instructions;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by the appearance of the background of the first user interface conditionally changing based on the determination that the first contact has the characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by the appearance of the background of the first user interface changing only if it is determined that the first contact has the characteristic intensity above the first intensity threshold;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by the dynamic changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface altering dynamically based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the dynamic change in the appearance of the background of the first user interface is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by dynamically changing the appearance of the background in a first manner in response to a first characteristic intensity, and dynamically changing the appearance of the background in a second manner in response to a second characteristic intensity;

the dynamically changing the appearance of the background of the first user interface includes displaying in sequence at least some of the sequence of images based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by starting to scroll through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by scrolling through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by speeding a scrolling through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by adjusting a speed through which the at least some of the sequence of images are displayed in sequence as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the displaying in sequence the at least some of the sequence of images is based at least in part on the characteristic intensity of the first contact, by increasing a speed through which the at least some of the sequence of images are displayed in sequence as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes reversing the dynamic changing;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes reversing a dynamic aspect of the dynamic changing;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes reversing the changing;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes stopping a scroll through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes slowing a scroll through the at least some of the sequence of images as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact;

or

the reversing the changing of the appearance of the background of the first user interface, includes decreasing a speed through which the at least some of the sequence of images are displayed in sequence as a function of the characteristic intensity of the first contact.