Device, method, and graphical user interface for switching between two user interfaces

• US 10,620,794 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Cotterill, Stephen Hayden, Logan, Jake M., Kuvshynov, Oleksandr, Cressall, Erik M., Casey, Brandon J., Hultquist, Jeffrey Paul McCurdy
• Primary Examiner(s): Tillery, Rashawn N
• Application Number:
  US13/077,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166998A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,302 Days
• Field of Search: 715780, 715863, 340 551, 340 52, 713 1, 713183, 380277, 726 3, 705 18, 707769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a first authentication user interface on the display, the first authentication user interface including a text entry field for entering a text-based authentication code; detects a first input by a user on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first authentication user interface; in response to detecting the first input, displays a second authentication user interface on the display, distinct from the first authentication user interface, the second authentication user interface configured for entering a gesture-based authentication code; while displaying the second authentication user interface, detects one or more gestures by the user at locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to locations on the second authentication user interface; and authenticates the user in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more gestures correspond to a gesture-based authentication code for the user.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a 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 authentication user interface on the display, the first authentication user interface including a text entry field for entering a text-based authentication code;

detecting a first input by a user on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first authentication user interface;

in response to detecting the first input, displaying a second authentication user interface on the display, distinct from the first authentication user interface, the second authentication user interface including a plurality of authentication gesture objects and configured for entering a gesture-based authentication code;

while displaying the second authentication user interface, detecting one or more gestures by the user at locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to locations of at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface; and

authenticating the user in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more gestures correspond to a gesture-based authentication code for the user.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein displaying the second authentication user interface in response to detecting the first input comprises:

replacing display of the first authentication user interface with display of the second authentication user interface.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein displaying the second authentication user interface in response to detecting the first input comprises:

displaying an animation of the second authentication user interface replacing the first authentication user interface.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first input is a swipe gesture.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the first input is a drag gesture.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the first input is a tap gesture.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the first input is initiated at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of a graphical object on the display, the graphical object being displayed in both the first authentication user interface and the second authentication user interface.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the graphical object moves from a first location on the display in the first authentication user interface to a second location on the display in the second authentication user interface, distinct from the first location on the display.

9. The device of claim 8, including instructions for:

while displaying the second authentication user interface, detecting a second input that is initiated at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of the graphical object on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, replacing display of the second authentication user interface with display of the first authentication user interface.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the first input is a swipe gesture in a first direction and the second input is a swipe gesture in a direction opposite to the first direction.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the first input is a drag gesture in a first direction and the second input is a drag gesture in a direction opposite to the first direction.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein use of gesture-based authentication at the electronic device requires a prior authentication of the user at the electronic device via text-based authentication.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein use of gesture-based authentication requires a prior authentication of the user at the electronic device via text-based authentication without any intervening authentication at the electronic device by another user.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein use of gesture-based authentication requires a prior authentication of the user at the electronic device via text-based authentication within a predefined time period.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein authenticating the user provides access to one of:

a remote computer system, a digital content store, or a digital application store.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the first authentication user interface provides access to functions of a system and the second authentication user interface provides the same access to the functions of the system.

22. The device of claim 1, wherein

the first authentication user interface comprises a keyboard for receiving touch inputs for inputting the text-based authentication code into the text entry field;

and

in response to detecting the first input, the keyboard is removed from the display.

25. The device of claim 22, wherein

the first input is a gesture in a first direction;

and

in response to detecting the first input, the keyboard and the text entry field are removed from the display in the first direction.

26. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more gestures comprise a swipe that contacts the locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to the locations of the at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface.

16. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

displaying a first authentication user interface on the display, the first authentication user interface including a text entry field for entering a text-based authentication code;

detecting a first input by a user on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first authentication user interface;

in response to detecting the first input, displaying a second authentication user interface on the display, distinct from the first authentication user interface, the second authentication user interface including a plurality of authentication gesture objects and configured for entering a gesture-based authentication code;

while displaying the second authentication user interface, detecting one or more gestures by the user at locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to locations of at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface; and

authenticating the user in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more gestures correspond to a gesture-based authentication code for the user.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the first authentication user interface provides access to functions of the electronic device and the second authentication user interface provides the same access to the functions of the electronic device.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein

the first authentication user interface comprises a keyboard for receiving touch inputs for inputting the text-based authentication code into the text entry field;

and

in response to detecting the first input, the keyboard is removed from the display.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more gestures comprise a swipe that contacts the locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to the locations of the at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface.

17. 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 and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display a first authentication user interface on the display, the first authentication user interface including a text entry field for entering a text-based authentication code;

detect a first input by a user on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first authentication user interface;

in response to detecting the first input, display a second authentication user interface on the display, distinct from the first authentication user interface, the second authentication user interface including a plurality of authentication gesture objects and configured for entering a gesture-based authentication code;

while displaying the second authentication user interface, detect one or more gestures by the user at locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to locations of at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface; and

authenticate the user in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more gestures correspond to a gesture-based authentication code for the user.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first authentication user interface provides access to functions of the electronic device and the second authentication user interface provides the same access to the functions of the electronic device.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein

the first authentication user interface comprises a keyboard for receiving touch inputs for inputting the text-based authentication code into the text entry field;

and

in response to detecting the first input, the keyboard is removed from the display.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more gestures comprise a swipe that contacts the locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to the locations of the at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface.

18. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a first authentication user interface on the display, the first authentication user interface including a text entry field for entering a text-based authentication code;

wherein;

a first input by a user on the touch-sensitive surface is detected while displaying the first authentication user interface;

in response to detecting the first input, a second authentication user interface is displayed on the display, distinct from the first authentication user interface, the second authentication user interface including a plurality of authentication gesture objects and configured for entering a gesture-based authentication code;

while displaying the second authentication user interface, one or more gestures by the user are detected at locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to locations of at least two of the plurality of authentication gesture objects on the second authentication user interface; and

the user is authenticated in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more gestures correspond to a gesture-based authentication code for the user.