Electronic message user interface

• US 10,649,622 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2015
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Yang, Lawrence Y., Lemay, Stephen O., Dye, Alan C., Foss, Christopher Patrick, Wilson, Christopher, Chaudhri, Imran, Butcher, Gary Ian, Dascola, Jonathan R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Higgs, Stella
• Application Number:
  US14/641,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20160065509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. A device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of an electronic messages application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing an electronic messages inbox and an affordance for accessing an interface for composing electronic message.

Claims

1. A non-transitory 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 an electronic device with a rotatable input mechanism, a display, and a touch-sensitive surface configured to detect intensity of touches, cause the electronic device to:

display, on the display, an affordance representing an electronic message application;

receive user input activating the affordance representing the electronic message application;

display, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects;

receive user input activating an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects;

in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, display one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object;

while displaying the electronic conversation, receive user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;

determine one or more suggested responses to the electronic conversation object; and

display a set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a swipe input on the electronic conversation, display the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a touch on the electronic conversation;

in accordance with a determination that a characteristic intensity of the touch is above an intensity threshold, replace display of the electronic conversation with a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation; and

in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is not above the intensity threshold, forgo replacing display of the electronic conversation with the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

determine whether there are a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application;

in accordance with a determination that there is a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application, display the affordance representing the electronic message application with an indication that a number of unread messages are associated with the electronic message application; and

in accordance with a determination that there is not a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application, display the affordance representing the electronic message application without indication that there is a number of unread messages.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread,

an affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device, and

a first affordance associated with a cancel action associated with the electronic conversation.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the first affordance associated with the cancel action; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first affordance associated with the cancel action, replace display of the first set of one or more affordances with display of the electronic conversation.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation, replace display of the first set of one or more affordances with a second set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the second set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with smart response,

an affordance associated with emoji response,

an affordance associated with dictation, and

an affordance associated with keyboard.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with smart response; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with smart response, replace display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of one or more suggested responses.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with a first suggested response of the one or more suggested responses; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first suggested response, transmit the first suggested response.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with a first suggested response of the one or more suggested responses; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first suggested response, add the first suggested response as response information for the electronic conversation.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with emoji response; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with emoji response, replace display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of an interactive graphical object.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with dictation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with dictation, replace display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of a dictation interface.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing speech; and

in response to receiving user input representing speech;

transcribe the user input representing speech, and

add the transcribed speech as response information for the electronic conversation.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread, replace display of the first set of one or more affordances with display of the list of electronic conversation objects, including an unread indicator.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device, cause the electronic conversation to be displayed on a linked companion device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

in accordance with the determination that the user input is a touch input on the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation and that the characteristic intensity of the touch is above the intensity threshold, display the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses.

16. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a rotatable input mechanism, a display, and a touch-sensitive surface configured to detect intensity of touches;

displaying, on the display, an affordance representing an electronic message application;

receiving user input activating the affordance representing the electronic message application;

displaying, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects;

receiving user input activating an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects;

in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, displaying one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object;

while displaying the electronic conversation, receiving user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;

determining one or more suggested responses to the electronic conversation object; and

displaying a set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a swipe input on the electronic conversation, displaying the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a touch on the electronic conversation;

in accordance with a determination that a characteristic intensity of the touch is above a intensity threshold, replacing display of the electronic conversation with a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation; and

in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is not above the intensity threshold, forgoing replacing display of the electronic conversation with the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining whether there are a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application;

in accordance with a determination that there is a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application, displaying the affordance representing the electronic message application with an indication that a number of unread messages are associated with the electronic message application; and

in accordance with a determination that there is not a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application, displaying the affordance representing the electronic message application without indication that there is a number of unread messages.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread,

an affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device, and

a first affordance associated with a cancel action associated with the electronic conversation.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the first affordance associated with the cancel action; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first affordance associated with the cancel action, replacing display of the first set of one or more affordances with display of the electronic conversation.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation, replacing display of the first set of one or more affordances with a second set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the second set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with smart response,

an affordance associated with emoji response,

an affordance associated with dictation, and

an affordance associated with keyboard.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with smart response; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with smart response, replacing display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of one or more suggested responses.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with a first suggested response of the one or more suggested responses; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first suggested response, transmitting the first suggested response.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with a first suggested response of the one or more suggested responses; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first suggested response, adding the first suggested response as response information for the electronic conversation.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with emoji response; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with emoji response, replacing display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of an interactive graphical object.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with dictation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with dictation, replacing display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of a dictation interface.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

receiving user input representing speech; and

in response to receiving user input representing speech;

transcribing the user input representing speech, and

adding the transcribed speech as response information for the electronic conversation.

28. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread, replacing display of the first set of one or more affordances with display of the list of electronic conversation objects, including an unread indicator.

29. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device, causing the electronic conversation to be displayed on a linked companion device.

30. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

in accordance with the determination that the user input is a touch input on the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation and that the characteristic intensity of the touch is above the intensity threshold, displaying the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses.

31. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface configured to detect intensity of touches;

a rotatable input mechanism;

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 display, an affordance representing an electronic message application;

receiving user input activating the affordance representing the electronic message application displaying, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects;

receiving user input activating an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects;

in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, displaying one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object;

while displaying the electronic conversation, receiving user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;

determining one or more suggested responses to the electronic conversation object; and

displaying a set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a swipe input on the electronic conversation, displaying the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses;

in accordance with a determination that the user input is a touch on the electronic conversation;

in accordance with a determination a the characteristic intensity of the touch is above a intensity threshold, replacing display of the electronic conversation with a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation; and

in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is not above the intensity threshold, forgoing replacing display of the electronic conversation with the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

32. The device of claim 31, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining whether there are a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application;

in accordance with a determination that there is a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application, displaying the affordance representing the electronic message application with an indication that a number of unread messages are associated with the electronic message application; and

in accordance with a determination that there is not a number of unread messages associated with the electronic message application, displaying the affordance representing the electronic message application without indication that there is a number of unread messages.

33. The device of claim 31, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread,

an affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device, and

a first affordance associated with a cancel action associated with the electronic conversation.

34. The device of claim 33, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the first affordance associated with the cancel action; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first affordance associated with the cancel action, replacing display of the first set of one or more affordances with display of the electronic conversation.

35. The device of claim 33, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation, replacing display of the first set of one or more affordances with a second set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

36. The device of claim 35, wherein the second set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with smart response,

an affordance associated with emoji response,

an affordance associated with dictation, and

an affordance associated with keyboard.

37. The device of claim 36, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with smart response; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with smart response, replacing display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of one or more suggested responses.

38. The device of claim 37, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with a first suggested response of the one or more suggested responses; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first suggested response, transmitting the first suggested response.

39. The device of claim 36, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with a first suggested response of the one or more suggested responses; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the first suggested response, adding the first suggested response as response information for the electronic conversation.

40. The device of claim 36, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with emoji response; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with emoji response, replacing display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of an interactive graphical object.

41. The device of claim 36, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with dictation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with dictation, replacing display of the second set of one or more affordances with display of a dictation interface.

42. The device of claim 41, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing speech; and

in response to receiving user input representing speech;

transcribing the user input representing speech, and

adding the transcribed speech as response information for the electronic conversation.

43. The device of claim 33, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with marking the electronic conversation as unread, replacing display of the first set of one or more affordances with display of the list of electronic conversation objects, including an unread indicator.

44. The device of claim 33, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving user input representing a touch associated with the affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with opening the electronic conversation on a second device, causing the electronic conversation to be displayed on a linked companion device.

45. The device of claim 31, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in accordance with the determination that the user input is a touch input on the affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation and that the characteristic intensity of the touch is above the intensity threshold, displaying the set of one or more affordances corresponding to the one or more suggested responses.