ELECTRONIC MESSAGE USER INTERFACE

• US 20160065509A1
• Filed: 03/07/2015
• Published: 03/03/2016
• 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, CHAUDHRI, Imran, BUTCHER, Gary Ian, DASCOLA, Jonathan R., WILSON, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 10,649,622 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, cause the electronic device to:

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

receive user input representing movement of the rotatable input mechanism;

in response to receiving the user input representing the movement of the rotatable input mechanism, display a landing screen of the electronic message application,

wherein the landing screen includes an inbox affordance and a compose affordance;

receive user input associated with the landing screen;

determine whether the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated with the displayed inbox affordance or a touch associated with the displayed compose affordance;

in response to receiving the user input associated with the landing screen and in accordance with a determination that the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated with the displayed inbox affordance, display, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects; and

in response to receiving the user input associated with the landing screen and in accordance with a determination that the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated the displayed compose affordance, display, on the display, an interface for composing a new electronic message.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the affordance representing the electronic message application includes an indication of a number of unread electronic messages of the electronic message application.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the affordance representing the electronic message application does not include an indication of a number of unread electronic messages of the electronic message application.

4. 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.

5. 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:

receive user input representing a touch associated with an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with an electronic conversation object of the list of electronic conversation objects, display, on the display, an electronic conversation associated with the electronic conversation object.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5, 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 substantially horizontal swipe gesture on the electronic conversation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the substantially horizontal swipe gesture on the electronic conversation, replace display of the electronic conversation with the list of electronic conversation objects.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the user input representing a substantially horizontal swipe gesture is a user input representing a substantially horizontal swipe gesture from a bezel of the electronic device.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the touch-sensitive surface is configured to detect intensity of touches, and the non-transitory computer readable storage medium 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 on the electronic conversation;

determine whether a characteristic intensity of the touch on the electronic conversation is above an intensity threshold; and

in response to receiving the user input representing the touch on the electronic conversation and in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity of the touch is above the intensity threshold, display, on the display, a first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to display the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation include instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the electronic device to replace display of the electronic conversation with display of the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first set of one or more affordances associated with the electronic conversation includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation,

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.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5, 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 substantially upward swipe gesture associated with the electronic conversation; and

in response to receiving user input representing the substantially upward swipe gesture associated with the electronic conversation, display an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, 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.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, 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.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the second set of 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.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, 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.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, 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.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, 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.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, 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.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, 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.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, 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.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, 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 keyboard; and

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

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

determine whether the electronic conversation includes response information; and

in response to determining that the electronic conversation includes response information, display an affordance associated with sending the response information.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 22 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 sending the response information; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with sending the response information, transmit the response information.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, 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.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, 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.

26. 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:

receive user input representing a substantially downward swipe gesture associated with the list of electronic conversation objects; and

in response to receiving user input representing the substantially downward swipe gesture associated with the list of electronic conversation objects, display an affordance associated with composing a new electronic message.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, 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 composing a new electronic message; and

in response to receiving the user input associated with the affordance associated with composing a new electronic message, display, on the display, the interface for composing a new electronic message.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the interface for composing the new electronic message comprises one or more of:

an affordance associated with adding recipient information to the new electronic message, and

an affordance associated with adding response information to the new electronic message.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 28, 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 adding recipient information to the new electronic message; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with adding recipient information to the new electronic message, replace display of the interface for composing the new electronic message with display of a third set of one or more affordances associated with the new electronic message.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the third set of one or more affordances associated with the new electronic message includes one or more of an affordance associated with recent contacts.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the third set of one or more affordances associated with the new electronic message includes one or more of an affordance associated with dictation.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the third set of one or more affordances associated with the new electronic message includes one or more of an affordance associated with keyboard.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 30, 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 recent contacts; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with recent contacts, replace display of the third set of one or more affordances with display of one or more recent contact affordances.

34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 33, 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 recent contact affordance of the one or more recent contact affordances, the recent contact affordance associated with contact information; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the recent contact affordance, add the contact information as recipient information to the new electronic message.

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, 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 third set of one or more affordances with display of a dictation interface.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing recipient speech; and

in response to receiving user input representing recipient speech;

transcribe the user input representing recipient speech, and

add the transcribed recipient speech as recipient information to the new electronic message.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32, 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 keyboard; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with keyboard, replace display of the third set of one or more affordances with display of one or more keys of a keyboard.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 37, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

receive user input representing keyboard input using the one or more keys of the keyboard, the user input representing keyboard input associated with contact information; and

in response to receiving user input representing the keyboard input, add the contact information as recipient information to the new electronic message.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 28, 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 adding response information to the new electronic message; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with adding response information to the new electronic message, replace display of the interface for composing the new electronic message with display of a fourth set of one or more affordances associated with the new electronic message.

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 39, wherein the fourth set of affordances associated with the electronic message includes one or more of:

an affordance associated with emoji response,

an affordance associated with dictation, and

an affordance associated with keyboard.

41. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 40, 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 fourth set of one or more affordances with display of an interactive graphical object.

42. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 40, 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 fourth set of one or more affordances with display of a dictation interface.

43. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 42, 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 new electronic message.

44. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 38, 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 keyboard; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with the keyboard, replace display of the fourth set of one or more affordances with display of one or more keys of a keyboard.

45. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 37, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

determine whether the new electronic message includes recipient information and response information; and

in response to determining that the new electronic message includes recipient information and response information, display an affordance associated with sending the new electronic message.

46. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 45 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 sending the new electronic message; and

in response to receiving user input representing the touch associated with the affordance associated with sending the new electronic message, transmit the electronic message.

47. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism;

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

receiving user input representing movement of the rotatable input mechanism;

in response to receiving the user input representing the movement of the rotatable input mechanism, displaying a landing screen of the electronic message application,

wherein the landing screen includes display of an inbox affordance and a compose affordance;

receiving user input associated with the landing screen;

determining whether the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated with the displayed inbox affordance or a touch associated with the displayed compose affordance;

in response to receiving the user input associated with the landing screen and in accordance with a determination that the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated with the displayed inbox affordance, displaying, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects; and

in response to receiving the user input associated with the landing screen and in accordance with a determination that the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated the displayed compose affordance, displaying, on the display, an interface for composing a new electronic message.

48. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

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 representing movement of the rotatable input mechanism;

in response to receiving the user input representing the movement of the rotatable input mechanism, displaying a landing screen of the electronic message application,

wherein the landing screen includes display of an inbox affordance and a compose affordance;

receiving user input associated with the landing screen;

determining whether the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated with the displayed inbox affordance or a touch associated with the displayed compose affordance;

in response to receiving the user input associated with the landing screen and in accordance with a determination that the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated with the displayed inbox affordance, displaying, on the display, a list of electronic conversation objects; and

in response to receiving the user input associated with the landing screen and in accordance with a determination that the user input associated with the landing screen represents a touch associated the displayed compose affordance, displaying, on the display, an interface for composing a new electronic message.