Message user interfaces for capture and transmittal of media and location content

• US 10,592,072 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2016
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Yang, Lawrence Y., Garcia, Roberto, Chaudhri, Imran, Wood, Justin, Federighi, Craig M., Lemay, Stephen O., Bistolas, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US15/366,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20170083189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/10 Image acquisition document image scanning and transmission H04N1/00; control of digital cameras H04N23/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 : Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 : Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 : Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 : Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 : using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 : for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 : Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 : for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 : for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 : according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 : including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 : Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 : Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 : for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information

Abstract

A device provides user interfaces for a messaging application. The device receives a first message and displays a representation of the first message, where the first message is scheduled to be deleted upon satisfaction of expiration criteria. The device displays an affordance for keeping the first message. In accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria, the device keeps the first message. In accordance with a determination that the expiration criteria has been satisfied without detecting selection of the affordance, the device ceases to display the representation of the first message on the display.

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;

receiving a first message from a first participant;

displaying a representation of the first message on the display, wherein the first message is scheduled to be deleted upon satisfaction of expiration criteria;

displaying an affordance for keeping the first message;

in accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria;

keeping the first message; and

providing an indication to the first participant that the first message has been kept; and

in accordance with a determination that the expiration criteria has been satisfied without detecting selection of the affordance, ceasing to display the representation of the first message on the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving a second message, wherein the second message is not deleted based on the expiration criteria.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the second message is a text message.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the expiration criteria is based on a time interval.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the time interval is measured starting from a time after the media is played.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the time interval is measured starting from a time when the media is created.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the expiration criteria is based on whether the first message contains media.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the expiration criteria is based on whether the media was captured using a messaging application.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first message contains media, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria, saving the media in a media library.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first message contains media, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining whether the media was captured using a messaging application; and

in accordance with a determination that the media was not captured using a messaging application, saving the media to a media library.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining whether the first message is an audio message; and

in accordance with a determination that the first message is an audio message, displaying the affordance for keeping the first message.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the expiration criteria comprises a criterion that text messages do not expire.

13. A method, comprising:

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

receiving a first message from a first participant;

displaying a representation of the first message on the display, wherein the first message is scheduled to be deleted upon satisfaction of expiration criteria;

displaying an affordance for keeping the first message;

in accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria;

keeping the first message; and

providing an indication to the first participant that the first message has been kept; and

in accordance with a determination that the expiration criteria has been satisfied without detecting selection of the affordance, ceasing to display the representation of the first message on the display.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a second message, wherein the second message is not deleted based on the expiration criteria.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second message is a text message.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the expiration criteria is based on a time interval.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the time interval is measured starting from a time after the media is played.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the time interval is measured starting from a time when the media is created.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the expiration criteria is based on whether the first message contains media.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the expiration criteria is based on whether the media was captured using a messaging application.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the first message contains media, the method further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria, saving the media in a media library.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the first message contains media, the method further comprising:

determining whether the media was captured using a messaging application; and

in accordance with a determination that the media was not captured using a messaging application, saving the media to a media library.

23. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the first message is an audio message; and

in accordance with a determination that the first message is an audio message, displaying the affordance for keeping the first message.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein the expiration criteria comprises a criterion that text messages do not expire.

25. 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:

receive a first message from a first participant;

display a representation of the first message on the display, wherein the first message is scheduled to be deleted upon satisfaction of expiration criteria;

display an affordance for keeping the first message;

in accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria;

keep the first message; and

provide an indication to the first participant that the first message has been kept; and

in accordance with a determination that the expiration criteria has been satisfied without detecting selection of the affordance, cease to display the representation of the first message on the display.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving a second message, wherein the second message is not deleted based on the expiration criteria.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein the second message is a text message.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the expiration criteria is based on a time interval.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the time interval is measured starting from a time after the media is played.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the time interval is measured starting from a time when the media is created.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the expiration criteria is based on whether the first message contains media.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the first message contains media, and wherein the expiration criteria is based on whether the media was captured using a messaging application.

33. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the first message contains media, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria, saving the media in a media library.

34. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the first message contains media, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining whether the media was captured using a messaging application; and

in accordance with a determination that the media was not captured using a messaging application, saving the media to a media library.

35. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining whether the first message is an audio message; and

in accordance with a determination that the first message is an audio message, displaying the affordance for keeping the first message.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the expiration criteria comprises a criterion that text messages do not expire.