CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACES

• US 20160034133A1
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: WILSON, Christopher, BUTCHER, Gary Ian, CHEN, Kevin Will, CHAUDHRI, Imran, DYE, Alan C., GUZMAN, Aurelio, IVE, Jonathan P., KARUNAMUNI, Chanaka G., KOCIENDA, Kenneth, LYNCH, Kevin, MARI, Pedro, SABATELLI, Alessandro, SCHMITT, Brian, WILSON, Eric Lance, YANG, Lawrence Y.
• Granted Patent: US 10,990,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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

Abstract

Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.

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 touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:

display a user interface screen on the display, the user interface screen including;

a clock face; and

an affordance, wherein the affordance represents an application, wherein the affordance comprises a set of information obtained from the application, wherein the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application, and wherein the affordance is displayed as a complication associated with the clock face;

detect a contact on the displayed affordance, and in response to detecting the contact;

launch the application represented by the affordance.

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

display a second affordance on the user interface screen, wherein the second affordance represents a second application, wherein the second application is different from the first application, wherein the second affordance comprises a second set of information obtained from the second application, wherein the second set of information is updated in accordance with data from the second application, and wherein the second affordance is displayed as a complication associated with the clock face.

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

display a third affordance on the user interface screen, wherein the third affordance represents the first application, wherein the third affordance comprises a third set of information obtained from the first application, wherein the third set of information is different from the first set of information, wherein the third set of information is updated in accordance with data from the first application, and wherein the third affordance is displayed as a complication associated with the clock face.

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

receive a notification;

determine whether the notification has been missed; and

in accordance with a determination that notification has been missed;

display a missed notification affordance on the display, the missed notification affordance indicating a missed notification.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein an aspect of the displayed missed notification affordance represents a number of missed notifications received by the electronic device.

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

receive data representing user viewing of the missed notification, and in response to receiving the data;

remove the display of the missed notification affordance.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first affordance is a stopwatch progress affordance indicating a currently running stopwatch application, wherein the stopwatch progress affordance comprises a representation of a digital stopwatch, wherein the representation of the digital stopwatch is continuously updated to indicate a stopwatch time generated by the currently running stopwatch application, and wherein launching the first application comprises launching the stopwatch application.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a location sensor, and wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium further comprises instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

while the clock face is displayed on the touch-sensitive display, detect a contact on the touch-sensitive display, and in response to detecting the contact;

access data representing a designated home location, the designated home location having an associated home time zone;

obtain a current time zone of the electronic device from the location sensor;

determine whether the current time zone is different from the home time zone; and

in response to a determination that the current time zone is different from the home time zone;

update the displayed clock face to indicate a current time at the home time zone.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the designated home location is user-designated.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the designated home location is a location designated based on data representing one or more of:

amount of time spent at the location;

which times of day are spent at the location; and

number of contact entries associated with the location stored on the electronic device.

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

detect a movement of the electronic device; and

in response to detecting the movement;

move the displayed clock face on the display, wherein the displayed clock face comprises a plurality of pixels, and wherein the moving comprises modifying in appearance a subset of pixels in the plurality.

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

display a tachymeter user interface object comprising a start/stop affordance;

detect a user input at a first time;

in response to detecting the user input;

start a virtual tachymeter;

detect a second user input at a second time, the second time separated from the first time by a tachymeter interval;

in response to detecting the second user input;

stop the virtual tachymeter; and

display a time value based on a number of units of time in a predetermined interval divided by the tachymeter interval.

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

display a telemeter user interface object comprising a start/stop affordance;

detect a user input at a first time;

in response to detecting the user input;

start a virtual telemeter;

detect a second user input at a second time, the second time separated from the first time by a telemeter interval;

in response to detecting the second contact;

stop the virtual telemeter; and

display a distance based on the telemeter interval.

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

display a repeated interval timer user interface;

receive data representing a user-designated time interval; and

in response to receiving the data representing the user-designated time interval;

provide a user alert, wherein the user alert is repeated at times based on the user-designated time interval.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the user alert comprises one or more of a visual alert, an audio alert, and a haptic alert.

16. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display;

displaying a user interface screen on the display, the user interface screen including;

a clock face; and

an affordance, wherein the affordance represents an application, wherein the affordance comprises a set of information obtained from the application, wherein the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application, and wherein the affordance is displayed as a complication associated with the clock face;

detecting a contact on the displayed affordance, and in response to detecting the contact;

launching the application represented by the affordance.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

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 a user interface screen on the display, the user interface screen including;

a clock face; and

an affordance, wherein the affordance represents an application, wherein the affordance comprises a set of information obtained from the application, wherein the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application, and wherein the affordance is displayed as a complication associated with the clock face;

detecting a contact on the displayed affordance, and in response to detecting the contact;

launching the application represented by the affordance.