CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACES

• US 20160034152A1
• 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 9,804,759 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 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 3/0362 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 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2213/00 Indexing scheme for animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof

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 on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen, the user interface screen including;

a first affordance representing a simulation of a first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a current time; and

a second affordance indicating the current time;

receive a user input; and

in response to receiving the user input;

rotate the simulation of the Earth to display a second region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first affordance representing the simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time comprises a representation of a solar terminator.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a swipe on the touch-sensitive display in a first swipe direction.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the simulation of the first region of the Earth is rotated in a first direction of rotation, 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:

receive a second user input; and

in response to receiving the second user input;

rotate the simulation of the first region of the Earth in a second direction of rotation, wherein the second direction of rotation and the first direction of rotation are different.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the second user input comprises a swipe on the touch-sensitive display in a second swipe direction, and wherein the first swipe direction and the second swipe direction are different.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a rotatable input mechanism, 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:

receive a third user input representing a movement of the rotatable input mechanism; and

in response to receiving the third user input;

update the first affordance to represent a simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a non-current time; and

update the second affordance to indicate the non-current time.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further 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:

before displaying the user interface screen, obtain a current location of the electronic device from the location sensor, wherein the displayed first region of the Earth represented by the first affordance indicates the current location of the electronic device.

8. 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 user movement of the electronic device; and

in response to detecting the user movement;

animate the first affordance representing the simulation of the Earth by translating the first affordance on-screen towards the center of the displayed user interface screen.

9. 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 on the user interface screen a third affordance, the third affordance representing a moon;

detect a contact on the displayed third affordance, and

in response to detecting the contact;

update the display of the user interface screen, wherein updating the display of the user interface screen comprises;

displaying a fourth affordance representing a simulation of the Moon, the fourth affordance representing a simulation of the Moon as seen from the Earth at the current time; and

displaying a fifth affordance indicating the current time.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein updating the display of the user interface screen comprises animating the first affordance representing the simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun by zooming out.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, 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 fourth user input; and

in response to receiving the fourth user input;

rotate the simulation of the Moon to display the Moon as seen from the Earth at a non-current time; and

update the fifth affordance to indicate the non-current time.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the fourth user input comprises a swipe on the touch-sensitive display in a first swipe direction.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the electronic device further comprises a rotatable input mechanism, and wherein the fourth user input comprises a movement of the rotatable input mechanism in a first direction of rotation.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the simulation of the Moon as seen from the Earth is rotated in a first direction of rotation, 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:

receive a fifth user input; and

in response to receiving the fifth user input;

rotate the simulation of the Moon as seen from the Earth in a second direction of rotation, wherein the second direction of rotation and the first direction of rotation are different.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the fifth user input comprises a swipe on the touch-sensitive display in a second swipe direction, and wherein the first swipe direction and the second swipe direction are different.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the fifth user input comprises a movement of the rotatable input mechanism in a second direction of rotation, and wherein the first direction of rotation and the second direction of rotation are different.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, 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 user double tap on the touch-sensitive display, the user double tap comprising a first contact on the touch-sensitive display and a second contact on the touch-sensitive display;

determine whether the first contact and the second contact were received within a predetermined interval; and

in response to detecting the user double tap, and in accordance with a determination that the first contact and the second contact were received within the predetermined interval;

display additional lunar information.

18. 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 on the user interface screen a sixth affordance, the sixth affordance representing a solar system;

detect a contact on the displayed sixth affordance, and

in response to detecting the contact;

update the display of the user interface screen, wherein updating the display of the user interface screen comprises;

displaying a seventh affordance representing a solar system, the seventh affordance comprising representations of the Sun, the Earth, and one or more non-Earth planets at their respective positions at a current time; and

displaying an eighth affordance indicating the current time.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein updating the display of the user interface screen comprises animating the first affordance representing the simulation of the first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun or animating the fourth affordance representing a simulation of the Moon as seen from the Earth by zooming out.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, 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 sixth user input; and

in response to receiving the sixth user input;

update the seventh affordance to depict respective positions of the Sun, the Earth, and the one or more non-Earth planets for a non-current time, wherein updating the seventh affordance comprises rotating the Earth and the one or more non-Earth planets about the Sun; and

update the eighth affordance to indicate the non-current time.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the sixth user input comprises a swipe on the touch-sensitive display in a first swipe direction.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the electronic device further comprises a rotatable input mechanism, and wherein the sixth user input comprises a movement of the rotatable input mechanism in a first direction of rotation.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the Earth and the one or more non-Earth planets are rotated about the Sun in a first direction of rotation, 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:

receive a seventh user input; and

in response to receiving the seventh user input;

rotate the Earth and the one or more non-Earth planets about the Sun in a second direction of rotation, wherein the second direction of rotation and the first direction of rotation are different.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the seventh user input comprises a swipe on the touch-sensitive display in a second swipe direction, and wherein the first swipe direction and the second swipe direction are different.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the seventh user input comprises a movement of the rotatable input mechanism in a second direction of rotation, and wherein the first direction of rotation and the second direction of rotation are different.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the representation of the Earth further comprises a representation of the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, and wherein the representation of the one or more non-Earth planets further comprises a representation of the orbit of the one or more non-Earth planets around the Sun.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, 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 an eighth user input comprising a contact on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the contact is associated with the representation of the Earth or the representation of the one or more non-Earth planets, the contact on the touch-sensitive display having an associated duration;

while continuing to receive the contact, determine whether the duration of the contact exceeds a predetermined threshold;

in response to receiving the eighth user input, and in accordance with a determination that the duration of the contact exceeds the predetermined threshold;

visually distinguish the representation of the Earth or the representation of the one or more non-Earth planets associated with the contact;

detect a break in the contact; and

in response to detecting the break in the contact;

display information about the Earth or the one or more non-Earth planets associated with the contact.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 27, 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:

after displaying the information about the Earth or the one or more non-Earth planets associated with the contact, receive a ninth user input;

determine whether the ninth user input represents a tap or a swipe on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the ninth user input represents a tap;

remove the displayed information about the Earth or the one or more non-Earth planets; and

in accordance with a determination that the ninth user input represents a swipe;

replace the displayed information about the Earth or the one or more non-Earth planets with information about a second planet selected from the group consisting of the Earth and the one or more non-Earth planets, wherein the second planet is not the planet associated with the contact.

29. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display;

displaying on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen, the user interface screen including;

a first affordance representing a simulation of a first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a current time; and

a second affordance indicating the current time;

receiving a user input; and

in response to receiving the user input;

rotating the simulation of the Earth to display a second region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time.

30. 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 on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen, the user interface screen including;

a first affordance representing a simulation of a first region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at a current time; and

a second affordance indicating the current time;

receiving a user input; and

in response to receiving the user input;

rotating the simulation of the Earth to display a second region of the Earth as illuminated by the Sun at the current time.