USER INTERFACE FOR RECEIVING USER INPUT

• US 20160117147A1
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: ZAMBETTI, Nicholas, DASCOLA, Jonathan R., CHAUDHRI, Imran, DAVYDOV, Anton M., IVE, Jonathan P., LEMAY, Stephen O., LYNCH, Kevin, ORDING, Bas, WAN, Wan Si, YANG, Lawrence Y.
• Granted Patent: US 10,613,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for receiving user input. In some examples, a device determines which user input technique a user has accessed most recently, and displays the corresponding user interface. In some examples, a device scrolls through a set of information on the display. When a threshold criteria is satisfied, the device displays an index object fully or partially overlaying the set of information. In some examples, a device displays an emoji graphical object, which is visually manipulated based on user input. The emoji graphical object is transmitted to a recipient. In some examples, a device displays paging affordances that enlarge and allow a user to select a particular page of a user interface. In some examples, the device displays user interfaces for various input methods, including multiple emoji graphical objects. In some examples, a keyboard is displays for receiving user input.

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, cause the device to:

receive a user input;

in response to receiving the user input;

identify a most recently accessed user input technique of a set of user input techniques;

identify a least recently accessed user input technique of the set of user input techniques;

display, on the display, a user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique; and

display, on the display, a first affordance associated with a user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique comprises a selection affordance associated with the most recently accessed user input technique.

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:

in response to receiving the user input;

identify a second-most recently accessed user input technique of the set of user input techniques; and

display, on the display, a second affordance associated with a user input interface of the second-most recently accessed user input technique.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the most recently accessed user input technique, the least recently accessed user input technique, and the second-most recently accessed user input technique are different techniques of the set of user input techniques.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the most recently accessed user input technique, the least recently accessed user input technique, and the second-most recently accessed user input technique are selected from the group comprising a recent contacts functionality, an all contacts functionality, and a dictation functionality.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the most recently accessed user input technique, the least recently accessed user input technique, and the second-most recently accessed user input technique are selected from the group comprising a suggested replies functionality, an emoji functionality, and a dictation functionality.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the set of user input techniques is a closed set of predetermined input techniques.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a quantity of user input techniques of the set of user input techniques is predetermined.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first affordance provides an indication of the least recently accessed user input technique.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the second affordance provides an indication of the second-most recently accessed user input technique.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the first affordance, the second affordance, and the user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique are concurrently displayed.

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:

receive user input associated with the first affordance associated with the user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique; and

in response to receiving user input associated with the first affordance, replace display of the user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique with display of the user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, 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 user input associated with the first affordance associated with the user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique; and

in response to receiving user input associated with the first affordance;

replace display of the user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique with display of the user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique;

replace display of the first affordance associated with the user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique with display of a third affordance associated with the user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique; and

replace display of the second affordance associated with the user input interface of the second-most recently accessed user input technique with display of a fourth affordance associated with the user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique.

14. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display;

receiving a user input;

in response to receiving the user input;

identifying a most recently accessed user input technique of a set of user input techniques;

identifying a least recently accessed user input technique of the set of user input techniques;

displaying, on the display, a user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique; and

displaying, on the display, a first affordance associated with a user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique.

15. An electronic device, comprising:

a 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;

receiving a user input;

in response to receiving the user input;

identifying a most recently accessed user input technique of a set of user input techniques;

identifying a least recently accessed user input technique of the set of user input techniques;

displaying, on the display, a user input interface of the most recently accessed user input technique; and

displaying, on the display, a first affordance associated with a user input interface of the least recently accessed user input technique.