USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING AN ACCOUNT

• US 20200302518A1
• Filed: 09/24/2019
• Published: 09/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: VAN OS, Marcel, AHN, Charles Tesan, CHANG, Jae Woo, CONNOR, Teofila, FISHER, Jarad, KING, Nicholas V., MARI, Pedro, MCLACHLAN, Mischa, NAGRE, Ashish, STEELE, Glen W., Dye, Alan C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,783,576 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/105 involving programming of a portable memory device, e.g. IC cards, "electronic purses"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/108 Remote banking, e.g. home banking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/38215 Use of certificates or encrypted proofs of transaction rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 : Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 : Establishing or using transaction specific rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 : Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 : Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/00 : Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges

Abstract

In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for provisioning an electronic device with an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for providing usage information of an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for providing visual feedback on a representation of an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing the tracking of a category are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing a transfer of items are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing an authentication credential connected with an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for activating a physical account object are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing balance transfers are described.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more orientation sensors;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the display, a graphical representation of a user account that is associated with an activity of a first type and an activity of a second type, wherein in the graphical representation of the user account;

the activity of the first type is represented by a first set of one or more regions having a first color range, wherein the first set of one or more regions has a first shape; and

the activity of the second type is represented by a second set of one or more regions having a second color range that is different from the first color range, wherein the second set of one or more regions has a second shape that is different from the first shape;

while displaying the graphical representation of the user account, detecting an input directed to the graphical representation of the user account, wherein detecting the input includes detecting a change in orientation of the device in an associated direction based on data received from the one or more orientation sensors; and

in response to detecting the input directed to the graphical representation of the user account;

changing a shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the first shape to a third shape that is different from the first shape and the second shape; and

changing a shape and position of the second set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the second shape to a fourth shape that is different from the first shape, the second shape, and the third shape.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the user account corresponds to a computer storage account, and

using the user account includes requesting storage of data onto available computer storage resources associated with the computer storage account.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein:

the activity of the first type corresponds to using the computer storage account to request storage of a first type of data onto the available computer storage resources associated with the computer storage account, and

the activity of the second type corresponds to using the computer storage account to request storage of a second type of data onto the available computer storage resources associated with the computer storage account.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the user account corresponds to a financial account, and

using the user account includes making purchases based on financial resources associated with the financial account.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein:

the activity of the first type corresponds to using the financial account to make a first type of purchase based on the financial resources associated with the financial account, and

the activity of the second type corresponds to using the financial account to make a second type of purchase based on the financial resources associated with the financial account.

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

after detecting the input directed to the graphical representation of the user account;

while displaying the graphical representation of the user account, detecting a second input directed to the graphical representation of the transfer account, wherein the second input has an associated direction; and

in response to detecting the second input directed to the graphical representation of the user account;

changing the shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the second input from the third shape to a fifth shape that is different from the first shape, the second shape, the third shape, and the fourth shape; and

changing the shape and position of the second set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the fourth shape to a sixth shape that is different from the first shape, the second shape, the third shape, the fourth shape, and the fifth shape.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein changing the shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input includes combining a first region and a second region of the first set of one or more regions into a single region of the first set of one or more regions in response to the input.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein changing the shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input includes splitting a first region of the first set of one or more regions into a second region and a third region of the first set of one or more regions in response to the input.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein changing the shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input directed to the graphical representation of the user account and changing the shape and position of the second set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input directed to the graphical representation of the transfer account are based on a physics model.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein changing the shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input and changing the shape and position of the second set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input includes moving the first set of one or more regions and the second set of one or more regions in a substantially similar direction within the graphical representation of the user account.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, during a first time period, the first set of one or more regions and the second set of one or more regions at least partially overlap within the graphical representation of the user account.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, during a second time period, the first set of one or more regions and the second set of one or more regions do not overlap within the graphical representation of the user account.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a size of the first set of one or more regions is at least partially based on a transfer amount corresponding to the activity of the first type.

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

displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account, wherein the graphical representation of the transfer account further includes a graphical element; and

while displaying the graphical element, displaying, on the graphical element, a holographic effect.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the user account corresponds to a transfer account;

the activity of the first type corresponds to a plurality of transfers of a first type; and

the activity of the second type corresponds to a plurality of transfers of a second type.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the transfer account is further associated with a plurality of transfers of a third type, and wherein in the graphical representation of the transfer account:

transfers of the third type are represented by a third set of one or more regions having a third color range that is different from the first color range and the second color range, wherein the third set of one or more regions has a third shape that is different from the first shape and the second shape.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

detecting a transfer of a third type different from the first type and the second type; and

subsequent to detecting the transfer of the third type;

displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account, wherein the graphical representation of the transfer account includes a third set of one or more regions representing the transfer of the third type, wherein the third set of one or more regions has a third color range that is different from the first color range and the second color range representing the transfer of the third type and a third shape that is different from the first shape and the second shape.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account comprises:

removing display of the first set of one or more regions and the second set of one or more regions from the graphical representation of the transfer account; and

subsequent to removing display of the first set of one or more regions and the second set of one or more regions in the graphical representation of the transfer account;

re-displaying the first set of one or more regions and the second set of one or more regions in the graphical representation of the transfer account; and

displaying the third set of one or more regions in the graphical representation of the transfer account.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

detecting that at least a portion of the plurality of transfers of the first type are no longer associated with the transfer account; and

subsequent to detecting that at least a portion of the plurality of transfers of the first type are no longer associated with the transfer account;

displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account with a reduced amount area occupied by the first set of one or more regions from the graphical representation of the transfer account.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account with a reduced amount area occupied by the first set of one or more regions from the graphical representation of the transfer account includes displaying an animation of a first region of the first set of one or more regions moving out of the graphical representation of the transfer account and, subsequently, displaying an animation of a second region of the first set of one or more regions moving out of the graphical representation of the transfer account.

21. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to displaying the graphical representation of the transfer account, detecting an input directed to displaying a user interface corresponding to the transfer account; and

in response to detecting the input directed to displaying the user interface corresponding to the transfer account, displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account with an animated effect that indicates transfer activity that occurred within a respective time period, including;

in accordance with a determination that one or more transfers of the first type and one or more transfers of the second type occurred within the respective time period, emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account, followed by emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account prior to displaying the first set of one or more regions with the first color range and the second set of one or more regions with the second color range;

in accordance with a determination that one or more transfers of the first type occurred within the respective time period without and one or more transfers of the second type occurring within the respective time period, emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account without emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account prior to displaying the first set of one or more regions with the first color range and the second set of one or more regions with the second color range; and

in accordance with a determination that one or more transfers of the second type occurred within the respective time period without and one or more transfers of the first type occurring within the respective time period, emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account without emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account prior to displaying the first set of one or more regions with the first color range and the second set of one or more regions with the second color range.

22. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

detecting a transfer of the first type made using the transaction account; and

subsequent to detecting the transfer, displaying, on the display, the graphical representation of the transfer account with an animated effect that indicates transfer activity that occurred within a respective time period, including emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account without emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account.

23. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein displaying the graphical representation of the transfer account includes displaying the graphical representation of the transfer account with an animated effect that indicates transfer activity that occurred on the transfer account, including:

in accordance with a determination that one or more transfers of the first type and one or more transfers of the second type have occurred, emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account, followed by emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account;

in accordance with a determination that the one or more transfers of the first type have occurred and the one or more transfers of the second type have not occurred, emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account without emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account; and

in accordance with a determination that the one or more transfers of the second type occurred and the one or more transfers of the first type have not occurred, emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account without emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account, followed by emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account further includes:

emphasizing the first color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account, followed by de-emphasizing all of the color ranges, including the first color range, on the graphical representation of the transfer account, followed by emphasizing the second color range relative to other color ranges on the graphical representation of the transfer account.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display and one or more orientation sensors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying, on the display, a graphical representation of a user account that is associated with an activity of a first type and an activity of a second type, wherein in the graphical representation of the user account;

the activity of the first type is represented by a first set of one or more regions having a first color range, wherein the first set of one or more regions has a first shape; and

the activity of the second type is represented by a second set of one or more regions having a second color range that is different from the first color range, wherein the second set of one or more regions has a second shape that is different from the first shape;

while displaying the graphical representation of the user account, detecting an input directed to the graphical representation of the user account, wherein detecting the input includes detecting a change in orientation of the device in an associated direction based on data received from the one or more orientation sensors; and

in response to detecting the input directed to the graphical representation of the user account;

changing a shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the first shape to a third shape that is different from the first shape and the second shape; and

changing a shape and position of the second set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the second shape to a fourth shape that is different from the first shape, the second shape, and the third shape.

26. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and one or more orientation sensors;

displaying, on the display, a graphical representation of a user account that is associated with an activity of a first type and an activity of a second type, wherein in the graphical representation of the user account;

the activity of the first type is represented by a first set of one or more regions having a first color range, wherein the first set of one or more regions has a first shape; and

the activity of the second type is represented by a second set of one or more regions having a second color range that is different from the first color range, wherein the second set of one or more regions has a second shape that is different from the first shape;

while displaying the graphical representation of the user account, detecting an input directed to the graphical representation of the user account, wherein detecting the input includes detecting a change in orientation of the device in an associated direction based on data received from the one or more orientation sensors; and

in response to detecting the input directed to the graphical representation of the user account;

changing a shape and position of the first set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the first shape to a third shape that is different from the first shape and the second shape; and

changing a shape and position of the second set of one or more regions based on the direction of the input from the second shape to a fourth shape that is different from the first shape, the second shape, and the third shape.