IP Library Granted Patent US 11,042,281
Granted Patent B2
US 11,042,281 · App. 16/659,507 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Weather user interface

Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang (Bellevue, WA); Wan Si Wan (Sunnyvale, CA); Alan C. Dye (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Patrick Foss (San Francisco, CA); Kevin Lynch (Woodside, CA); Brian Schmitt (Venice, CA); Christopher Wilson (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,042,281
App. No.
16/659,507
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.

Claims (65)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors,

the one or more programs including instructions for:

obtaining, via wireless communication, weather information for a location comprising a current weather condition and a forecasted weather condition, wherein the forecasted weather condition includes a first type of weather information and a second type of weather information; and

displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a first plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of units of time,

wherein the first plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time are displayed with a curved arrangement around a respective portion of the user interface and are indicative of the first type of weather information;

while displaying the user interface, detect a user input; and

in response to detecting the user input, transition from displaying the first plurality of images that are indicative of the first type of weather information to displaying a second plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time, wherein the second plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time are displayed with the curved arrangement around the respective portion of the user interface and are indicative of the second type of weather information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an arc distance between a first image from the plurality of images and a second image from the plurality of images is smaller than an arc distance between the first image from the plurality of images and a third image from the plurality of images, wherein the first image is sequentially adjacent to the second image and the first image is sequentially adjacent to the third image.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an arc distance between a fourth image from the plurality of images and a fifth image from the plurality of images is substantially the same as an arc distance between a sixth image from the plurality of images and the fifth image from the plurality of images, wherein the fourth image is sequentially adjacent to the fifth image and the fourth image is sequentially adjacent to the sixth image.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises a location sensor, and the one or more programs further including instructions for:

obtaining a current location of the electronic device from the location sensor; and

displaying the user interface further includes displaying the current location and a current temperature at the current location.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a clock having a clock face.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of units of time correspond to a plurality of hour markers.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images are different images.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images are the same images.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , where an image from the plurality of images positioned at a top of the curved arrangement corresponds to twelve o'clock.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , where an image from the plurality of images positioned at a bottom of the curved arrangement corresponds to six o'clock.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes a graphical visual indicator corresponding to a current hour.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the graphical visual indicator is displayed within a portion of the curved arrangement.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the curved arrangement includes a gap space corresponding to an hour that just passed.

14. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:

obtaining, via wireless communication, weather information for a location comprising a current weather condition and a forecasted weather condition, wherein the forecasted weather condition includes a first type of weather information and a second type of weather information; and

displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a first plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of units of time,

wherein the first plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time are displayed with a curved arrangement around a respective portion of the user interface and are indicative of the first type of weather information;

while displaying the user interface, detect a user input; and

in response to detecting the user input, transition from displaying the first plurality of images that are indicative of the first type of weather information to displaying a second plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time, wherein the second plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time are displayed with the curved arrangement around the respective portion of the user interface and are indicative of the second type of weather information.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein an arc distance between a first image from the plurality of images and a second image from the plurality of images is smaller than an arc distance between the first image from the plurality of images and a third image from the plurality of images, wherein the first image is sequentially adjacent to the second image and the first image is sequentially adjacent to the third image.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein an arc distance between a fourth image from the plurality of images and a fifth image from the plurality of images is substantially the same as an arc distance between a sixth image from the plurality of images and the fifth image from the plurality of images, wherein the fourth image is sequentially adjacent to the fifth image and the fourth image is sequentially adjacent to the sixth image.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the electronic device comprises a location sensor, and the one or more programs further including instructions for:

obtaining a current location of the electronic device from the location sensor; and

displaying the user interface further includes displaying the current location and a current temperature at the current location.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the user interface is a clock having a clock face.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of units of time correspond to a plurality of hour markers.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of images are different images.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of images are the same images.

22. The method of claim 14 , where an image from the plurality of images positioned at a top of the curved arrangement corresponds to twelve o'clock.

23. The method of claim 14 , where an image from the plurality of images positioned at a bottom of the curved arrangement corresponds to six o'clock.

24. The method of claim 14 , wherein the user interface includes a graphical visual indicator corresponding to a current hour.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the graphical visual indicator is displayed within a portion of the curved arrangement.

26. The method of claim 14 , wherein the curved arrangement includes a gap space corresponding to an hour that just passed.

27. 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 touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

obtaining, via wireless communication, weather information for a location comprising a current weather condition and a forecasted weather condition, wherein the forecasted weather condition includes a first type of weather information and a second type of weather information; and

displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a first plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of units of time,

wherein the first plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time are displayed with a curved arrangement around a respective portion of the user interface and are indicative of the first type of weather information;

while displaying the user interface, detect a user input; and

in response to detecting the user input, transition from displaying the first plurality of images that are indicative of the first type of weather information to displaying a second plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time, wherein the second plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of units of time are displayed with the curved arrangement around the respective portion of the user interface and are indicative of the second type of weather information.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein an arc distance between a first image from the plurality of images and a second image from the plurality of images is smaller than an arc distance between the first image from the plurality of images and a third image from the plurality of images, wherein the first image is sequentially adjacent to the second image and the first image is sequentially adjacent to the third image.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein an arc distance between a fourth image from the plurality of images and a fifth image from the plurality of images is substantially the same as an arc distance between a sixth image from the plurality of images and the fifth image from the plurality of images, wherein the fourth image is sequentially adjacent to the fifth image and the fourth image is sequentially adjacent to the sixth image.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the electronic device comprises a location sensor, and the one or more programs further including instructions for:

obtaining a current location of the electronic device from the location sensor; and

displaying the user interface further includes displaying the current location and a current temperature at the current location.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the user interface is a clock having a clock face.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the plurality of units of time correspond to a plurality of hour markers.

33. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the plurality of images are different images.

34. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the plurality of images are the same images.

35. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , where an image from the plurality of images positioned at a top of the curved arrangement corresponds to twelve o'clock.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , where an image from the plurality of images positioned at a bottom of the curved arrangement corresponds to six o'clock.

37. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the user interface includes a graphical visual indicator corresponding to a current hour.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 37 , wherein the graphical visual indicator is displayed within a portion of the curved arrangement.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the curved arrangement includes a gap space corresponding to an hour that just passed.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 14821667 · Aug 7, 2015
Provisional Application 62129890 · Mar 8, 2015
Provisional Application 62038079 · Aug 15, 2014
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