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Granted Patent B2
US 11,700,326 · App. 17/013,778 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Phone user interface

Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang (Bellevue, WA); Imran Chaudhri (San Francisco, CA); Anton M. Davydov (Gilroy, CA); Alan C. Dye (San Francisco, CA); Dylan Ross Edwards (San Jose, CA); Christopher Patrick Foss (San Francisco, CA); Jonathan P. Ive (San Jose, CA); Zachery Kennedy (San Jose, CA); Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,700,326
App. No.
17/013,778
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and/or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls.

Claims (80)

1. A watch device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors;

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 an indication of an incoming call;

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an answer affordance;

while displaying the answer affordance, detecting a first input; and

in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the answer affordance:

causing the incoming call to be answered; and

causing a wireless headphone that is in communication with the watch device to output audio of the incoming call; and

after causing the incoming call to be answered, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an indication of a connection status between the watch device and the wireless headphone.

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

subsequent to the incoming call being answered and while the incoming call is active, detecting a second input corresponding to a request to end the incoming call; and

in response to detecting the second input, ending the incoming call.

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

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, a decline affordance; and

in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the decline affordance: declining the incoming call.

4. The watch device of claim 1 , wherein the incoming call is received at an external device.

5. The watch device of claim 4 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, generating, via the watch device, an audible alert for the incoming call received at the external device.

6. The watch device of claim 4 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, generating, via the watch device, a haptic alert for the incoming call received at the external device.

7. The watch device of claim 4 , wherein causing the incoming call to be answered includes causing the external device to answer the incoming call.

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

while the incoming call is active:

detecting a third input; and

in response to detecting the third input, causing a change in a volume of audio output of the wireless headphone.

9. The watch device of claim 1 , wherein the first input that corresponds to the selection of the answer affordance is a swipe in a direction.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a watch device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving an indication of an incoming call;

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an answer affordance;

while displaying the answer affordance, detecting a first input; and

in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the answer affordance:

causing the incoming call to be answered; and

causing a wireless headphone that is in communication with the watch device to output audio of the incoming call; and

after causing the incoming call to be answered, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an indication of a connection status between the watch device and the wireless headphone.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

subsequent to the incoming call being answered and while the incoming call is active, detecting a second input corresponding to a request to end the incoming call; and

in response to detecting the second input, ending the incoming call.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, a decline affordance; and

in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the decline affordance: declining the incoming call.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the incoming call is received at an external device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, generating, via the watch device, an audible alert for the incoming call received at the external device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, generating, via the watch device, a haptic alert for the incoming call received at the external device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein causing the incoming call to be answered includes causing the external device to answer the incoming call.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the incoming call is active:

detecting a third input; and

in response to detecting the third input, causing a change in a volume of audio output of the wireless headphone.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the first input that corresponds to the selection of the answer affordance is a swipe in a direction.

19. A method, comprising:

at a watch device with a touch-sensitive display:

receiving an indication of an incoming call;

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an answer affordance;

while displaying the answer affordance, detecting a first input; and

in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the answer affordance:

causing the incoming call to be answered; and

causing a wireless headphone that is in communication with the watch device to output audio of the incoming call; and

after causing the incoming call to be answered, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, an indication of a connection status between the watch device and the wireless headphone.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

subsequent to the incoming call being answered and while the incoming call is active, detecting a second input corresponding to a request to end the incoming call; and

in response to detecting the second input, ending the incoming call.

21. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the watch device, a decline affordance; and

in response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a selection of the decline affordance: declining the incoming call.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the incoming call is received at an external device.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, generating, via the watch device, an audible alert for the incoming call received at the external device.

24. The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call, generating, via the watch device, a haptic alert for the incoming call received at the external device.

25. The method of claim 22 , wherein causing the incoming call to be answered includes causing the external device to answer the incoming call.

26. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

while the incoming call is active:

detecting a third input; and

in response to detecting the third input, causing a change in a volume of audio output of the wireless headphone.

27. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first input that corresponds to the selection of the answer affordance is a swipe in a direction.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16259954 · Jan 28, 2019
Continuation 14841614 · Aug 31, 2015
Provisional Application 62129853 · Mar 8, 2015
Provisional Application 62044939 · Sep 2, 2014
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