Granted Patent B2

US 12,256,128 · App. 18/627,363 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan (San Francisco, CA); Patrick L. Coffman (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Patrick Foss (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

H04N21/47217H04N21/21805H04N21/2187H04N21/8456

Abstract

Claims (67)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

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 a user interface including:

a first plurality of affordances associated with a first context, the first plurality of affordances corresponding to respective available operational modes of a first controllable external device associated with a video source in the first context, wherein the video source is a camera located at a physical location; and

a second plurality of affordances associated with a second context, the second plurality of affordances corresponding to respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the second context;

while displaying the user interface:

detecting a first user input at a location on the display corresponding to a first affordance in the first plurality of affordances, the first affordance corresponding to a first operational mode of the respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the first context; and

detecting a second user input at a location on the display corresponding to a second affordance in the second plurality of affordances, the second affordance corresponding to a second operational mode of the respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the second context; and

after detecting the first user input and the second user input, sending instructions to, based on the first user input and the second user input, set a configuration profile of the first controllable external device according to the first operational mode for the first context and the second operational mode for the second context,

wherein the first context includes at least one person associated with the physical location of the video source being present at the physical location and the second context includes no person associated with the physical location of the video source being present at the physical location.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first context and the second context are predetermined.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first context is based on a presence of a person at a location associated with the first controllable external device.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the presence of the person at the physical location is determined based on a location of a first electronic device associated with the person and a location of a second electronic device associated with the person.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the first context are predetermined operational modes.

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

detecting a third user input representing selection of an exception to the first context or the second context, wherein the exception applies to the first operational mode for the first context or to the second operational mode for the second context; and

sending data representing the selected exception.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first controllable external device includes a video camera, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

displaying a field of view of the video camera,

wherein the third user input includes selection of a portion of the field of view, and

wherein the exception to the first context or the second context includes not operating the first controllable external device according to the first operational mode in the first context or not operating the first controllable external device according to the second operational mode in the second context in response to an event detected in the selected portion of the field of view.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are sent to an external device other than the first controllable external device.

9. 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, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a user interface including:

a first plurality of affordances associated with a first context, the first plurality of affordances corresponding to respective available operational modes of a first controllable external device associated with a video source in the first context, wherein the video source is a camera located at a physical location; and

a second plurality of affordances associated with a second context, the second plurality of affordances corresponding to respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the second context;

while displaying the user interface:

detecting a first user input at a location on the display corresponding to a first affordance in the first plurality of affordances, the first affordance corresponding to a first operational mode of the respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the first context; and

detecting a second user input at a location on the display corresponding to a second affordance in the second plurality of affordances, the second affordance corresponding to a second operational mode of the respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the second context; and

after detecting the first user input and the second user input, sending instructions to, based on the first user input and the second user input, set a configuration profile of the first controllable external device according to the first operational mode for the first context and the second operational mode for the second context,

wherein the first context includes at least one person associated with the physical location of the video source being present at the physical location and the second context includes no person associated with the physical location of the video source being present at the physical location.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first context and the second context are predetermined.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first context is based on a presence of a person at a location associated with the first controllable external device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the presence of the person at the physical location is determined based on a location of a first electronic device associated with the person and a location of a second electronic device associated with the person.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the first context are predetermined operational modes.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

detecting a third user input representing selection of an exception to the first context or the second context, wherein the exception applies to the first operational mode for the first context or to the second operational mode for the second context; and

sending data representing the selected exception.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first controllable external device includes a video camera, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

displaying a field of view of the video camera,

wherein the third user input includes selection of a portion of the field of view, and

wherein the exception to the first context or the second context includes not operating the first controllable external device according to the first operational mode in the first context or not operating the first controllable external device according to the second operational mode in the second context in response to an event detected in the selected portion of the field of view.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are sent to an external device other than the first controllable external device.

17. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with a display:

displaying a user interface including:

a first plurality of affordances associated with a first context, the first plurality of affordances corresponding to respective available operational modes of a first controllable external device associated with a video source in the first context, wherein the video source is a camera located at a physical location; and

a second plurality of affordances associated with a second context, the second plurality of affordances corresponding to respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the second context;

while displaying the user interface:

detecting a first user input at a location on the display corresponding to a first affordance in the first plurality of affordances, the first affordance corresponding to a first operational mode of the respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the first context; and

detecting a second user input at a location on the display corresponding to a second affordance in the second plurality of affordances, the second affordance corresponding to a second operational mode of the respective available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the second context; and

after detecting the first user input and the second user input, sending instructions to, based on the first user input and the second user input, set a configuration profile of the first controllable external device according to the first operational mode for the first context and the second operational mode for the second context,

wherein the first context includes at least one person associated with the physical location of the video source being present at the physical location and the second context includes no person associated with the physical location of the video source being present at the physical location.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first context and the second context are predetermined.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first context is based on a presence of a person at a location associated with the first controllable external device.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the presence of the person at the physical location is determined based on a location of a first electronic device associated with the person and a location of a second electronic device associated with the person.

21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the available operational modes of the first controllable external device in the first context are predetermined operational modes.

22. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

detecting a third user input representing selection of an exception to the first context or the second context, wherein the exception applies to the first operational mode for the first context or to the second operational mode for the second context; and

sending data representing the selected exception.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the first controllable external device includes a video camera, the method further comprising:

displaying a field of view of the video camera,

wherein the third user input includes selection of a portion of the field of view, and

wherein the exception to the first context or the second context includes not operating the first controllable external device according to the first operational mode in the first context or not operating the first controllable external device according to the second operational mode in the second context in response to an event detected in the selected portion of the field of view.

24. The method of claim 17 , wherein the instructions are sent to an external device other than the first controllable external device.

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