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Granted Patent B2
US 11,989,364 · App. 17/835,334 · Granted May 21, 2024

Reduced-size interfaces for managing alerts

Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang (Bellevue, WA); Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, CA); Alan C Dye (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Patrick Foss (San Francisco, CA); Jonathan R. Dascola (San Francisco, CA); Imran Chaudhri (San Francisco, CA); Gary Ian Butcher (Los Gatos, CA); David Chance Graham (Columbus, OH); Jonathan P. Ive (San Jose, CA); Kevin Lynch (Woodside, CA); Natalia Maric (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,989,364
App. No.
17/835,334
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for managing alerts are described. One or more alerts are received at the electronic device. In some embodiments, the device determines how notifications corresponding to the alerts should be output to the user.

Claims (62)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive 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:

while the touch-sensitive display of the electronic device is in a first display state, receiving an alert;

after receiving the alert, displaying a notification corresponding to the alert;

while displaying the notification corresponding to the alert, receiving user input;

in response to receiving the user input, displaying a user interface that includes a user interface object that corresponds to an option for performing an action related to the alert;

detecting a selection of the user interface object that corresponds to the option for performing the action related to the alert; and

in response to detecting the selection of the user interface object that corresponds to the option for performing the action related to the alert, displaying a clock face while the touch-sensitive display is in a second display state, different from the first display state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the alert comprises a text message.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the option for performing an action related to the alert includes an option to reply to the text message.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the option to reply to the text message includes an option to select a predefined response.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the option to reply to the text message includes one or more of an option to select an emoji or an option to dictate a response.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the action related to the alert includes a dismiss action.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein displaying the clock face is performed after a predetermined time interval.

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

in response to detecting the selection of the user interface object:

displaying a confirmation screen, wherein displaying the clock face is performed after displaying the confirmation screen.

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

while the touch-sensitive display of the electronic device is in a first display state, receiving an alert;

after receiving the alert, displaying a notification corresponding to the alert;

while displaying the notification corresponding to the alert, receiving user input;

in response to receiving the user input, displaying a user interface that includes a user interface object that corresponds to an option for performing an action related to the alert;

detecting a selection of the user interface object that corresponds to the option for performing the action related to the alert; and

in response to detecting the selection of the user interface object that corresponds to the option for performing the action related to the alert, displaying a clock face while the touch-sensitive display is in a second display state, different from the first display state.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the alert comprises a text message.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the option for performing an action related to the alert includes an option to reply to the text message.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the option to reply to the text message includes an option to select a predefined response.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the option to reply to the text message includes one or more of an option to select an emoji or an option to dictate a response.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the action related to the alert includes a dismiss action.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein displaying the clock face is performed after a predetermined time interval.

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

in response to detecting the selection of the user interface object:

displaying a confirmation screen, wherein displaying the clock face is performed after displaying the confirmation screen.

17. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:

while the touch-sensitive display of the electronic device is in a first display state, receiving an alert;

after receiving the alert, displaying a notification corresponding to the alert;

while displaying the notification corresponding to the alert, receiving user input;

in response to receiving the user input, displaying a user interface that includes a user interface object that corresponds to an option for performing an action related to the alert;

detecting a selection of the user interface object that corresponds to the option for performing the action related to the alert; and

in response to detecting the selection of the user interface object that corresponds to the option for performing the action related to the alert, displaying a clock face while the touch-sensitive display is in a second display state, different from the first display state.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the alert comprises a text message.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the option for performing an action related to the alert includes an option to reply to the text message.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the option to reply to the text message includes an option to select a predefined response.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the option to reply to the text message includes one or more of an option to select an emoji or an option to dictate a response.

22. The method of claim 17 , wherein the action related to the alert includes a dismiss action.

23. The method of claim 17 , wherein displaying the clock face is performed after a predetermined time interval.

24. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

in response to detecting the selection of the user interface object:

displaying a confirmation screen, wherein displaying the clock face is performed after displaying the confirmation screen.

25. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first display state is a dark state.

26. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first display state is an inactive state.

27. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second display state is an active state.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first display state is a dark state.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first display state is an inactive state.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the second display state is an active state.

31. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first display state is a dark state.

32. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first display state is an inactive state.

33. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second display state is an active state.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 16434747 · Jun 7, 2019
Continuation 15425273 · Feb 6, 2017
Continuation 14838235 · Aug 27, 2015
Provisional Application 62129818 · Mar 7, 2015
Provisional Application 62044894 · Sep 2, 2014
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