User interfaces for enabling an activity

US11175929B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Yongjun Zhang · Nanhu, CN
• Reza Abbasian · Milpitas, US
• Darin B. Adler · Los Gatos, US
• Ada Chan · San Jose, US
• Dana J. DuBois · San Francisco, US
• Steven J. Falkenburg · Los Altos, US
• Craig M. Federighi · Los Altos Hills, US
• Kenneth Arthur Abraham FERRY · San Francisco, US
• Christopher P. Foss · San Francisco, US
• Sam Gharabally · San Francisco, US
• Brian E. Goldberg · San Francisco, US
• Nicholas Stephen DOHERTY · San Francisco, US
• Heena Ko · San Francisco, US
• Keith Kowalczykowski · San Francisco, US
• Grant R. Paul · San Francisco, US
• Jeffrey L. Robbin · Los Altos, US
• James S. Savage · Mountain View, US
• Matthew Sibson · Cupertino, US
• Gurshamnjot Singh · Tracy, US
• Caelan G. Stack · San Francisco, US
• Luming Yin · San Jose, US
• Charles Ying · Piedmont, US
• Mark M. XUE · Beaverton, US
• Hengliang Zhang · Yamatotakada, JP
• Xiaoyue Zhang · Saratoga, US
• Patrick L. Coffman · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/5651
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.