Dynamic user interface schemes for an electronic device based on detected accessory devices

US11553070B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas S. Hulbert · Palo Alto, US
• Jeremy Bataillou · San Francisco, US
• Brian T. Gleeson · Mountain View, US
• Christopher P. Foss · San Francisco, US
• David C. Graham · Cupertino, US
• Deena Ahmed Khattab · San Francisco, US
• Gemma A. Roper · San Francisco, US
• Lee Broughton · Santa Cruz, US
• Arian Behzadi · San Francisco, US
• Alan C. Dye · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/185
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes, at a computer system with a display, a housing, and an attachment mechanism, detecting attachment of an accessory to the computer system, where the accessory, while attached, has a predetermined orientation relative to the attachment mechanism, and in response to detecting the attachment of the accessory to the computer system in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a first accessory with first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display, a first visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the first visual indication indicates at least one property of the first physical dimensions, and in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a second accessory with second physical dimensions that are different from the first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display a second visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the second visual indication indicates at least one property of the second physical dimensions and the second visual indication is different from the first visual indication.