User interfaces for subscription applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10904375-B2
Application number	US-201916585542-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Mar 18, 2019
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces of the application store that are specific to a respective application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents application store user interfaces that include information about applications in a respective category. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents application store user interfaces for accessing a respective category of applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a visual indication of a number of application updates that are available in an application store user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces for launching and removing a respective application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces of a generic application store and a dedicated application store for a respective category of applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents notifications of the completion of a download.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the display device, a product page user interface for a subscription application, wherein the product page user interface is a user interface of an application store application, wherein the application store application is an application from which access to subscription applications and non-subscription applications can be purchased, wherein access to download the subscription application is provided via a subscription service that provides access to download a plurality of subscription applications, including the subscription application, and wherein the product page user interface includes a selectable option associated with the subscription application;
while displaying the product page user interface and while the user of the electronic device is subscribed to the subscription service that enables access to download the subscription application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a selection of the selectable option; and
in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the selectable option,
initiating a process to access the subscription application without initiating the process for providing payment to access the subscription application;

wherein:
the product page user interface is displayed with a header region on the display device, overlaid on the product page user interface, that remains at a location on the display device as the user scrolls through the product page,
while a current scroll position in the product page is a first scroll position, the header region is displayed with a first appearance and includes a first selectable option for performing a first function that has a first visual characteristic, and
while the current scroll position in the product page is a second scroll position, different than the first scroll position, the header region is displayed with a second appearance, different than the first appearance, and includes a second selectable option for performing the first function that has a second visual characteristic, different than the first visual characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
while displaying the product page user interface while user of the electronic device is not subscribed to the subscription service that enables access to download the subscription application, the header region having the second appearance includes a third selectable option for initiating the process for subscribing to the subscription service, and
while displaying the product page user interface while the user of the electronic device is subscribed to the subscription service that enables access to download the subscription application, the header region having the second appearance includes a fourth selectable option for initiating the process to access the subscription application without initiating the process for subscribing to the subscription service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first function is a backward navigation function in the application store application, the first selectable option for performing the first function that has the first visual characteristic has a first size, and the second selectable option for performing the first function that has the second visual characteristic has a second size, larger than the first size.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while displaying, via the display device, the product page user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to download the subscription application to the electronic device; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to download the subscription application to the electronic device:
initiating a process to download the subscription application to the electronic device; and
displaying, via the display device, one or more representations of one or more editorial stories related to the subscription application while the subscription application is being downloaded to the electronic device, wherein the one or more representations of the one or more editorial stories are selectable to display the one or more editorial stories via the display device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more editorial stories related to the subscription application include a first set of one or more editorial stories related to the subscription application, and a second set of one or more editorial stories related to one or more other applications based on the subscription application, the method further comprising:
while displaying the one or more representations of the one or more editorial stories related to the subscription application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to scroll through the one or more representations of the one or more editorial stories related to the subscription application; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to scroll through the one or more representations of the one or more editorial stories, scrolling through the one or more representations of the one or more editorial stories to reveal, via the display device, a first set of the one or more editorial stories that were not previously displayed via the display device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while displaying, via the display device, the product page user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to download the subscription application to the electronic device; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to download the subscription application to the electronic device:
initiating a process to download the subscription application to the electronic device; and
displaying, via the display device, video content corresponding to the subscription application while the subscription application is being downloaded to the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
determining that the downloading of the subscription application to the electronic device is complete; and
in response to determining that the downloading of the subscription application to the electronic device is complete, automatically displaying, via the display device, the subscription application.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
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:
displaying, via a display device, a product page user interface for a subscription application, wherein the product page user interface is a user interface of an application store application, wherein the application store application is an application from which access to subscription applications and non-subscription applications can be purchased, wherein access to download the subscription application is provided via a subscription service that provides access to download a plurality of subscription applications, including the subscription application, and wherein the product page user interface includes a selectable option associated with the subscription application;
while displaying the product page user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a selection of the selectable option; and
in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the selectable option:
in accordance with a determination that the subscription application is a subscription application and the product page user interface is a product pa

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Phillips Joseph Stanley
• Magnani Joseph Andrew
• Evashevski Michael
• Rofman Alex
• Thai Ann M
• Gromek Monika E
• Bennett Colin
• Liu Terry Y
• Waskan-Lui Sonja

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06Q30/0635 Primary

  replenishment orders; recurring orders · CPC title

• G06Q20/12

  specially adapted for electronic shopping systems · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title