User interfaces for managing a local network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11363071-B2
Application number	US-202016817328-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2020
Priority date	May 31, 2019
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing a local network using an electronic device, where the electronic device is connected to a router and a plurality of external devices, including a first set of one or more external devices and a second set of one or more external devices, on the local network. The user interfaces enable a user to apply the same network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices and the second set of one or more external devices or to apply different network access policies to the first set of one or more external devices and the second set of one or more external devices, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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:
while the electronic device is connected to a router and a plurality of external devices that includes a first set of one or more external devices and a second set of one or more external devices, displaying a first user interface that includes a first affordance and a second affordance;
receiving a first input; and
in response to receiving the first input:
in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to selection of the first affordance:
applying a first network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices; and
applying the first network access policy to the second set of one or more external devices; and

in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to the second affordance:
displaying a second user interface that includes:
 a third affordance that, when selected, initiates a process for applying a network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices that is selected from a group consisting of the first network access policy and a second network access policy that is different from the first network access policy; and
 a fourth affordance that, when selected, initiates a process for applying a network access policy to the second set of one or more external devices that is selected from a group consisting of the first network access policy and a second network access policy that is different from the first network access policy.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
while displaying the second user interface, receiving a set of two or more inputs that includes an input corresponding to selection of the third affordance and an input corresponding to the fourth affordance;
in response to receiving the set of two or more inputs:
applying the first network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices; and
applying the second network access policy to the second set of one or more external devices.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
after receiving the set of two or more inputs, displaying a third user interface that includes a fifth affordance;
receiving a second input corresponding to selection of the fifth affordance; and
in response to receiving the second input:
ceasing to apply the first network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices; and
ceasing to apply the second network access policy to the second set of one or more external devices.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more devices of the first set of one or more devices are associated with a first device source; and
the one or more devices of the second set of one or more devices are associated with a second device source different from the first device source.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more devices of the first set of one or more devices are devices of a first type; and
the one or more devices of the second set of one or more devices are devices of a second type different from the first type.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first network access policy is selected from the group consisting of:
a network access policy that permits affected devices to access devices, addresses, and domains on a local area network managed by the router; and
a network access policy that permits affected devices to access devices, addresses, or domains on the local area network managed by the router or included on a white list of approved devices, addresses, or domains.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
in response to receiving the first input and in accordance with the determination that the first input corresponds to selection of the first affordance, displaying a fourth user interface that includes:
first information associated with the router selected from the group consisting of: a serial number, a firmware version, and a router source; and
second information associated with the router selected from the group consisting of: a serial number, a firmware version, and a router source.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the fourth user interface includes a sixth affordance that, when selected, causes display of a fifth user interface that is generated by an application other than the application that generates the first user interface.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
prior to displaying the first user interface, displaying a sixth user interface that includes a seventh affordance; and
receiving a third user input corresponding to the seventh affordance;
wherein:
displaying the first user interface occurs in response to the third user input; and
displaying the first user interface includes maintaining display of at least a first portion of the sixth user interface.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface is associated with a first application that is configured to control one or more functions of the first set of one or more external devices and one or more functions of the second set of one or more external devices, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
in response to receiving the first input and in accordance with the determination that the first input corresponds to selection of the first affordance, configuring the first application to control one or more functions of the router.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
after receiving the first input, displaying a seventh user interface that includes:
a first control affordance that, when selected, transmits a command to the first set of external devices to perform a first function; and
a second control affordance that, when selected, transmits a command to the second set of external devices to perform a second function;
wherein the seventh user interface does not include a third control affordance that, when selected, transmits a command to the router to perform a third function.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the router is connected to a first external device, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
in response to receiving the first input and in accordance with the determination that the first input corresponds to selection of the first affordance, forgoing applying the first network access policy to the first external device.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first network access policy is managed by the router, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
after applying the first network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices:
detecting that the electronic device is connected to a second router different from the router; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device is connected to the second router, continuing to apply the first network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
after receiving the first input, displaying an eighth user interface that includes:
an eighth affordance that, when selected, applies the first networ

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Kramar Vitalii
• Coffman Patrick L

Classifications

• H04L41/0894

  Policy-based network configuration management · CPC title

• H04L63/20 Primary

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• H04L63/0227

  Filtering policies (mail message filtering H04L51/212) · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title