User interfaces for subscription applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11399089-B2
Application number	US-201916585555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Mar 18, 2019
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

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 first user interface of an application store application, wherein the first user interface of the application store application includes a plurality of navigation elements, the navigation elements including a subscription application navigation element and a non-subscription application navigation element;
while displaying the first user interface of the application store application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of selection of the subscription application navigation element;
in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the subscription application navigation element:
displaying, via the display device, a second user interface of the application store application including a first representation of a first subscription application displayed in association with a first selectable option that, when selected, initiates a process to download the first subscription application, and a second representation of a second subscription application, different from the first subscription application, displayed in association with a second selectable option the first selectable option that, when selected, initiates a process to download the second subscription application, wherein:
access to download the first and second subscription applications is provided via a subscription service associated with the application store application that provides access to download a plurality of subscription applications, including the first and second subscription applications, and

the first representation of the first subscription application is displayed with a first visual indication indicating that the first subscription application is a subscription application and the second representation of the second subscription application is displayed with a second visual indication, separate from the first visual indication, indicating that the second subscription application is a subscription application;

while displaying the application store user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of selection of the non-subscription application navigation element; and
in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the non-subscription application navigation element:

displaying, via the display device, a third user interface of the application store application including one or more selectable options that, when selected, initiate a process to download a non-subscription application, wherein:
access to download the non-subscription application is not provided via the subscription service associated with the application store application,
the one or more selectable options in the third user interface include a respective option that is selectable to initiate a process to download a respective non-subscription application and is displayed in association with a respective representation associated with the respective non-subscription application in the third user interface, and
the respective representation associated with the respective non-subscription application is displayed without a visual indication corresponding to the subscription service, wherein a lack of visual indication indicates that the respective non-subscription application is not a subscription application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first representation associated with the first subscription application includes an icon associated with the first subscription application, the method further comprising:
while displaying a home screen user interface of the electronic device, displaying the icon associated with the first subscription application without displaying the visual indication with the icon associated with the first subscription application.

3. 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 first user interface of an application store application, wherein the first user interface of the application store application includes a plurality of navigation elements, the navigation elements including a subscription application navigation element and a non-subscription application navigation element;
while displaying the first user interface of the application store application, receiving, via one or more input devices, an indication of selection of a respective navigation element of the plurality of navigation elements;
in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the respective navigation element:
in accordance with a determination that the respective navigation element is the subscription application navigation element, displaying, via the display device, a second user interface of the application store application including a first representation of a first subscription application displayed in associated with a first selectable option that, when selected, initiates a process to download the first subscription application, and a second representation of a second subscription application, different from the first subscription application, displayed in associated with a second selectable option that, when selected, initiates a process to download the second subscription application , wherein:
access to download the first and second subscription applications is provided via a subscription service associated with the application store application that provides access to download a plurality of subscription applications, including the first and second subscription applications, and
the first representation of the first subscription application is displayed with a first visual indication indicating that the first subscription application is a subscription application and the second representation of the second subscription application is displayed with a second visual indication, separate from the first visual indication, indicating that the second subscription application is a subscription application; and

in accordance with a determination that the one of the respective navigation element is the non-subscription application navigation element, displaying, via the display device, a third user interface of the application store application including one or more selectable options that, when selected, initiate a process to download a non-subscription application, wherein:
access to download the non-subscription application is not provided via the subscription service associated with the application store application,
the one or more selectable options in the third user interface include a respective option that is selectable to initiate a process to download a respective non-subscription application and is displayed in association with a respective representation associated with the respective non-subscription application in the third user interface, and
the respective representation associated with the respective non-subscription application is displayed without a visual indication corresponding to the subscription service, wherein a lack of visual indication indicates that the respective non-subscription application is not a subscription application.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
display, via a display device, a first user interface of an application store application, wherein the first user interface of the application store application i

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

• G06F8/60

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G07F9/023

  Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising · CPC title

• G06Q20/14

  specially adapted for billing systems · CPC title

• G06Q30/0641 Primary

  utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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