Multi-participant live communication user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11399155-B2
Application number	US-202117157166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2021
Priority date	May 7, 2018
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The device can display a live video communication user interface of a live video communication application that includes participant affordances corresponding to participants. In response to detecting an input that corresponds to a request to initiate a process of starting a new live communication session, the device can: in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the first participant affordance, initiate a process of starting a new live communication session that includes a group of three or more participants; and in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the new session affordance, initiate a process for selecting two or more participants and start a new live communication session that includes a participant associated with the device and the selected participants.

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:
displaying, on the display, a live video communication user interface that includes concurrently displaying:
a representation of a view of a camera of the electronic device at a respective size; and
a plurality of participant representations that includes:
a representation of a first participant in a live video communication session;
a representation of a second participant in the live video communication session; and
a representation of a third participant in the live video communication session, wherein the representation of the first participant is larger than the representation of the second participant and the representation of the third participant, and wherein the live video communication user interface is concurrently displayed with a first user interface that includes a first plurality of user interface objects;

while displaying the plurality of participant representations, receiving an input that corresponds to a request to increase a size of the live video communication user interface; and
in response to receiving the input that corresponds to the request to increase the size of the live video communication user interface:
increasing the size of the live video communication user interface, including:
increasing sizes of the plurality of participant representations relative to the representation of the view of the camera of the electronic device, wherein after increasing the sizes of the plurality of participant representation, the representation of the first participant remains larger than the representation of the second participant and the representation of the third participant; and

while the live video communication user interface including the plurality of participant representations is displayed:
decreasing an amount of the first user interface that is displayed while increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and the sizes of the plurality of participant representations, wherein the amount of the first user interface that is displayed is decreased relative to an increased size of the live video communication user interface.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
before increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and the sizes of the plurality of participant representations, the representation of the first participant is a first horizontal distance from the representation of the third participant; and
in response to receiving the input and after increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and the sizes of the plurality of participant representations:
the representation of the first participant is a second horizontal distance from the representation of the third participant, wherein the second horizontal distance is greater than the first horizontal distance.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the representation of the first participant is a leftmost representation of the plurality of participant representations; and
the representation of the third participant is a rightmost representation of the plurality of participant representations.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the input corresponds to a swipe input.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the live video communication user interface is concurrently displayed with the first user interface;
an affordance is located at a position adjacent to the live video communication user interface and the first user interface; and
the input is detected at a location that corresponds to the affordance.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
before decreasing the amount of the first user interface that is displayed and while the plurality of participant representations are displayed, the first user interface includes a first amount user interface objects that are concurrently displayed on the display; and
in response to receiving the input and after decreasing the amount of the first user interface that is displayed and while the plurality of participant representations are displayed, the first user interface includes a second amount of user interface objects that are concurrently displayed on the display, wherein the second amount is less than the first amount.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
before increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and while the plurality of participant representations are displayed, a first set of the plurality of participant representations overlap each other; and
in response to receiving the input and after increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and while the plurality of participant representations are displayed, the first set of the plurality of participant representations continue to overlap each other.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
before increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and while the plurality of participant representations are displayed, a rightmost representation of the plurality of participant representations and a leftmost representation of the plurality of participant representations overlap each other; and
in response to receiving the input and after increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and while the plurality of participant representations are displayed, the rightmost representation of the plurality of participant representations and the leftmost representation of the plurality of participant representations do not overlap each other.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein increasing the size of the live video communication user interface includes increasing an amount of the display that the live video communication user interface occupies.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further include instructions for:
before increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and the sizes of the plurality of participant representations, the representation of the second participant is larger than the representation of the third participant; and
after increasing the size of the live video communication user interface and the sizes of the plurality of participant representations, the representation of the second participant remains larger than the representation of the third participant and relative sizes of the plurality of participant representations are maintained with respect to each other.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein increasing the size of the live video communication user interface includes continuing to display the representation of the view of the camera of the electronic device at the respective size.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, on the display, a live video communication user interface that includes concurrently displaying:
a representation of a view of a camera of the electronic device at a respective size; and
a plurality of participant representations that includes:
a representation of a first participant in a live video communication session;
a representation of a second participant in the live video communication session; and
a representation of a third participant in the live video communication session, wherein the representation of the first part

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Van Os Marcel
• Broughton Lee S
• Callaway Peter
• Caro Pablo F
• Chang Jae Woo
• Dryer Allison
• Federighi Craig M
• Garcia Robert
• Lemay Stephen O
• Louch John
• Pham Hoan

Classifications

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• H04N7/147 Primary

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04N5/2628

  Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation · CPC title

• H04N21/42204

  User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205) · CPC title