Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11921975-B2
Application number	US-202017103899-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	Mar 8, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a display, and a touch-sensitive surface:
displaying, on the display, a home screen user interface that includes a first application icon that is associated with a plurality of actions for interacting with the electronic device, wherein the plurality of actions include a direct-selection action and one or more other actions;
while displaying the home screen user interface that includes the first application icon, detecting an input that is performed by a single continuous contact, at a first location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of the first application icon on the display; and,
in response to detecting the input that is performed by the single continuous contact, at the first location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location of the first application icon on the display:
in accordance with a determination that the input meets first criteria, wherein the first criteria are met before a characteristic value of the input has increased from below a first input threshold to above the first input threshold, displaying, on the display, a menu that includes graphical representations of the plurality of actions that include the direct-selection action and the one or more other actions;
in accordance with a determination that the input meets direct-selection criteria, wherein the direct-selection criteria are met when the single continuous contact has been maintained at the first location on the touch-sensitive surface when the characteristic value of the input has increased from below the first input threshold to above the first input threshold, wherein the direct-selection criteria are met as a result of an increase in the characteristic value of the input that occurred after the first criteria had been met by the input and while the menu that includes the graphical representations of the plurality of actions that include the direct-selection action and the one or more other actions are concurrently displayed, performing the direct-selection action; and
in accordance with a determination that, while the graphical representations of the plurality of actions that include the direct-selection action and the one or more other actions are concurrently displayed in the menu, the single continuous contact has moved from the first location across the touch-sensitive surface to a second location on the touch-sensitive surface before the characteristic value of the input has increased from below the first input threshold to above the first input threshold that is required by the direct-selection criteria, wherein the second location corresponds to a graphical representation of a first action of the one or more other actions on the display, performing the first action of the one or more other actions,

wherein the step of detecting the input that is performed by the single continuous contact, at the first location on the touch-sensitive surface includes:
at least one time that the input meets the first criteria before the characteristic value of the input has increased from below the first input threshold to above the first input threshold and the menu is displayed,
at least one time that the input meets the direct-selection criteria when the single continuous contact has been maintained at the first location on the touch-sensitive surface when the characteristic value of the input increased from below the first input threshold to above the first input threshold, and the direct-selection action is performed,
and
at least one time that the single continuous contact has moved from the first location to the second location before the characteristic value of the input has increased from below the first input threshold to above the first input threshold, and the first action of the one or more other actions is performed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the direct-selection action and the one or more other actions is individually selectable in the menu displayed on the home screen user interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the menu is displayed when the single continuous contact meets a second input threshold that is lower than the first input threshold used in the direct-selection criteria.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the menu that includes the graphical representations of the plurality of actions that include the direct-selection action and the one or more other actions includes applying a visual effect to visually distinguish the direct-selection action from the one or more other actions in the menu.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the menu that includes the graphical representations of the plurality of actions that include the direct-selection action and the one or more other actions includes presenting the menu gradually in accordance with an increase in the characteristic value of the input.

6. The method of claim 1 , including:
in accordance with the determination that the input meets the direct-selection criteria, applying a second visual effect to the direct-selection action to visually distinguish the direct-selection action from the one or more other actions in the menu.

7. The method of claim 1 , including:
in accordance with the determination that the input meets the direct-selection criteria, gradually fading out the other actions to visually emphasize the direct-selection action in the menu.

8. The method of claim 1 , including:
in accordance with the determination that the input meets the direct-selection criteria, gradually shrinking the menu to conceal graphical representations of other actions in the menu while a graphical representation of the direct-selection action remains displayed in the menu.

9. The method of claim 1 , including:
in accordance with the determination that the input meets the direct-selection criteria, moving a graphical representation of the direct-selection action closer to a first position on the display that corresponds to the first location on the touch-sensitive surface.

10. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying the menu in accordance with the determination that the input meets the first criteria:
detecting a termination of the input;
detecting a second input including detecting a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface at a third location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a position on the display that is outside of the displayed menu; and
in response to detecting the second input, ceasing to display the menu.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the menu is displayed overlaid over a portion of the home screen user interface and adjacent to the first application icon.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the direct-selection action includes updating the home screen user interface.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application icon corresponds to a message interface, and the menu includes a reply action as the direct-selection action, and a reply all action and a forward action as the other actions.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application icon corresponds to a camera application, and the menu includes a still camera mode as the direct-selection action, and a video camera mode and a panorama mode as the other actions.

15. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to detecting the input that is performed by the single continuous contact, at the first location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the location of the first application icon on the display:
in accordance with a determination that the input meet

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Dascola Jonathan R
• Alonso Ruiz Marcos
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Lemay Stephen O
• Apodaca Gregory M
• King Nicholas V
• Preston Daniel T

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• H04L67/60

  Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) · CPC title

• G06T13/80

  Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title