User interface suggestions for electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12039149-B2
Application number	US-202318095985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2023
Priority date	May 10, 2022
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

Aspects of the subject technology provide for suggested home screens and/or lock screens of an electronic device. The suggested home screens and/or lock screens can include suggested backgrounds, user interface elements, colors, styles, photos, and the like, and can be generated and/or suggested for a user of an electronic device based on activity history information for the user and/or the electronic device. In one or more implementations, the home screens and/or lock screens may be generated and/or suggested specifically for various operational modes of the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining activity history information for an electronic device;
generating a suggested lock screen for the electronic device based on the activity history information by:
identifying a background based on the activity history information, and
identifying at least one user interface element to be displayed over the background based on the activity history information;

providing the suggested lock screen for selection by a user of the electronic device;
receiving a selection of the suggested lock screen for the electronic device; and
displaying the background and the at least one user interface element when the suggested lock screen for the electronic device is displayed, wherein, once selected by the user, the suggested lock screen is displayed while the electronic device is locked and continues to be displayed after the electronic device is unlocked and prior to receiving a user indication to navigate from the suggested lock screen to another screen of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the suggested lock screen further comprises:
identifying a color based on the activity history information, and
identifying a layout based on the activity history information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the color comprises identifying the color based on a photo associated with the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the color comprises identifying the color based on an exterior color of a mechanical component of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the suggested lock screen further comprises:
identifying a category for the suggested lock screen based on the activity history information, and
identifying the at least one user interface element based on the activity history information and the category.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the electronic device, a location and a time; and
generating the suggested lock screen based on the activity history information, the location, and the time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activity history information includes user-specific activity history information for a user of the electronic device and global activity history information for an anonymized population of users of electronic devices.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the suggested lock screen for selection by a user of the electronic device comprises:
receiving the suggested lock screen and a plurality of additional suggested lock screens at a selector at the electronic device; and
selecting, by the selector and based on the activity history information, the suggested lock screen from among the suggested lock screen and the plurality of additional suggested lock screens.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the suggested lock screen is a suggested lock screen for an operational mode associated with the electronic device, wherein the operational mode is a configuration of the electronic device, and wherein generating the suggested lock screen comprises identifying at least one user interface element to be displayed over the background based on the activity history information and mode information associated with the operational mode.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the suggested lock screen comprises:
generating the suggested lock screen at the electronic device by:
providing the activity history information to a machine learning engine at the electronic device; and
identifying the at least one of the background or the at least one user interface element based on an output of the machine learning engine.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the suggested lock screen includes a background photo and the output of the machine learning engine provides the background photo, wherein the background photo is clear, in focus, and/or has regions of blank or smoothly changing content.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the background comprises a photo, and wherein the activity history information includes one or more of an application usage history, an emoji usage history, calendar data, social media activity of a user of the electronic device, and an internet browsing history of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the application usage history comprises one or more of launch counts, launch logs, or viewing time.

14. A method, comprising:
obtaining activity history information for an electronic device;
identifying a plurality of operational modes for the electronic device;
generating one or more suggested home screens for each of the plurality of operational modes;
providing the one or more suggested home screens for each of the plurality of operational modes for selection by a user of the electronic device;
generating one or more suggested lock screens for each of the plurality of operational modes;
providing the one or more suggested lock screens for each of the plurality of operational modes for selection by the user;
receiving a selection of a lock screen from the one or more suggested lock screens; and
displaying the selected lock screen, wherein the selected lock screen continues to be displayed after the electronic device is unlocked and prior to receiving a user indication to navigate from the selected lock screen to another screen of the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the electronic device comprises a primary home screen configured to be displayed the electronic device is not operating in any of the plurality of operational modes, wherein the primary home screen includes a plurality of application icons, and wherein each of the one or more suggested home screens for each of the plurality of operational modes comprises a subset of the plurality of application icons.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the primary home screen comprises a first plurality of user interface elements, and wherein at least one of the one or more suggested home screens for at least one of the operational modes includes a second plurality of user interface elements different from the first plurality of user interface elements.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the suggested home screens comprises, based on the activity history information:
a suggested layout; and
one or more suggested user interface elements.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein generating the one or more suggested home screens for each of the plurality of operational modes comprises generating multiple suggested home screens for each of the plurality of operational modes selecting a subset of the multiple suggested home screens to be provided to the user based on the activity history information.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein generating the one or more suggested lock screens comprises:
generating the suggested lock screens at the electronic device by:
providing the activity history information to a machine learning engine at the electronic device; and
identifying at least one background image or at least one user interface element based on an output of the machine learning engine.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the suggested lock screen includes a background photo and the output of the machine learning engine provides the background photo, wherein the background photo is clear, in focus, and/or has regions of blank or smoothly changing content.

21. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by an electronic device, a plurality of suggested lock scree

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Toudji Sofiane
• Li Daniel
• Berget Erik M
• Rajca Mateusz K
• Mehra Rishab
• Gupta Surabhi

Classifications

• H04M1/724631

  by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad · CPC title

• H04M1/72454

  according to context-related or environment-related conditions · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title