Button functionality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12197659-B2
Application number	US-202418444544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2024
Priority date	Sep 2, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a rotatable and depressible input mechanism;
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:
detecting an input with the rotatable and depressible input mechanism;
in response to detecting the input with the rotatable and depressible input mechanism:
in accordance with a determination that the input is a rotation input, performing an operation at the electronic device based on the rotation input; and
in accordance with a determination that the input is a press input, displaying an application launching user interface that includes a first affordance for launching a first application and a second affordance that is different from the first application for launching a second application that is different from the first application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the application launching user interface includes a grid of application icons.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the grid of application icons is a hexagonal grid of application icons.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while displaying the application launching user interface, detecting a selection input; and
in response to detecting the selection input:
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the first affordance, launching the first application without launching the second application; and
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the second affordance, launching the second application without launching the first application.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein performing the operation at the electronic device based on the rotation input comprises displaying scrolling of content based on the rotation input.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable and depressible input mechanism is a mechanical button that is rotatable, and wherein the press input represents a depression of the mechanical button.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the press input is a single press of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism.

8. 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 having a display and a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, the one or more programs including instructions for:
detecting an input with the rotatable and depressible input mechanism;
in response to detecting the input with the rotatable and depressible input mechanism:
in accordance with a determination that the input is a rotation input, performing an operation at the electronic device based on the rotation input; and
in accordance with a determination that the input is a press input, displaying an application launching user interface that includes a first affordance for launching a first application and a second affordance that is different from the first application for launching a second application that is different from the first application.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the application launching user interface includes a grid of application icons.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the grid of application icons is a hexagonal grid of application icons.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while displaying the application launching user interface, detecting a selection input; and
in response to detecting the selection input:
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the first affordance, launching the first application without launching the second application; and
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the second affordance, launching the second application without launching the first application.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein performing the operation at the electronic device based on the rotation input comprises displaying scrolling of content based on the rotation input.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the rotatable and depressible input mechanism is a mechanical button that is rotatable, and wherein the press input represents a depression of the mechanical button.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the press input is a single press of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism.

15. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a display and a rotatable and depressible input mechanism:
detecting an input with the rotatable and depressible input mechanism;
in response to detecting the input with the rotatable and depressible input mechanism:
in accordance with a determination that the input is a rotation input, performing an operation at the electronic device based on the rotation input; and
in accordance with a determination that the input is a press input, displaying an application launching user interface that includes a first affordance for launching a first application and a second affordance that is different from the first application for launching a second application that is different from the first application.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the application launching user interface includes a grid of application icons.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the grid of application icons is a hexagonal grid of application icons.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
while displaying the application launching user interface, detecting a selection input; and
in response to detecting the selection input:
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the first affordance, launching the first application without launching the second application; and
in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of the second affordance, launching the second application without launching the first application.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein performing the operation at the electronic device based on the rotation input comprises displaying scrolling of content based on the rotation input.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the rotatable and depressible input mechanism is a mechanical button that is rotatable, and wherein the press input represents a depression of the mechanical button.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the press input is a single press of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Foss Christopher Patrick
• Davydov Anton M
• Edwards Dylan Ross
• Chaudhri Imran
• Dye Alan C
• Ive Jonathan P
• Lemay Stephen O
• Lynch Kevin M
• Yang Lawrence Y
• Park Dennis S

Classifications

• G06Q20/322

  Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices] · CPC title

• G06Q20/085

  involving remote charge determination or related payment systems · CPC title

• G06F2203/0381

  Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title