Restricted operation of an electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12265703-B2
Application number	US-202217746807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2022
Priority date	May 6, 2019
Publication date	Apr 1, 2025
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025

Abstract

Features are described for controlling the functionality of an electronic device, where the device operates according to a restricted mode of operation in which functions that the electronic device is otherwise capable of performing are not immediately available.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display device;
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:
operating the electronic device in a first mode; and
while operating the electronic device in the first mode, wherein the first mode is a restricted mode in which a respective set of one or more functions are not accessible while in the first mode:
displaying, via the display device, a user interface of a respective type of user interface, wherein the respective type of user interface is a watch face that includes an indication of time;
detecting a first sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a first request to exit the first mode, the first sequence of one or more inputs including at least one input that is detected while displaying the user interface of the respective type of user interface;
in response to detecting at least one of the inputs in the first sequence of one or more inputs including the at least one input that is detected while displaying the user interface of the respective type of user interface and prior to ceasing to operate the electronic device in the first mode, presenting a first alert indicating that first information will be reported to another user, wherein the first information indicates that the electronic device has exited the first mode; and
after presenting the first alert, detecting a second sequence of one or more inputs; and
in response to detecting the second sequence of one or more inputs and in accordance with a determination that the second sequence of one or more inputs corresponds to a third request to exit the first mode:
ceasing, at a first time, to operate the electronic device in the first mode; and
operating the electronic device in a second mode, wherein the respective set of one or more functions are accessible while in the second mode; and
while the electronic device operates in the second mode for a period of time until a set of criteria is satisfied:
in accordance with a determination that the set of criteria is satisfied, wherein the set of criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when input is not detected within a predetermined amount of time:
ceasing to operate the electronic device in the second mode;
operating the electronic device in the first mode; and
automatically displaying the user interface of the respective type of user interface, wherein:
at least one input of a third sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a third request to exit the first mode is detected while displaying the user interface of the respective type of user interface;
a second alert indicating that second information will be reported to another user is presented in response to detecting the at least one of the inputs in the third sequence of one or more inputs, wherein the second information indicates that the electronic device has exited the first mode; and
the second alert is presented prior to ceasing, at a second time that is different from the first time, to operate the electronic device in the first mode; and
in accordance with a determination that the set of criteria is not satisfied:
maintaining operation of the electronic device in the second mode.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for: in response to detecting the second sequence of one or more inputs and in accordance with the determination that the second sequence of one or more inputs corresponds to the third request to exit the first mode, recording data representing an indication that the electronic device has ceased operating in the first mode.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein recording the data representing an indication that the electronic device has ceased operating in the first mode includes recording: a time at which the electronic device ceased operating in the first mode in response to detecting the second sequence of one or more inputs; and a duration of time for which the electronic device was not operating in the first mode.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a report log indicating one or more occurrences of one or more electronic devices exiting the first mode, the report log including: an indication of a time at which the electronic device ceased operating in the first mode in response to detecting the second sequence of one or more inputs; and an indication of a duration of time for which the electronic device was not operating in the first mode.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the report log further includes: an indication of a time at which a second electronic device ceased operating in a third mode, wherein the third mode is a restricted mode in which a second set of one or more functions are not accessible while in the third mode; and an indication of a duration of time for which the second electronic device was not operating in the third mode.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for: detecting a fourth sequence of one or more inputs; and in response to detecting the fourth sequence of one or more inputs: in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is not operating in the first mode, performing an operation; and in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is operating in the first mode, foregoing performance of the operation.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for: after detecting at least one of the inputs in the first sequence of one or more inputs and prior to ceasing to operate the electronic device in the first mode, displaying, via the display device, an indication of a duration that the electronic device has been operating in the first mode.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, and wherein the first sequence of one or more inputs includes a tap gesture on the touch-sensitive surface.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device includes a rotatable and depressible input mechanism that is rotatable relative to a housing of the electronic device, and wherein the first sequence of one or more inputs includes a depression of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first alert includes an affordance for exiting the first mode, and wherein the second sequence of one or more inputs includes an input corresponding to selection of the affordance.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein presenting the first alert includes displaying an alert user interface, wherein the alert user interface includes a first portion that includes the affordance for exiting the first mode, and wherein the one or more programs include instructions for: while displaying the alert user interface without displaying the first portion of the alert user interface that includes the affordance for exiting the first mode, detecting an input corresponding to a request to scroll the alert user interface; and in response to detecting the input corresponding to a request to scroll the alert user interface, scrolling the alert user interface to display the first portion of the alert user interface that includes the affordance for exiting the first mode.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second sequence of one or more inputs is a rotation of a rotatable mechanism of the electronic device.

13. The electronic

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Ko Heena
• Lee Catherine
• Olsen Reed E
• Salzman Paul W
• Sundstrom Matthew J
• Lynch Kevin
• Lemay Stephen O
• Clark David S

Classifications

• G06F21/629

  to features or functions of an application · CPC title

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G04G21/08

  Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces · CPC title

• G04G21/04

  using radio waves (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) · CPC title

• G04G9/0064

  in which functions not related to time can be displayed (digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14) · CPC title