User interfaces for managing contacts on another electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12278922-B2
Application number	US-202217806436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2022
Priority date	Jun 1, 2019
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

In some embodiments, a supervising electronic device manages communication restrictions of a supervised electronic device. In some embodiments, a supervised electronic device presents user interfaces that enforce one or more communication restrictions configured by a supervising electronic device when communicating with other users.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at a first electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the display device, a user interface for managing usage at a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a first account, and the second electronic device is associated with a second account;
while displaying the user interface for managing device usage by the second account, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to remotely manage contacts of the second electronic device associated with the second account; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to manage contacts of the second electronic device associated with the second account, initiating a process to enable remote management of contacts of the second electronic device associated with the second account, including causing transmittal, to the second electronic device, of a notification indicating that the first account has initiated the process to enable the remote management of contacts associated with the second account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process to enable the remote management of contacts associated with the second account includes providing the second account with a predetermined amount of time before the remote management of the contacts is enabled.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification indicating that the first account has initiated the process to enable the remote management of contacts associated with the second account includes a selectable option that is selectable to terminate the process to enable the remote management of contacts associated with the second account.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification indicating that the first account has initiated the process to enable the remote management of contacts associated with the second account includes a selectable option that is selectable to accept the remote management of contacts associated with the second account.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification indicating that the first account has initiated the process to enable the remote management of contacts associated with the second account includes a selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process to edit one or more contacts associated with the second account.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
during a respective process for enabling remote management of contacts associated with the second account, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to make contact information for one or more first contacts associated with the first account available to the second account; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to make contact information for the one or more first contacts associated with the first account available to the second account, making the contact information for the one or more first contacts associated with the first account available to the second account.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the contact information for the one or more first contacts includes first respective contact information for the one or more first contacts and second respective contact information for the one or more first contacts, and making the contact information for the one or more first contacts associated with the first account available to the second account includes making the first respective contact information for the one or more first contacts available to the second account without making the second respective contact information for the one or more first contacts available to the second account.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the first account is managing the contacts associated with the second account, a user interface displayed by the second electronic device for editing the contacts associated with the second account includes a visual indication indicating that the first account is managing the contacts associated with the second account, and
in accordance with a determination that the first account is not managing the contacts associated with the second account, the user interface displayed by the second electronic device for editing the contacts associated with the second account does not include the visual indication indicating that the first account is managing the contacts associated with the second account.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while displaying the user interface for managing device usage by the second account, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to remotely manage communication limits associated with the second account, wherein the communication limits include limitations on contacts with which the second account is able to communicate; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to remotely manage communication limits associated with the second account, initiating a process to remotely manage communication limits associated with the second account.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the communication limits comprise limitations across a plurality of manners of communication.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein when a communication user interface associated with a first manner of communication is displayed by the second electronic device, the communication user interface including a first representation of a communication with a respective contact using the first manner of communication:
in accordance with a determination that the communication limits do not restrict communicating with the respective contact using the first manner of communication, the first representation of the communication with the respective contact includes a preview of content of the communication with the respective contact; and
in accordance with a determination that the communication limits do restrict communicating with the respective contact using the first manner of communication, the first representation of the communication with the respective contact does not include the preview of the content of the communication with the respective contact.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the communication limits do not restrict communicating with the respective contact using the first manner of communication, input directed to the first representation of the communication with the respective contact causes display of the content of the communication with the respective contact, and
in accordance with a determination that the communication limits do restrict communicating with the respective contact using the first manner of communication, input directed to the first representation of the communication with the respective contact causes display of a user interface from which access to the content of the communication can be authorized, without displaying the content of the communication with the respective contact.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user interface for managing device usage by the second account includes one or more selectable options that are selectable to designate one or more contacts as not restricted by the communication limits.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the communication limits include:
a first set of one or more communication limits that are based on one or more time periods during which usage of the second electronic device is restricted independent of an amount of usage of the second electronic device; and
a second set of one or more communication limi

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Cranfill Elizabeth C
• Stack Caelan G
• Graham David C
• Foss Christopher P

Classifications

• H04M3/541

  based on information specified by the calling party · CPC title

• H04M3/436

  Arrangements for screening incoming calls {, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it (based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54)} · CPC title

• H04M3/16

  with lock-out or secrecy provision in party-line systems · CPC title

• G06F2221/2149

  Restricted operating environment · CPC title

• G06F21/604

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title