Techniques for managing display usage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12373079-B2
Application number	US-202117158936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	Sep 9, 2019
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates managing display usage. In some embodiments, a device modifies various aspects of a displayed user interface as the device transitions from operating in a first device mode to operating in a second device mode. In some embodiments, the modifications involve altering the content included in a user interface and varying how the content is displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
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:
while displaying an operating system user interface, detecting a set of one or more inputs, wherein set of the one or more inputs includes a selection input directed to a first application;
in response to detecting the selection input directed to the first application and while the electronic device is operating in a first mode, displaying, on the display, a first user interface of the first application, the first user interface including a first graphical object corresponding to the first application;
while displaying the first user interface, detecting that the electronic device has met criteria for transitioning from the first mode to a second mode, wherein the second mode is a low power display mode; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the criteria for transitioning from the first mode to the second mode:
in accordance with a determination that the first application is an application of a first type that has a lower power consumption interface for the first application that is configured to be displayed in the second mode, replacing display of the first user interface of the first application with a second user interface of the first application different from the first user interface, wherein:
the second user interface is the lower power consumption interface for the first application;
the second user interface has a lower brightness level than a brightness level of the first user interface; and
the second user interface includes a second graphical object corresponding to the first application; and

in accordance with a determination that the first application is an application of a second type that does not have a respective lower power consumption interface for the first application that is configured to be displayed in the second mode, replacing display of the first user interface of the first application with a third user interface different from the first user interface of the first application and the second user interface of the first application, wherein the third user interface has a lower brightness level than the brightness level of the first user interface, and wherein the third user interface corresponds to the operating system user interface and includes one or more elements that are not part of the first user interface of the first application, including a time indicator.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while the electronic device is in the second mode and is displaying the third user interface, detecting that the electronic device has met a first set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the first set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode, replacing display of the third user interface with display of the first user interface including the first graphical object generated by the first application.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while the electronic device is in the second mode and is displaying the third user interface, detecting that the electronic device has met a second set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the second set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode, replacing display of the third user interface with display of a fourth user interface different from the first user interface of the first application, the second user interface of the first application, and the third user interface, wherein the fourth user interface is an operating system user interface including one or more elements that are not part of the first user interface of the first application, including a second time indicator that is different in one or more characteristics from the time indicator of the third user interface.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while the electronic device is in the second mode and is displaying the second user interface, detecting that the electronic device has met a third set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the third set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode, replacing display of the second user interface with display of the first user interface including the first graphical object corresponding to the first application.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while the electronic device is in the second mode and is displaying the third user interface, detecting that the electronic device has met a fourth set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode that includes a criterion that is met when the electronic device detects a user input; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the fourth set of criteria for transitioning from the second mode to the first mode:
in accordance with a determination that a fifth set of criteria is met, replacing display of the third user interface with display of the first user interface including the first graphical object corresponding to the first application, wherein the fifth set of criteria includes a criterion that is met when the user input is detected within a threshold period of time of the electronic device transitioning to the second mode; and
in accordance with a determination that the fifth set of criteria is not met, replacing display of the third user interface with display of a fifth user interface different from the first user interface of the first application, the second user interface of the first application, and the third user interface, wherein the fifth user interface is an operating system user interface including one or more elements that are not part of the first user interface of the first application, including a third time indicator that is different in one or more characteristics from the time indicator of the third user interface.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the user input is a wrist raise gesture.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the user input is a tap gesture.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first graphical object is displayed with a first visual characteristic in the first user interface and the first graphical object, when selected in the first user interface, activates a first function; and
the first graphical object is displayed with a second visual characteristic in the second user interface different from the first visual characteristic and the first graphical object, when selected in the second user interface, does not cause activation of the first function.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first graphical object is a selected graphical object;
the first user interface of the first application includes a third graphical object corresponding to the first application that is not a selected graphical object; and
replacing display of the first user interface of the first application with a second user interface of the first application different from the first user interface includes:
in accordance with a determination that the second graphical object corresponds to the selected first graphical object

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Guzman Aurelio
• Butcher Gary Ian
• Chao Edward
• Chen Kevin Will
• Dye Alan C
• Lynch Kevin
• Sundstrom Matthew J
• Williams Aled Hywel
• Wilson Christopher

Classifications

• G06F1/3234

  Power saving characterised by the action undertaken · CPC title

• G06F1/3206

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• H04M1/72454

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