Methods and user interfaces for editing a clock face

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12468434-B2
Application number	US-202318370831-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2023
Priority date	May 12, 2017
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.

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 performing:
displaying, via the display, a user interface screen including a clock face, wherein the user interface screen includes a first human or anthropomorphized character object on the display and a time graphical object corresponding to a representation of time that is separate from the first human or anthropomorphized character object;
detecting a sequence of one or more inputs including an input detected while the user interface screen including the clock face is displayed;
in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs:
entering a clock face edit mode of the electronic device; and
displaying a time graphical object corresponding to a representation of time in the clock face edit mode that is separate from the first human or anthropomorphized character object;

while in the clock face edit mode, detecting a first input; and
in response to detecting the first input:
replacing the first human or anthropomorphized character object on the display with a second human or anthropomorphized character object on the display, wherein the second human or anthropomorphized character object is different from the first human or anthropomorphized character object; and
maintaining displaying the time graphical object corresponding to the representation of time in the clock face edit mode.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting a second input from the sequence of one or more inputs, visually distinguishing the displayed clock face to indicate a clock face selection mode, wherein the displayed clock face is centered on the display.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the second input from the sequence of one or more inputs, displaying, on the display, an affordance representing the clock face edit mode; and wherein a third input from the sequence of one or more inputs is on the displayed affordance representing the clock face edit mode.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting a fourth input from the sequence of one or more inputs, visually distinguishing the first human or anthropomorphized character object on the display.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first human or anthropomorphized character object includes a first visual element directed toward a first visual indication of a current time, and the second human or anthropomorphized character object includes a second visual element directed toward a second visual indication of the current time.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first human or anthropomorphized character object and the second human or anthropomorphized character object are animated.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while in the clock face edit mode, displaying an indicator of position along a series of positions, the indicator indicating a first position along the series, wherein the indicator of position along the series of positions indicates a position of the first human or anthropomorphized character object selected for editing in a set of human or anthropomorphized character objects.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism, wherein the first input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and the indicator is displayed on the display at a position adjacent to the rotatable input mechanism.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism, and wherein the first input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while in the clock face edit mode, detecting a swipe gesture; and in response to detecting the swipe gesture, selecting an element of the clock face for editing, wherein the selected element of the clock face is different from the first human or anthropomorphized character object.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the selected element of the clock face is a color associated with the clock face.

12 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the selected element of the clock face is a complication corresponding to the clock face.

13 . 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 with a display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, via the display, a user interface screen including a clock face, wherein the user interface screen includes a first human or anthropomorphized character object on the display and a time graphical object corresponding to a representation of time that is separate from the first human or anthropomorphized character object; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs including an input detected while the user interface screen including the clock face is displayed; in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs:
entering a clock face edit mode of the electronic device; and
displaying a time graphical object corresponding to a representation of time in the clock face edit mode that is separate from the first human or anthropomorphized character object;
while in the clock face edit mode, detecting a first input; and in response to detecting the first input:
replacing the first human or anthropomorphized character object on the display with a second human or anthropomorphized character object on the display, wherein the second human or anthropomorphized character object is different from the first human or anthropomorphized character object; and
maintaining displaying the time graphical object corresponding to the representation of time in the clock face edit mode.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting a second input from the sequence of one or more inputs, visually distinguishing the displayed clock face to indicate a clock face selection mode, wherein the displayed clock face is centered on the display.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the second input from the sequence of one or more inputs, displaying, on the display, an affordance representing the clock face edit mode; and wherein a third input from the sequence of one or more inputs is on the displayed affordance representing the clock face edit mode.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting a fourth input from the sequence of one or more inputs, visually distinguishing the first human or anthropomorphized character object on the display.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the first human or anthropomorphized character object includes a first visual element directed toward a first visual indication of a current

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Chen Kevin Will
• Guzman Aurelio
• Wilson Christopher

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G09G2380/02

  Flexible displays · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

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

• H04L51/224

  providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages · CPC title

• H04M1/724

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title