Device, method, and graphical user interface for updating a background for home and wake screen user interfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12477058-B2
Application number	US-202418655200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2024
Priority date	May 31, 2019
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A method includes: while displaying a wake screen with a first media item as a background and foreground objects displayed over the first media item, detecting first user input that corresponds to a request to display a media gallery; in response to detecting the first user input, ceasing display of the foreground objects; detecting a second user input that corresponds to a request to navigate through media items in the media gallery; in response to detecting the second user input, replacing the first media item with a second media item in the media gallery; detecting a third input that corresponds to a request to dismiss the media gallery; and, in response to detecting the third user input, redisplaying the foreground objects on the display device over a media item from the media gallery that is selected as the background for the wake screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
at a computing system including non-transitory memory and one or more processors, wherein the computing system is communicatively coupled to a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the display device, a wake screen user interface that includes a first media item that is being used as a background for the wake screen user interface and one or more foreground user interface objects that are displayed over the first media item;
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more user inputs that corresponds to a request to edit media items in a set of media items in a media gallery that is accessible from the wake screen user interface, wherein:
the set of one or more media items includes at least the first media item; and
the sequence of one or more user inputs includes a respective user input that is detected while displaying the first media item as a background from the wake screen user interface; and

in response to detecting the sequence of one or more user inputs, displaying, via the display device, an editing user interface for at least one of adding or removing media items from the set of one or more media items in the media gallery.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the editing user interface includes at least one of a first editing affordance for initiating a process for adding one or more media items to the media gallery and one or more second editing affordances for initiating a process for removing associated media items included in the media gallery.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a second user input that corresponds to selection of the first editing affordance; and in response to detecting the second user input, replacing display of the editing user interface with a media item picker user interface including representations of one of more media items that are available for adding to the media gallery.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the media item picker user interface includes suggested media items for adding to the media gallery.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the suggested media items are displayed on representations of the wake screen user interface including the one or more foreground user interface objects associated with the wake screen user interface.

6 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a third user input selecting a second media item from the media item picker user interface; and in response to detecting the third user input, displaying, via the display device, a cropping user interface provided to perform one or more modification operations on the second media item, wherein the cropping user interface includes a done affordance provided to remove the cropping user interface.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a subsequent user input selecting the done affordance within the cropping user interface; and in response to detecting the subsequent user input, displaying, via the display device, a menu including a first option that corresponds to setting the second media item as the background for the wake screen user interface and a second option that corresponds to adding the second media item to the media gallery without setting the second media item as the background for the wake screen user interface.

8 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, one or more other user inputs selecting one or more media items from the media item picker user interface; in accordance with a determination that a number of media items selected by the one or more other user inputs does not exceed a media item limit associated with the media gallery, adding the one or more media items to the media gallery; and in accordance with a determination that the number of media items selected by the one or more other user inputs does exceed the media item limit associated with the media gallery, forgoing adding the one or more media items to the media gallery and displaying, via the display device, a notification that the media gallery has reached the media item limit.

9 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a subsequent sequence of one or more user inputs that corresponds to selection of a respective second editing affordance among the one or more second editing affordances; and in response to detecting the subsequent sequence of one or more user inputs, initiating the process for removing a media item that corresponds to the respective second editing affordance from the media gallery.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while displaying the first media item that is used as the background for the wake screen user interface, detecting, via the one or more input devices, another user input that corresponds to a request to display an operation menu including at least one of an operation associated with sharing the first media item, an operation associated with editing the first media item, an operation associated with displaying the editing user interface in order to edit the one or more media items included in the media gallery, an operation associated with launching an image viewing application, and an operation associated with displaying a wallpaper editing user interface.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, selection of the operation associated with launching the image viewing application; and in response to the detecting the selection of the operation associated with launching the image viewing application, displaying, via the display device, the first media item and one or more related media items within the image viewing application.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to detecting the respective user input:
determining whether or not the computing system is unlocked;
in accordance with a determination that the computing system is locked, forgoing displaying a media gallery user interface; and
in accordance with a determination that the computing system is unlocked, replacing display of the wake screen user interface with the media gallery user interface on the display device.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, another user input that corresponds to a request to display a media gallery user interface; and in response to detecting the other user input, displaying, via the display device, the media gallery user interface, including:
ceasing display of the one or more foreground user interface objects from the wake screen user interface;
maintaining display of the first media item; and
displaying, via the display device, a first affordance associated with editing media items included in the media gallery user interface.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
while displaying the first media item without the one or more foreground user interface objects, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a navigation input within the media gallery user interface; and in response to detecting the navigation input within the media gallery user interface, replacing the first media item with a second media item in the media gallery user interface via the display device.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the media gallery user interface further includes a plurality of pagination dots associated with the media items incl

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Wilson Christopher I
• Mari Pedro
• Lyons Richard D
• Connor Teofila
• Yerkes Giancarlo
• Apodaca Gregory
• Kramar Vitalii
• Suzuki Gregg S
• Garcia Iii Robert
• Ward Philip A
• Lemay Stephen O
• Souza Dos Santos Andre
• Lemmens Cas G
• Dye Alan
• Sayed Ahmad Bilal S
• Mantere Jussi-Pekka

Classifications

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• H04M1/724634

  With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states · CPC title

• H04M1/72469

  for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title