User interfaces for displaying, transmitting, and receiving communications during a communication session

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12556592-B2
Application number	US-202418733672-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2024
Priority date	Jun 4, 2023
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that display a plurality of user interfaces corresponding initiating a communication session and joining a communication session. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to transmitting content during a communication session. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed towards receiving content during the communication session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a first electronic device in communication with a display generation component, one or more input devices, and one or more output devices cause the first electronic device to perform a method comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a second electronic device within a threshold distance of the first electronic device, the second electronic device associated with a second user account different from a first user account associated with the first electronic device; in response to detecting the second electronic device within the threshold distance of the first electronic device:
in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, initiating a communication session with the second electronic device that includes allowing the second electronic device to control playback of content via the one or more output devices; and
in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are not satisfied, forgoing initiating the communication session with the second electronic device.

2 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
receiving, from the second electronic device, an indication of a first request to initiate the communication session, wherein the one or more criteria include: a first criterion that is satisfied in response to receiving the indication of the first request to initiate the communication session, and a second criterion that is satisfied in response to receiving a user input corresponding to a second request to initiate the communication session.

3 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2 , the method further comprising:
in response to receiving the indication of the first request to initiate the communication session, displaying, via the display generation component, a visual indication of the first request to initiate the communication session.

4 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the method further comprising, displaying, via the display generation component, a communication session settings user interface, wherein the communication session settings user interface includes a plurality of selectable options for changing one or more settings of the communication session.

5 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein initiating the communication session with the second electronic device includes initiating a process to transmit an invitation to join the communication session to the second electronic device, and the one or more criteria includes:
in accordance with a determination that a first setting in the communication session settings user interface is active, a first criterion that is satisfied when the first user account has a first relationship with the second user account; and in accordance with a determination that a second setting different from the first setting in the communication session settings user interface is active, a second criterion that is satisfied when the first user account has a second relationship different from the first relationship with the second user account.

6 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the one or more criteria include:
in accordance with a determination that a first setting in the communication session settings user interface is active, a first criterion that is satisfied when the second user account has a first relationship to the first user account without requiring receiving a user input, at the first electronic device, authorizing the initiation of the communication session with the second electronic device; and in accordance with a determination that a second setting different from the first setting in the communication session settings user interface is active, a second criterion that is satisfied when the second user account has a second relationship different from the first relationship to the first user account without requiring receiving the user input authorizing the initiation of the communication session with the second electronic device.

7 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
displaying a user interface of a content playback application used to play content selected by the second electronic device in the communication session wherein: during the communication session with the second electronic device, the user interface of the content playback application includes a visual indication initiating a number of devices participating in the communication session; and not during the communication session with the second electronic device, the user interface of the content playback application does not include the visual indication.

8 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein:
during the communication session with the second electronic device, the visual indication further indicates the number of devices waiting to join the communication session.

9 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more criteria include a criterion that is satisfied when the second electronic device was previously in the communication session with the first electronic device within a threshold amount of time.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the one or more criteria include a criterion that is satisfied when a third electronic device associated with the second user account was previously in the communication session with the first electronic device within a threshold amount of time.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
during the communication session with the second electronic device:
while displaying a user interface of a content playback application used to play content selected by the second electronic device in the communication session, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input directed towards a first selectable option corresponding to a request to display a communication session settings user interface; and
in response to receiving the first input, displaying the communication session settings user interface including a scannable code to join the communication session.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the one or more criteria include a criterion that is satisfied in response to receiving an indication of a scan of the scannable code from the second electronic device without requiring receiving a user input authorizing initiation of the communication session with the second electronic device.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the communication session settings user interface includes a second selectable option selectable to remove the second electronic device from the communication session and a third selectable option selectable to remove all electronic devices from the communication session.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more criteria include a criterion that is satisfied when the second electronic device was previously in the communication session with the first electronic device within a threshold amount of time and left the communication session in response to the second electronic device receiving a user input correspond

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Lynne Brandon A
• Deitel Joshua D
• Giuliani Vincenzo O
• Coffman Patrick L

Classifications

• H04L65/1093

  by adding participants; by removing participants · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title