Device, method, and graphical user interface for configuring and implementing restricted interactions for applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016179334-A1
Application number	US-201615057610-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Dec 29, 2011
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device, while in an interaction configuration mode for a first application, concurrently displays: a first user interface, one or more interaction control user interface objects, and an application restriction controls display user interface object for the first application. The device detects a first gesture, and in response, displays application restriction control user interface objects for the first application. A respective application restriction control user interface object indicates whether a corresponding feature of the first application is configured to be enabled in a restricted interaction mode. The device detects a second gesture, and changes display of a setting in the first application restriction control user interface object for the first application. The device detects a second input, and in response, enters the restricted interaction mode for the first application. The corresponding feature is restricted in accordance with the setting in the first application restriction control user interface object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a display; a touch-sensitive surface; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while in an unrestricted interaction mode for a first application, detecting a first input;
in response to detecting the first input, entering an interaction configuration mode for the first application that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode for the first application;
while in the interaction configuration mode for the first application:
concurrently displaying on the display:
a first user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects for the first application,
one or more interaction control user interface objects, and
an application restriction controls display user interface object for the first application;

detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the application restriction controls display user interface object for the first application;
in response to detecting the first gesture at the location that corresponds to the application restriction controls display user interface object for the first application, displaying application restriction control user interface objects for the first application, wherein a respective application restriction control user interface object for the first application indicates whether a corresponding feature of the first application is configured to be enabled while the first application is in a restricted interaction mode;
while displaying the application restriction control user interface objects for the first application, detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a first application restriction control user interface object for the first application;
in response to detecting the second gesture, changing display of a setting in the first application restriction control user interface object for the first application to indicate a change to whether a corresponding feature is configured to be enabled while the first application is in the restricted interaction mode; and
detecting a second input; and,

in response to detecting the second input, exiting the interaction configuration mode for the first application and entering the restricted interaction mode for the first application that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode for the first application, wherein the corresponding feature is restricted in accordance with the setting in the first application restriction control user interface object for the first application.

2 . The device of claim 1 , including instructions for:
subsequent to entering the restricted interaction mode for the first application, exiting from the restricted interaction mode for the first application and entering an interaction configuration mode for a second application; and, while in the interaction configuration mode for the second application:
concurrently displaying on the display:
a second user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects for the second application,
one or more interaction control user interface objects, and
an application restriction controls display user interface object for the second application;

detecting a third gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the application restriction controls display user interface object for the second application; and
in response to detecting the third gesture that corresponds to the application restriction controls display user interface object for the second application, displaying application restriction control user interface objects for the second application, wherein the application restriction control user interface objects for the second application are distinct from the application restriction control user interface objects for the first application.

3 . The device of claim 1 , including instructions for:
subsequent to entering the restricted interaction mode for the first application, exiting from the restricted interaction mode for the first application and entering the interaction configuration mode for a third application; and, while in the interaction configuration mode for the third application:
concurrently displaying on the display:
a third user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects for the third application, and
one or more interaction control user interface objects, without displaying an application restriction controls display user interface object for the third application.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first user interface in the interaction configuration mode includes a user interface displayed in the unrestricted interaction mode for the first application just prior to detecting the first input, and the user interface displayed in the unrestricted interaction mode just prior to detecting the first input includes the plurality of user interface objects for the first application.

5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the user interface displayed in the unrestricted interaction mode for the first application just prior to detecting the first input is displayed at a first scale in the unrestricted interaction mode and at a second scale, less than the first scale, in the interaction configuration mode for the first application.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the application restriction control user interface objects for the first application are displayed in a popup view that partially covers at least a portion of the first user interface.

7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the popup view is displayed laterally adjacent to the application restriction controls display user interface object.

8 . The device of claim 1 , including instructions for, in response to detecting the first gesture at the location that corresponds to the application restriction controls display user interface object for the first application, maintaining display of at least a portion of the first user interface.

9 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the concurrent display of the first user interface, the one or more interaction control user interface objects, and the application restriction controls display user interface object is displayed in response to detecting the first input.

10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the interaction control user interface objects include at least one of:
a touch interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore touch inputs on the touch-sensitive surface while in the restricted interaction mode; a rotate interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore rotation of the electronic device while in the restricted interaction mode; a buttons interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore one or more inputs on one or more hardware buttons of the electronic device; a shake interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore shaking of the electronic device while in the restricted interaction mode; and a motion interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore a movement of the electronic device while in the restricted interaction mode.

11 . The device of claim 1 , including instructions for:
while displaying the first user interface in the interaction configuration mod

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Fleizach Christopher B
• Lopes Da Silva Joel M

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• H04M19/04 Primary

  the ringing-current being generated at the substations · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title