User interfaces for sharing content with other electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020356221-A1
Application number	US-201916584685-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	May 6, 2019
Publication date	Nov 12, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an option that is selectable to share content with a second electronic device towards which the first electronic device is oriented. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an indication to change the orientation of the electronic device when the orientation of the electronic device is outside of a range of orientations in which circuitry that identifies another electronic device with which to share content is able to function with desired reliability. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a sharing user interface within an action user interface of an application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents one or more options for changing one or more settings associated with an item of content before sharing the content.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
at a first electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the display, a sharing user interface that includes a plurality of selectable content sharing options for sharing content with other devices, including a first content sharing option, wherein the first content sharing option displayed at a first location in the sharing user interface is selectable to initiate a process to share content with a second electronic device;
while displaying the plurality of content sharing options and the first content sharing option that is selectable to initiate the process to share content with the second electronic device, detecting a change in an orientation of the first electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation;
while the orientation of the first electronic device is changing, displaying, with the first content sharing option, one or more visual indications of one or more other electronic devices, including the second electronic device, that are within a threshold distance of the first electronic device;
in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device:
in accordance with a determination that the second orientation satisfies one or more sharing criteria associated with the second electronic device, the first content sharing option remains selectable to initiate the process to share content with the second electronic device using the first content sharing option; and
in accordance with a determination that the second orientation satisfies one or more sharing criteria associated with a third electronic device, the sharing user interface includes a content sharing option displayed at the first location in the sharing user interface that is selectable to initiate a process to share content with the third electronic device, and not initiate the process to share content with the second electronic device; and

while the orientation of the first electronic device is not changing, ceasing to display the one or more visual indications of the one or more other electronic devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device:
in accordance with the determination that the second orientation satisfies the one or more sharing criteria associated with the third electronic device, updating an appearance of the first content sharing option to change from an appearance corresponding to the second electronic device to an appearance corresponding to the third electronic device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device:
in accordance with the determination that the second orientation satisfies the one or more sharing criteria associated with the third electronic device, replacing the first content sharing option with the content sharing option that is selectable to initiate the process to share content with the third electronic device.

4 . (canceled)

5 . (canceled)

6 . (canceled)

7 . The method of claim 39 , wherein the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first content sharing option includes one or more respective indications of the one or more other electronic devices that are displayed on the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first content sharing option.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more other electronic device are devices associated with users or user accounts that have a predetermined relationship to the user or user account associated with the first electronic device, and the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first content sharing option does not include one or more respective indications of one or more other respective electronic devices that are within the threshold distance of the first electronic device, but that are not known to the electronic device.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein before detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device, the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first sharing option includes an indication of the third electronic device, the method further comprising:
in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device:
in accordance with the determination that the second orientation satisfies one or more sharing criteria associated with the third electronic device, displaying an animation of the indication of the third electronic device changing into a visual representation of a user of the third electronic device.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein before detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device, the first sharing option is displayed with a visual representation of the user of the second electronic device, the method further comprising:
in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device:
in accordance with the determination that the second orientation satisfies one or more sharing criteria associated with the third electronic device, displaying an animation of the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device changing into an indication of the second electronic device displayed on the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first sharing option.

11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
changing positions of the one or more respective indications of the one or more other electronic devices that are displayed on the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first content sharing option in accordance with changes in orientation between the first electronic device and the one or more other electronic devices such that the positions of the one or more respective indications of the one or more other electronic devices on the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first sharing option correspond to the relative orientations of the one or more other electronic devices with respect to the first electronic device.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein:
the one or more respective indications of the one or more other electronic devices include a respective indication of the second electronic device and a respective indication of the third electronic device, in accordance with a determination that the second electronic device and the third electronic device have a first difference in orientation with respect to the first electronic device, the respective indication of the second electronic device and the respective indication of the third electronic device are separated by a first distance on the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first sharing option, and in accordance with a determination that the second electronic device and the third electronic device have a second difference in orientation with respect to the first electronic device, the respective indication of the second electronic device and the respective indication of the third electronic device are separated by a second distance, different than the first distance, on the user interface element at least partially surrounding the first sharing option.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The method of claim 54 , further comprising:
in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the first electronic device:
in accordance with the determination that the second orientation satisfies the one or more sharing criteria associated with the third electronic device, generating, at the first electronic device, an indication t

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Behzadi Arian
• TRIVERIO Marco
• Ryan Nicole R
• Van Os Marcel
• Wang Corey Keiko
• Foss Christopher Patrick
• Meyer Adam
• King Nicholas V
• Tsoi Peter

Classifications

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  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

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• H04L67/55

  Push-based network services · CPC title