Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for messaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959037-B2
Application number	US-201615272399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	May 18, 2016
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

An electronic device displays a messaging user interface on the display, the messaging user interface including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user. The device receives a first message within the messaging session from an electronic device that corresponds to another user included in the messaging session; in response to receiving the first message, the device displays the first message in a first message region in the conversation transcript on the display. The device detects a first input by a first contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of the first message region in the conversation transcript; in response to detecting the first input, the device displays an acknowledgement selection affordance at a location in the messaging interface that corresponds to the first message region. The acknowledgement selection affordance displays a plurality of acknowledgement options. The device detects a second input by a second contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of a first acknowledgement option in the acknowledgement selection affordance; and, in response to detecting the second input, the device applies the first acknowledgement option to the first message region.

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 an electronic device with a display, a digital camera, and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
display a messaging user interface on the display, the messaging user interface including
a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user displayed in a first area,
a message-input area,
a digital image affordance,
an application affordance; and
a second area that is distinct from the first area;

while displaying the messaging user interface, detect a first input on the touch sensitive surface;
in response to detecting the first input:
in accordance with a determination that the first input is directed to the digital image affordance, display a plurality of digital images within the messaging user interface in the second area that is distinct from the first area; and
in accordance with a determination that the first input is directed to the application affordance, display a plurality of application launch icons for a plurality of corresponding applications within the messaging user interface in the second area that is distinct from the first area, wherein:
activation of a first application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons causes a corresponding first application to be displayed within the messaging user interface in the second area,
activation of a second application launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons causes a corresponding second application, distinct from the first application, to be displayed within the messaging user interface in the second area, and
displaying the plurality of application launch icons for the plurality of corresponding applications within the messaging user interface includes:
in accordance with a determination that the messaging user interface included display of a keyboard in the second area at the time the first input was detected, replacing display of the keyboard with display of the plurality of application launch icons; and
in accordance with a determination that the messaging user interface did not include display of a keyboard in the second area at the time the first input was detected, displaying the conversation transcript in the first area and displaying the plurality of application launch icons in the second area.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein displaying the plurality of digital images within the messaging user interface includes:
in accordance with a determination that the messaging user interface included display of a keyboard at the time the first input was detected, replacing display of the keyboard with the display of the plurality of digital images, the plurality of digital images including a live preview image from the digital camera; and
in accordance with a determination that the messaging user interface did not include display of a keyboard at the time the first input was detected, displaying the conversation transcript in the first area of the display and displaying the plurality of digital images in the second area of the display, the plurality of digital images including a live preview image from the digital camera.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 2 , including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
detect an input that selects the live image displayed within the plurality of digital images; and,
in response to detecting that input that selects the live image, capture a digital image with the digital camera, while maintaining display of the conversation transcript.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
after capturing the digital image:
display the digital image captured by the digital camera in the conversation transcript, and
transmit a representation of the captured digital image to one or more electronic devices that correspond to the at least one other user included in the messaging session, wherein the one or more electronic devices display the representation of the captured digital image in a conversation transcript that corresponds to the messaging session.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
while displaying the plurality of application launch icons for the plurality of corresponding applications, detect an input that activates a launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons for the plurality of corresponding applications; and
after detecting the input that activates the launch icon in the plurality of application launch icons for the plurality of corresponding applications:
display a first input area for an application corresponding to the activated launch icon that is distinct from the message input area, the first input area including one or more input affordances;
display a first application object within the conversation transcript that corresponds to the application corresponding to the activated launch icon; and
transmit a representation of a second application object that corresponds to the application corresponding to the activated launch icon to one or more electronic devices that correspond to the at least one other user included in the messaging session, wherein the one or more electronic devices display the representation of the second application object in a conversation transcript that corresponds to the messaging session.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the messaging user interface also includes at least one avatar corresponding to a first other user included in the messaging session, configured to enable the electronic device to display a menu that contains activatable menu items associated with the at least one avatar overlaid on the messaging user interface when activated.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the menu that contains activatable menu items associated with the at least one avatar includes:
a menu item that when activated initiates a digital touch action with the first other user,
a menu item that when activated initiates messaging with only the first other user,
a menu item that when activated initiates an email with the first other user,
a menu item that when activated initiates a call with the first other user,
a menu item that when activated initiates a video conference with the first other user, and/or
a menu item that when activated initiates a payment action with the first other user.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
detect a first swipe gesture that starts while a focus selector is at a first location in the messaging user interface that corresponds to a first digital image in the plurality of digital images, the first swipe gesture moving the focus selector in a first direction;
in response to detecting the first swipe gesture, scroll display of the plurality of digital images in the first direction on the display;
detect a second swipe gesture that starts while a focus selector is at a second location in the messaging user interface that corresponds to a second digital image in the plurality of digital images, the second swipe gesture moving the focus selector in a second direction, opposite the first direction; and
in response to detecting the second swipe gesture, display a first affordance for

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Chaudhri Imran A
• Anzures Freddy A
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• King Nicholas V
• Pham Hoan
• Wan Wan Si
• Adler Darin B
• Wood Justin N
• Garcia Roberto
• Shedlosky Soin
• Bongiorno Bethany

Classifications

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title