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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lawrence Y. Yang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roberto Garcia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Wood, Los Altos, CA (US);
Craig M. Federighi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eugene Bistolas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device provides user interfaces for a messaging application. The device receives a first message and displays a representation of the first message, where the first message is scheduled to be deleted upon satisfaction of expiration criteria. The device displays an affordance for keeping the first message. In accordance with a determination that the affordance was selected prior to the satisfaction of the expiration criteria, the device keeps the first message. In accordance with a determination that the expiration criteria has been satisfied without detecting selection of the affordance, the device ceases to display the representation of the first message on the display.