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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jay C. Blahnik, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erno H. Klaassen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Julie A. Arney, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gary I. Butcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kevin M. Lynch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nader E. Bagherzadeh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gracee Agrawal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen J. Waydo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Christopher J. Brouse, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A breathing sequence may define a suggested breathing pattern. Input may be received at a user interface of a device to initiate the breathing sequence. The breathing sequence may include a configuration phase in which configuration information may be received. The configuration information may define a variable time period for the breathing sequence. The breathing sequence also may include a preliminary phase during which a first version of a fluctuating progress indicator may be presented on the user interface. The fluctuating progress indicator may include a plurality of variable visual characteristics and may fluctuate at a first cyclic rate. The breathing sequence may also include a breathing phase during which a second version of the fluctuating progress indicator may be presented. The second version of the fluctuating progress indicator may fluctuate at a second cyclic rate according to a breathing rate.