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Patent No.:

US 12045437 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2021

Digital assistant user interfaces and response modes

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Neal Ellis, San Jose, CA (US);

Oluwatomiwa B. Alabi, Studio City, CA (US);

Robert Burton, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Richard R. Dellinger, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas R. Fazio, Campbell, CA (US);

Craig M. Federighi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Rebecca P. Fish, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nikrouz Ghotbi, San Jose, CA (US);

James N. Jones, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ieyuki Kawashima, San Jose, CA (US);

Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Aaron Musengo, San Jose, CA (US);

James E. Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);

Patchaya Beam Seilaudom, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Andrea Valentina Simes, San Francisco, CA (US);

Tyler McClay Smith, San Jose, CA (US);

Trungtin Tran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Robert A. Walker, II, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Primary Examiner:

Matthew Ell

Assistant Examiner:

Samuel undefined Shen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/20 (2020.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/20 (2020.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example process includes: while displaying a user interface different from a digital assistant user interface, receiving a user input; in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies a criterion for initiating a digital assistant: displaying, over the user interface, the digital assistant user interface, the digital assistant user interface including: a digital assistant indicator displayed at a first portion of the display; and a response affordance displayed at a second portion of the display, where: a portion of the user interface remains visible at a third portion of the display; and the third portion is between the first portion and the second portion.

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