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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher Patrick Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anton M. Davydov, Gilroy, CA (US);
Dylan Ross Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin M. Lynch, Woodside, CA (US);
Lawrence Y. Yang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dennis S. Park, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.