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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Pablo F. Caro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kaely Coon, San Francisco, CA (US);
William B. Easley, Iii, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig M. Federighi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Travis Jones, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitalii Kramar, Woodinville, WA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for establishing communications. In response to detecting user input corresponding to a request to initiate a communication via a computer system, the computer system displays a first user interface. When a terrestrial wireless communication network is not reachable by the computer system, the first user interface includes a respective selectable communication option that, when selected via one or more input devices, initiates a process for communicating via a non-terrestrial communication network. When a respective terrestrial communication network is reachable by the computer system, the computer system initiates a process for communication via the respective terrestrial communication network without displaying the respective selectable communication option on the first user interface.