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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jae Woo Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arian Behzadi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Deena Khattab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Garcia, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lauren E. Tappana, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes, at a computer system with a display and a housing, while a call is ongoing between the computer system and a remote device, detecting a coupling of a case to the computer system, and in response to detecting the coupling of the case to the computer system, in accordance with a determination that the computer system is operating in a first audio mode, continuing the call, and, in accordance with a determination that the computer system is operating in a second audio mode different than the first audio mode, terminating the call.