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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher I. Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard D. Lyons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Teofila Connor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giancarlo Yerkes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gregory Apodaca, Saratoga, CA (US);
Vitalii Kramar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregg S. Suzuki, Daly City, CA (US);
Robert Garcia, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip A. Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andre Souza Dos Santos, San Jose, CA (US);
Cas G. Lemmens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alan Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bilal S. Sayed Ahmad, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jussi-Pekka Mantere, Mountain View, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes: while displaying a wake screen with a first media item as a background and foreground objects displayed over the first media item, detecting first user input that corresponds to a request to display a media gallery; in response to detecting the first user input, ceasing display of the foreground objects; detecting a second user input that corresponds to a request to navigate through media items in the media gallery; in response to detecting the second user input, replacing the first media item with a second media item in the media gallery; detecting a third input that corresponds to a request to dismiss the media gallery; and, in response to detecting the third user input, redisplaying the foreground objects on the display device over a media item from the media gallery that is selected as the background for the wake screen.