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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2024
Systems and methods for providing and interacting with application-update objects on a mobile device
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sean B. Kelly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile device with a display receives one or more inputs to install an application on the mobile device. The mobile device initiates a download of the application to the mobile device. While the application is downloading to the mobile device, the mobile device displays, on a home screen of the display, a placeholder object associated with the application. The mobile device displays, at the placeholder object on the home screen of the display, an indicator showing progress of installation of the application.