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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Adrian Zumbrunnen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Johnnie B. Manzari, San Francisco, CA (US);
James N. Jones, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jennifer A. Laplaca, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ramon Gilabert Llop, Barcelona, ES;
Craig M. Federighi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Nathan M. Paczan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher P. Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jamie L. Myrold, Chicago, IL (US);
William A. Sorrentino, III, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Nathan De Vries, Alameda, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs are described, including user interfaces that perform different operations in response to presses of different intensities with and without movement, user interfaces that perform different media capture operations based on presses of different lengths with and without movement, user interfaces with controls that can be customized by swiping near a hardware control, user interfaces for media playback with dynamic speed adjustments, and user interfaces that perform adjustments before and after contact with a hardware control ends.