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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12614153 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2024

Business messaging interface

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marcel Van Os, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Jae Woo Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Freddy A. Anzures, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicole R. Ryan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hoan Pham, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kubota & Basol LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jerry O'connor

Assistant Examiner:

Michael R Koester

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06Q 30/016 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2024.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 1/72451 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04M 1/72451 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to messaging user interfaces. In some embodiments, at an electronic device having one or more processors, memory, and a display, a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and a business entity is initiated via a messaging user interface. A task affordance is displayed in a conversation transcript of the messaging user interface. An interaction to select the task affordance is detected. A task is initiated in response to detecting the interaction to select the task affordance.

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