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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory Novick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marcel Van Os, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is described. A user interface is displayed while detecting an incoming call from a first phone number. In response to detecting the incoming call and in accordance with a determination that the first phone number for the incoming call does not correspond to an entry in a contact list, the first phone number corresponding to the incoming call is displayed. In response to detecting the incoming call and in accordance with a determination that the first number for the incoming call corresponds to a first entry in the contact list, a name associated with the first entry and/or a graphic associated with the first entry is displayed, without displaying the first phone number.