US 11,758,035 B2
User interface for configuring external accessories with accessory device management applications
Anush Nadathur, Cupertino, CA (US); and Justin Wood, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,098.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,783, filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229671 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04M 1/72448 (2021.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/72409 (2021.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/2816 (2013.01); H04M 1/72448 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component and one or more input devices, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving a request to configure an external accessory;
subsequent to receiving the request to configure the external accessory, displaying, via the display generation component, a first prompt that includes an option to initiate a process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by a first device management application and an option to initiate a process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by a second device management application that is different from the first device management application;
while displaying the first prompt, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input corresponding to selection of the option to initiate a process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application;
in response to receiving the first input corresponding to selection of the option to initiate a process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application, initiating the process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application, wherein the process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application includes displaying a user interface for configuring the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application that includes a user-interactive graphical user interface object for pairing the external accessory with the first device management application, and wherein pairing the external accessory with the first device management application causes the external accessory to accept commands, from the first device management application, that control a function of the external accessory;
after completing the process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application and without completing the process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the second device management application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input corresponding to a request to open a respective device management application; and
in response to receiving the second input corresponding to a request to open the respective device management application, displaying a user interface for the respective device management application, wherein:
in accordance with the respective device management application being the first device management application, the user interface for the respective device management application includes a user-interactive graphical user interface object for transmitting a command to the external accessory, and wherein the user-interactive graphical user interface object for transmitting the command to the external accessory is different from the option to initiate the process to configure the external accessory to be controlled by the first device management application and the user-interactive graphical user interface object for pairing the external accessory with the first device management application; and
in accordance with the respective device management application being the second device management application, the user interface for the respective device management application does not include a user-interactive graphical user interface object for transmitting a command to the external accessory.