US 12,204,734 B2
Methods and interfaces for initiating communications
Pablo F. Caro, San Francisco, CA (US); Kaely Coon, San Francisco, CA (US); Vitalii Kramar, Woodinville, WA (US); and Caelan G. Stack, Belmont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/400,732, filed on Aug. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/334,604, filed on Apr. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,681, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,403, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063173 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/04892 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 51/21 (2022.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/04892 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); H04B 7/18517 (2013.01); H04L 51/21 (2022.05); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 7/0042 (2013.01); H04W 52/0267 (2013.01)] 45 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:
while displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface of a messaging application, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that includes selection of a respective number for text-based communication; and
in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs that includes selection of the respective number for text-based communication:
in accordance with a determination that a set of alternative communication criteria is met, wherein the set of alternative communication criteria includes a first criterion that is met when the respective number is an emergency service number and a second criterion that is met when a respective communication network is not available, wherein the respective communication network is a terrestrial communication network:
displaying, via the display generation component, a prompt in the user interface of the messaging application, wherein the prompt includes a first indication that communication with the respective number can be performed via an alternative communication network that is different from the respective communication network, wherein the alternative communication network is a non-terrestrial communication network; and
displaying, via the display generation component, a second indication that the respective communication network is not available; and
in accordance with a determination that the set of alternative communication criteria is not met because the respective number is not the emergency service number, forgoing display of the prompt.