US 12,216,959 B2
Systems and methods for initiating and interacting with a companion-display mode for an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display
Raymond S. Sepulveda, Portland, OR (US); Chun Kin Minor Wong, Portland, OR (US); John O. Louch, Boulder, CO (US); Christopher N. Ryan, Boulder, CO (US); Kevin J. Van Vechten, Montecito, CA (US); and Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,312.
Application 18/235,312 is a continuation of application No. 17/667,484, filed on Feb. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,775,248.
Application 17/667,484 is a continuation of application No. 16/582,765, filed on Sep. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,416,205, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,087, filed on May 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,958, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393803 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/147 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at a first electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display:
operating the first electronic device in a companion-display mode in which user interfaces generated by a second electronic device are displayed at the first electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is separate from the first electronic device; and
while operating in the companion-display mode:
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the first electronic device, a user interface generated by the second electronic device;
detecting, at the first electronic device, a gesture using an input object; and
in response to detecting the gesture:
in accordance with determining that the input object is one or more user fingers, performing a first operation on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first operation is an operation that is performed by the first electronic device; and
in accordance with determining that the input object is a stylus, performing a second operation, distinct from the first operation, on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second operation is an operation that is performed via the second electronic device.