US 12,001,753 B2
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interactions with a headphone case
Darius A. Satongar, Staffordshire (GB); William D. Lindmeier, San Francisco, CA (US); and Per Haakan Linus Persson, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,083.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,374, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095263 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/162 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01)] 55 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at an audio output device case that includes one or more input devices and a display component, and is in communication with at least one or more audio output devices and an audio source:
while the audio source is in communication with the one or more audio output devices:
dynamically displaying, via the display component, one or more available operations based on contextual information associated with the audio output device case, the audio source, or the one or more audio output devices;
receiving an input via the one or more input devices of the audio output device case; and
in response to receiving the input, causing the one or more audio output devices to perform an operation associated with the received input while maintaining communication of the audio source with the one or more audio output devices, wherein the operation associated with the received input comprises a respective operation of the one or more available operations;
the method including:
while the audio source is a first audio source and the contextual information comprises first contextual information associated with the first audio source and a first application associated with the first audio source:
displaying one or more user selectable controls associated with the first application;
receiving a first input via the one or more input devices of the audio output device case that selects a respective control of one or more user selectable controls associated with the first application; and
in response to receiving the first input, causing the one or more audio output devices to perform a first operation associated with the selected respective control of the one or more user selectable controls associated with the first application while maintaining communication of the audio source with the one or more audio output devices; and
while the audio source is a second audio source, different from the first audio source, and the contextual information comprises second contextual information associated with the second audio source and a second application associated with the second audio source, wherein the second application is different from the first application:
displaying one or more user selectable controls associated with the second application, wherein at least one of the one or more user selectable controls associated with the second application is distinct from the one or more user selectable controls associated with the first application;
receiving a second input via the one or more input devices of the audio output device case that selects a respective control of the one or more user selectable controls associated with the second application; and
in response to receiving the second input, causing the one or more audio output devices to perform a second operation associated with the selected respective control of the one or more user selectable controls associated with the second application while maintaining communication of the audio source with the one or more audio output devices.