US 12,008,232 B2
User interfaces for viewing and accessing content on an electronic device
Dennis S. Park, San Francisco, CA (US); Policarpo B. Wood, San Jose, CA (US); Jeff Tan-Ang, San Jose, CA (US); and Justin Gaussoin, Corona Del Mar, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/827,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/822,966, filed on Mar. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,867, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0301567 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/04883 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01)] 72 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the display device, a home user interface for the electronic device that includes a first set of application icons and a second set of application icons, wherein the first set of application icons is included in a first region of the home user interface and the second set of application icons is included in a second region of the home user interface;
while displaying the home user interface for the electronic device in which a respective application icon has a current focus, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a directional input in a respective direction; and
in response to receiving the indication of the directional input in the respective direction:
in accordance with a determination that the respective application icon is a first application icon in the first set of application icons and that the first application icon is compatible with presentation of content accessible via a first application associated with the first application icon:
ceasing display of the first set of application icons and the second set of application icons; and
presenting, via the display device, content accessible via the first application associated with the first application icon; and
in accordance with a determination that the first application icon is not compatible with the presentation of content accessible via the first application associated with the first application icon, maintaining display of the first set of application icons and the second set of application icons,
wherein the first application icon is selectable to display, via the display device, a user interface associated with the first application associated with the first application icon, without causing playback of the content accessible via the first application associated with the first application icon; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective application icon is a second application icon in the second set of application icons, moving the current focus from the second application icon to another application icon while maintaining display of the home user interface.