US 12,348,663 B2
Portable electronic device with conversation management for incoming instant messages
Gregory N. Christie, San Jose, CA (US); Marcel Van Os, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Evan Russell Doll, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,364.
Application 18/237,364 is a continuation of application No. 17/467,700, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,743,375.
Application 17/467,700 is a continuation of application No. 15/960,330, filed on Apr. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,122,158, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 15/960,330 is a continuation of application No. 12/163,908, filed on Jun. 27, 2008, granted, now 9,954,996, issued on Apr. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/019,292, filed on Jan. 6, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/019,293, filed on Jan. 6, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/937,993, filed on Jun. 29, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/946,969, filed on Jun. 28, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056521 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04M 1/67 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/72436 (2021.01) [G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01); H04M 2250/60 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
initially displaying, via the display, a list interface of a messaging application, wherein the messaging application includes a list of messages;
while displaying the list of messages in the list interface, detecting transmission of a first message; and
in response to detecting the transmission of the first message, displaying a portion of the first message in the list of messages, wherein displaying the portion of the first message in the list of messages includes:
in accordance with a determination that the first message is part of a first group conversation, concurrently displaying, at a first location, a first group conversation graphical object corresponding to the first message with the portion of the first message in the list of messages, wherein the first group conversation graphical object indicates that the first message is part of the first group conversation; and
in accordance with a determination that the first message is not part of a respective group conversation, displaying the portion of the first message in the list of messages without displaying a respective group conversation graphical object that indicates that the first message is part of the respective group conversation;
detecting an input directed to the portion of the first message in the list of messages; and
in response to detecting the input directed to the portion of the first message:
ceasing to display the list interface, including ceasing to display the first group conversation graphical object at the first location; and
subsequently displaying a message conversation interface, different from the list interface, wherein the message conversation interface includes a set of messages, different from the list of messages, and a representation of the first group conversation graphical object that is displayed at a second location, different from the first location.