US 12,379,827 B2
User interfaces for managing accessories
Erik R. Klimczak, Mill Valley, CA (US); James F. Felkins, San Jose, 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 Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,888.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,014, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393714 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 57 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 associated with a home automation system, the user interface including a first selectable category option of a plurality of selectable category options that correspond to respective contexts of the home automation system and a second selectable category option of the plurality of selectable category options, detecting, via the one or more input devices, user input corresponding to selection of the first selectable category option of the plurality of selectable category options, wherein the first selectable category option of the plurality of selectable category options corresponds to a first context of the home automation system, and wherein the first selectable category option includes a first appearance; and
in response to detecting the user input corresponding to selection of the first selectable category option of the plurality of selectable category options, displaying, via the display generation component:
the first selectable category option of the plurality of selectable category options;
the second selectable category option of the plurality of selectable category options;
a first accessory user interface object on the user interface, wherein the first accessory user interface object corresponds to a first accessory of the home automation system that is associated with the first context of the first selectable category option;
a second accessory user interface object on the user interface, wherein the second accessory user interface object corresponds to a second accessory of the home automation system that is associated with the first context of the first selectable category option; and
a first selectable sub-category option corresponding to a sub-category of a category associated with the first selectable category option, wherein the first selectable sub-category option includes a status indication related to one or more accessories of the home automation system that are associated with the sub-category, and wherein the first selectable sub-category option includes a second appearance that is different from the first appearance.