US 12,386,481 B2
User interfaces for downloading applications on an electronic device
William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US); Monika E. Gromek, Oakland, CA (US); Alexander Constantin Diego Fringes, San Francisco, CA (US); and Joseph Andrew Magnani, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,780.
Application 17/208,780 is a continuation of application No. 15/719,217, filed on Sep. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,955,994.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/524,592, filed on Jun. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/514,335, filed on Jun. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0208747 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 8/20 (2018.01); G06F 8/34 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 8/20 (2013.01); G06F 8/34 (2013.01); G06F 9/44521 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display and one or more input devices:
while displaying, via the display, a user interface of a first application, wherein the first application is not an app store application for browsing applications available for download to the electronic device:
in response to determining that content of the user interface of the first application is related to a second application available for download to the electronic device via the app store application, wherein the content of the user interface of the first application is related to the second application if a source of the content of the user interface of the first application also has the second application available for download to the electronic device via which the content from the source is accessible on the electronic device, displaying, via the display, a prompt that includes information about the second application available for download to the electronic device, wherein the second application is available for download to the electronic device via the app store application, and the prompt includes:
a selectable affordance for initiating a process for downloading the second application to the electronic device;
while displaying the prompt, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a selection of the selectable affordance in the prompt; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the selectable affordance in the prompt, initiating the process for downloading the second application to the electronic device without opening the app store application.