US 12,089,121 B2
Easy location sharing
Jae Woo Chang, Cupertino, CA (US); Megan M. Frost, Cupertino, CA (US); Joshua B. Dickens, Oakland, CA (US); Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US); Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard R. Dellinger, San Jose, CA (US); and Lawrence Y. Yang, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,807.
Application 17/885,807 is a continuation of application No. 16/454,884, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,418,929.
Application 16/454,884 is a continuation of application No. 15/985,570, filed on May 21, 2018, granted, now 10,341,826, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Application 15/985,570 is a continuation of application No. 15/876,673, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 9,998,888, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Application 15/876,673 is a continuation of application No. 15/142,661, filed on Apr. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,003,938, issued on Jun. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/205,562, filed on Aug. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386085 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 51/08 (2022.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/14 (2013.01) [H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.05); H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 54 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
one or more processors;
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, via the display, a message region;
displaying, via the display, in the message region, messages sent between a first participant and a second participant in a message conversation; and
while displaying the message region:
receiving a first location-sharing notification that first participant location information is being shared with the second participant for a predetermined location-sharing time period, wherein the predetermined location-sharing time period is scheduled to end at a first time, and wherein receiving the first location-sharing notification includes displaying, in the message region, the first location-sharing notification that the first participant location information is being shared with the second participant for the predetermined location-sharing time period;
sending a message to the first participant from the second participant, wherein the message includes alphanumeric characters; and
in response to sending the message to the first participant from the second participant and in accordance with a determination that a set of message sending criteria is met, receiving a second location-sharing notification that first participant location information is being shared with the second participant for an extended location-sharing time period, wherein the extended location-sharing time period is scheduled to end at a second time that is after the first time, and wherein receiving the second location-sharing notification includes displaying, in the message region, the second location-sharing notification that the first participant location information is being shared with the second participant for the extended location-sharing time period.