US 12,114,142 B2
User interfaces for managing controllable external devices
Taylor G. Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Patrick Foss, San Francisco, CA (US); Tiffany S. Jon, Cupertino, CA (US); Andrew S. Kim, Walnut Creek, CA (US); and Lauren K. Trottier, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,291.
Application 18/235,291 is a continuation of application No. 17/019,845, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,785,387.
Application 17/019,845 is a continuation of application No. 16/586,002, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,779,085, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,895, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403509 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/2812 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising: a display device; 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 the electronic device is not configured to control a first controllable external device, detecting a first set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to configure the electronic device to control the first controllable external device; in response to detecting the first set of one or more inputs, initiating a process to configure the electronic device to control the first controllable external device, wherein the process includes: receiving information corresponding to the first controllable external device; in accordance with a determination, based on the received information, that the first controllable external device is associated with a plurality of controllable functions associated with a plurality of subcomponents of the first controllable external device, displaying, on the display device, a first accessory affordance corresponding to a group including the first controllable external device and the plurality of subcomponents; and in accordance with a determination, based on the received information, that the first controllable external device is not associated with the plurality of subcomponents, displaying, on the display device, a second accessory affordance corresponding to the first controllable external device; while displaying, on the display device, the first accessory affordance or the second accessory affordance, detecting a second input; and in response to detecting the second input: in accordance with a determination that the second input corresponds to a selection of the first accessory affordance, displaying, on the display device, a first accessory interface including a plurality of control affordances corresponding to the first controllable external device and the plurality of subcomponents and a control reconfiguration affordance that, when selected, initiates a process to remove at least a first control affordance of the plurality of control affordances from the first accessory interface; and in accordance with a determination that the second input corresponds to a selection of the second accessory affordance, displaying, on the display device, a second accessory interface including controls for the first controllable external device without displaying the control reconfiguration affordance.